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S. Korea, China discussed Xi‘s N. Korea trip plan: Cheong Wa Dae
China's Xi to visit North Korea this week ahead of G20
[Graphic News] World’s elderly population to hit 2.1 billion by 2050
Naver launches mobile payment service in Japan
Private kindergartens file constitutional suit against government
[Newsmaker] Incheon mayor apologizes for reddish tap water
[Diplomatic circuit] KOICA builds biggest national museum for Congo
Party Secretary-General Han Sun-kyo resigns after coming under fire for con...
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Jun 17, 2019 North Korea

S. Korea, China discussed Xi‘s N. Korea trip plan: Cheong Wa Dae

The South Korean government has closely consulted with China on a plan by President Xi Jinping to visit North Korea this week, Cheong Wa Dae said Monday.The presidential office was responding to multiple news reports that Xi will make a two-day trip to North Korea from Thursday. Such state media reports by Beijing and Pyongyang represent a formal announcement. South Korea has kept a close eye on the issue since it learned of a related move last week, Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Ko Min-jung said i

China's Xi to visit North Korea this week ahead of G20

BEIJING -- Xi Jinping will make the first trip to North Korea by a Chinese president in 14 years this week, state media said Monday, as Beijing tightens relations with Pyongyang amid tensions with the United States.Xi will visit Pyongyang on Thursday and Friday at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said Chinese broadcaster CCTV.The timing is likely to raise eyebrows at the White House as it comes one week before the G20 summit in Japan, where US President Donald Trump expects to

Jun 17, 2019
North Korea
Private kindergartens file constitutional suit against government

Private kindergartens filed a petition with the Constitutional Court last month, challenging an Education Ministry ordinance that requires them to use a state-managed online accounting system.Some 340 chiefs of private kindergartens with over 200 students each filed the petition May 24, accusing the ministry of infringing on their rights and saying the regulation has no basis in law. The signatories represent about 60 percent of all private kindergartens with more than 200 children. On the same

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Politics
[Newsmaker] Incheon mayor apologizes for reddish tap water

Incheon Mayor Park Nam-choon on Monday apologized for the city’s botched response to contaminated tap water and laid out a set of measures to tackle the problem. The cause of the reddish tap water was to be announced Tuesday.“I apologize that we did not have a crisis response manual for every case, we did not seek advice from experts and we did not have a response process in place,” Park said during the press conference. Incheon Metropolitan City will monitor the water qu

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Social affairs
[Diplomatic circuit] KOICA builds biggest national museum for Congo

The Korea International Cooperation Agency on Friday held a ceremony marking the completion of a national museum in Congo, a project that was begun in 2012. The construction of the Congo National Museum in the capital city Kinshasa was funded by KOICA, a state-run aid organization. The museum will be the biggest museum in the country when it opens, KOICA said. The South Korean aid group said it has funded $21 million for the project that is aimed at preserving cultural artifacts and to en

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Diplomatic Circuit
Coarse language costs Liberty Korea Party

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party’s Secretary-General Han Sun-kyo on Monday stepped down from his post, citing health reasons, after stirring controversy for repeatedly using offensive language.Han is one of many Liberty Korea Party lawmakers who have come under fire in recent weeks for incendiary language aimed mostly at the Moon Jae-in administration.“Today I am stepping down from the secretary-general position due to health reasons,” Han said in a text message sent to

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Politics
Scalper fined for selling wristband for reentry into BTS concert to foreign fan

BUSAN -- A man in his 70s has been detained and fined for unlawfully reselling his ticket for K-pop sensation BTS' first-ever fan event and concert in Busan over the weekend, police said Monday.The 71-year-old man, whose identity was withheld, was accused of selling his reentry wristband to a Japanese tourist in violation of a law prohibiting ticket scalping, according to the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency. The man entered the Busan Asiad Auxiliary Stadium, the venue of the BTS concert, in the

Jun 17, 2019
Social affairs
[Feature] Experts call for cautious approach to Huawei row

Seoul finds itself pressured by both US and China on Chinese 5G equipment

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Foreign Policy
S. Korea in discussion with WFP on plan to provide food aid to N. Korea

South Korea is in discussion with a UN agency on its plan to provide food aid to North Korea, the unification ministry said Monday."Discussions are under way with the World Food Programme on the food provision issue," Lee Sang-min, the ministry's spokesperson told reporters during a regular press briefing. "It is about working-level matters." The Seoul government has been drawing up details on its push to provide food assistance to the North since early last month, including

Jun 17, 2019
North Korea
S. Korean military vows to tighten sea border vigilance after NK boat incident

South Korea's military vowed Monday to beef up vigilance around the inter-Korean maritime boundary amid criticism that a North Korean boat drifted across it unchecked over the weekend.The fishing boat carrying four North Koreans was found adrift off the northeastern coastal city of Samcheok about 130 kilometers away from the Northern Limit Line, the de facto sea border, on Saturday. Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that its overall coastal and maritime defense operations had proceeded &q

Jun 17, 2019
North Korea
S. Korea aims to re-eradicate malaria by 2021

South Korea aims to re-eradicate malaria by 2021 and win international confirmation as a country free from mosquito-borne infectious disease, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.Under the five-year plan, Seoul aims to bring down domestic malaria cases to zero by the target date and maintain this for three straight years, it said. "If no local cases of malaria are found through the whole of 2023, the country can win malaria-free accreditation from the World Healt

Jun 17, 2019
Social affairs
Ruling, minor parties press main opposition to decide on parliamentary normalization

The ruling party and a minor party said Monday they will hold respective meetings to decide whether to submit a request to open an extra session for June to put an idle parliament back on track.The move is aimed at pressing the main opposition Liberty Korea Party to join a push to end a two-month parliamentary impasse as rival parties have so far failed to reach a deal to normalize the operation of the National Assembly.The minor opposition Bareunmirae Party said it will convene a meeting of its

Jun 17, 2019
Politics
US Forces Korea chief suspends curfew for 3 months

US Forces Korea Commander Gen. Robert Abrams on Monday began a three-month suspension of a curfew for his troops here, officials said, calling it an opportunity to show their ability to maintain good order and discipline.The curfew between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. was imposed in 2011, when public outcry surged over some USFK troops’ alleged sexual violence and other crimes. The temporary suspension of the curfew will continue until Sept. 17. “The suspension will serve as an evaluation perio

Jun 17, 2019
Defense
Yoon Seok-youl tapped to head prosecution

Yoon Seok-youl, a well-known prosecutor who participated in major investigations linked to conservative administrations, was tapped for the post of prosecutor general Monday.If appointed, he will replace Moon Moo-il as the country’s top prosecutor. Yoon, currently serves as the head of Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, and came to public attention in 2012 when he headed the investigation into allegations that the National Intelligence Service interfered with the presidentia

Jun 17, 2019
Politics
Top diplomats of S. Korea, US hold phone talks over Trump's planned visit, peninsula situation

The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States have held phone talks over US President Donald Trump's planned visit to Seoul and the situation on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.During her visit to Russia on Sunday night (Moscow time), Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha spoke by phone with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ahead of Trump's trip to South Korea after the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28 and 29. They shared an understanding that T

Jun 17, 2019
North Korea

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