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[Newsmaker] Trump shrugs off fuss over Taiwan call

President-elect Donald Trump is unapologetic about roiling diplomatic waters with his decision to speak on the phone with Taiwan‘s leader, a breach of long-standing tradition that risks enmity from C...

Dec 4, 2016
World News
[Newsmaker] Trump picks retired Gen. Mattis for defense secretary: reports

US President-elect Donald Trump has decided to nominate retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis for defense secretary, and a formal announcement is expected by early next week, The Washington Post rep...

Dec 2, 2016
International
[Newsmaker] Jeju's women divers gain UNESCO recognition

When the female divers of Jeju Island emerge from their minutes-long foray underwater, they let out a much-awaited sigh. Called “sumbi,” the exhalation releases carbon dioxide from the lungs with a ...

Dec 1, 2016
Culture
[Newsmaker] Anti-Park Saenuri MPs key to impeachment

President Park Geun-hye‘s allies and foes in the parliament have made their respective stances clear: The former wishes to deter the impeachment of the embattled state head and the latter wants to ou...

Nov 30, 2016
Politics
[Newsmaker] Trump threatens to ‘terminate’ US-Cuba thaw

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threatened to end the US thaw with Cuba unless Havana makes key concessions, potentially upending the historic rapprochement engineered by the White House, whic...

Nov 29, 2016
World News
[Newsmaker] Conservative Fillon wins French presidential primary

Francois Fillon, a conservative reformist promising to shrink the French state, on Sunday clinched the rightwing nomination for next year’s presidential election with a resounding victory over his ri...

Nov 28, 2016
World News
[Newsmaker] Castro made revolutionary mark on Cuban history

Cuban President Raul Castro has proved far more pragmatic than his late brother Fidel, ushering in a gradual opening on the communist island and a historic thaw with the United States. Now, he final...

Nov 27, 2016
World News
[Newsmaker] Cuba's Fidel Castro dies at 90

HAVANA (AP) -- Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century ru...

Nov 26, 2016
World News
[Newsmaker] '40 Saenuri lawmakers support Park's impeachment'

A group of ruling Saenuri Party lawmakers critical of President Park Geun-hye announced Friday that they have gathered enough votes to pass an impeachment motion against her. The dissenting group ...

Nov 25, 2016
Politics
[Newsmaker] Haley, DeVos first women on Trump cabinet

Injecting the first diversity into his Cabinet-to-be, Donald Trump selected two Republican women on Wednesday who had unflattering things to say about him during the presidential campaign: South Caro...

Nov 24, 2016
World News
[Newsmaker] Recapping a month of Choi scandal

One month ago today, a local TV station released a bombshell report that shed light on the veiled relationship between President Park Geun-hye and her confidante Choi Soon-sil. Since then, the entir...

Nov 23, 2016
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Governor, lawmaker bolt from Saenuri Party

Two heavyweight members on Tuesday quit the ruling Saenuri Party, adding to its woes caused by a rift between President Park Geun-hye loyalists and members who side with the public’s overwhelming dis...

Nov 22, 2016
Politics
[Newsmaker] Trump, Pence discuss cabinet nominations

President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that he had ``made a couple of deals‘’ after spending the weekend meeting with a long list of potential administration appointees, but he did not reveal any m...

Nov 21, 2016
World News
[Newsmaker] Trump signals shift to right in US security policy

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general and Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo to head the CIA, signaling a sharp rightward shift in US security policy as he begi...

Nov 20, 2016
World News
[Newsmaker] Hansik champion talks on Michelin success

Extending his hand in a handshake, Cho Tae-kwon, chairman of KwangJuYo, smiles broadly. Cho Tae-kwon Cho has every reason to be smiling. His two restaurants had been awarded much coveted Michelin s...

Nov 18, 2016
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