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[Newsmaker] Behind Kim Jong-un’s trip to China: NK seeks to involve China in peace push

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to China for the second time in less than two months signals Pyongyang’s desire for Beijing’s involvement in the denuclearization process ahead of his summit w...

May 9, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] US-NK announcement delay raises concerns

With the United States and North Korea continuing to keep mum over the date and location of their summit, speculations are rampant over what may be causing the delay in the announcement. South Kore...

May 8, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Following the inter-Korean summit, South Korea’s main opposition party is in crisis

Following last month’s historic inter-Korean summit, South Korea’s main opposition Liberty Korea Party is embroiled in internal conflict, leading to one of its members quitting in protest against the...

May 7, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Another reformative FSS nomination highlights pledge on financial reform

Even after the two previous leaders’ terms ended amid disputes, the next candidate tapped as chief of the financial market watchdog is, again, another reformative nonbureaucrat, reflecting the admini...

May 4, 2018
Finance
[Newsmaker] Ex-President Chun faces another trial over Gwangju uprising after 23 years

GWANGJU -- Former President Chun Doo-hwan will stand another trial over a brutal crackdown on the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southern city of Gwangju, more than two decades after he was charg...

May 3, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Moon Chung-in’s ‘personal views’ once again lands him in hot water

Moon Chung-in, a special national security and foreign affairs adviser to President Moon Jae-in, is once again making headlines. And again for all the wrong reasons. The latest controversy began wit...

May 2, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Korean Air heiress denies assault allegations in 'water rage' probe

Cho Hyun-min, a former senior executive of South Korea's largest airline and a daughter of its chief, has denied allegations that she physically assaulted an advertising agency official during a busi...

May 2, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Police grill Korean Air chief's daughter over alleged assault

Police on Tuesday questioned a daughter of Korean Air's Chairman Cho Yang-ho over suspicion that she assaulted an advertisement agency's employee during a business meeting last month. The Seoul Gang...

May 1, 2018
Industry
[Newsmaker] ‘Spycam porn’ victims support program launched in South Korea

The South Korean government’s first-ever measures to support victims of online and digital sexual violence, including those who have been affected by so-called “spycam porn” or “revenge porn,” took e...

Apr 30, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Connecting railways: precursor for broader economic cooperation

With the two Koreas’ leaders pledging to restore now-defunct railways and roads during the summit, hopes are high that the initiative will prompt cross-border cooperation in the economy and logistic...

Apr 29, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] ‘Instant bond’ between first ladies of two Koreas grabs attention

Among the many spectacles Friday’s inter-Korean summit offered was the two Korea’s first ladies’ first-ever meeting with one another, and the seemingly instant bond they formed. Ri Sol-ju, the wife ...

Apr 29, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Unexpected moments at inter-Korean summit

As South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un headed to the Peace House inside the truce village of Panmunjeom for their historic summit on Friday, the whole world watched...

Apr 27, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Two Koreas' leaders in historic handshake

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in shook hands Friday over the Military Demarcation Line that divides their countries in a gesture laden with symbolism ahead of a h...

Apr 27, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] All eyes on Panmunjeom

[2018 Inter-Korean summit] All eyes on Panmunjeom With the inter-Korean summit on Friday forecast to pave the way for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, the event is being keenly watched by a...

Apr 26, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] Top court finalizes prison term for Park’s aide

The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized an 18-month prison term for an aide to former President Park Geun-hye for leaking confidential presidential documents to Park’s friend at the center of a massi...

Apr 26, 2018
Social affairs

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