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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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FM Kang's daughter regains Korean citizenship
A daughter of South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has regained Korean citizenship before a process to renounce her American nationality, authorities announced Tuesday.The Ministry of Justice included Kang's oldest daughter in the list of those permitted to recover Korean nationality, according to a public notice.Kang's office said her daughter will soon start procedures to relinquish her US citizenship, which are expected to take six months to a year. South Korean Foreign Minister Kang
July 3, 2018
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FM Kang Kyung-wha, Thai PM discuss tighter cooperation between S. Korea, ASEAN
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday to discuss South Korea's policy to increase cooperation with the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).Kang asked for the Thai government's "proactive cooperation" with Seoul's efforts to broaden ties with the ASEAN member countries during the talks held in Bangkok. (Yonhap)The two sides also discussed how to increase bilateral ties in culture, the economy, defense manufactur
July 2, 2018
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China welcomes increase in inter-Korean contacts
China's Foreign Ministry on Monday welcomed the recent strengthening of inter-Korean contacts, urging the international community to encourage them. Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesman Lu Kang (China's Foreign Ministry)Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the remarks in a regular media briefing, commenting on a series of recent inter-Korean contacts, including general-level talks, an agreement to hold a reunion of separated families in August and the reopening of a military communication line."(Chin
July 2, 2018
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S. Korean, Luxemburg PMs agree to strengthen cooperation in future-oriented industries
South Korea and Luxemburg agreed Monday to strengthen cooperation in future-oriented industries such as information and communications technology, fintech and aerospace, Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said.(Yonhap)Lee, during a joint news conference with Luxemburg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, said that the two sides also discussed ways for talented South Korean workers to get jobs in the European nation as it wants to attract talented foreigners in finance, healthcare and other areas.Lee welcomed
July 2, 2018
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Moon to make state visits to India, Singapore
President Moon Jae-in will make state visits to India and Singapore starting Sunday, Cheong Wa Dae announced Monday. According to the presidential office, Moon will start the trip in India and then move on to Singapore. President Moon Jae-in. Yonhap“President Moon will make a state visit to India from July 8 to 11 on invitation from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and to Singapore from July 11 to 13 on invitation from President Halimah Yacob of Singapore,” Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kim Eui-k
July 2, 2018
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US envoy meets North Korean officials at Panmunjeom
Sung Kim, the US ambassador to the Philippines, held talks with North Korean officials on Sunday at the border village of Panmunjeom between the two Koreas as US Secretary Mike Pompeo plans to visit Pyongyang later this week, US media reported Monday. Sung Kim, the US ambassador to the Philippines, leaves the Four Seasons Hotel in central Seoul early Monday morning. (Yonhap)Kim, former US ambassador to South Korea and a nuclear envoy, is reported to have met with North Korean officials for 1 1/
July 2, 2018
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S. Korea, China to hold talks on EEZ this week
South Korea and China will hold working-level talks this week on the demarcation of maritime boundaries, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Monday amid a dispute over their partially overlapping exclusive economic zones.The two-day session, the fourth of its kind, is to open in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, on Thursday. Bae Jong-in (Yonhap)“There will be in-depth discussions on issues related to a push for the demarcation of maritime boundaries between the two countries,” the ministry said in
July 2, 2018
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S. Korea steps up effort to win Saudi Arabia's nuclear project
Korea's government said Monday it will step up collaboration with the local nuclear industry to boost the country's chances to win Saudi Arabia's nuclear project after the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. was shortlisted along with four other bidders.Saudi Arabia selected five countries -- Korea, the United States, France, Russia and China -- as preferred bidders for the kingdom's first nuclear project, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said.Minister Paik Un-gyu held a meeting with
July 2, 2018
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Pompeo to fly to Pyongyang for denuclearization talks: report
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly plans to travel to North Korea next week to discuss the country’s denuclearization plans in a follow-up to the Singapore summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un three weeks ago.Pompeo, who has already traveled twice to North Korea to pave the way for the Singapore summit, had canceled a July 6 meeting with his Indian counterpart in Washington to fly to Pyongyang, the Financial Times reported Thursday, citing four U
June 29, 2018
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‘Two Koreas should be at center of denuclearization process’: Zelikow
JEJU ISLAND -- The two Koreas should be at the center of the denuclearization process, with the backing of the US and China, to resolve the decades-old nuclear standoff and establish a peace regime, a former American diplomat told a forum Wednesday. Philip Zelikow, former counselor of the US Department of State and director of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, suggested that the countries go beyond focusing on technical parts of denuclearization to achieve “results.”
June 28, 2018
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South Korea's foreign minister to visit UAE for talks over bilateral cooperation
South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next week to discuss ways to deepen bilateral cooperation, her office said Wednesday. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (Yonhap)During her visit on Tuesday, Kang will meet her UAE counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan for the third ministerial "strategic dialogue" over a range of issues, including cooperation on furthering their "special strategic partnership."The two countries held strategic dialogue betwee
June 27, 2018
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'Denuclearization talks less likely to be derailed': Joseph Yun, Moon Chung-in
With North Korea and the US having taken the first step to restore trust through the Singapore summit, the high-stakes denuclearization process is less likely to be derailed, experts said Wednesday at an international forum on peace and security. Former senior US diplomat Joseph Yun gave 4 on the scale of 0 to 10, and presidential adviser Moon Chung-in gave 2, on the possibility of the collapse of future negotiations over the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.“I would say two leaders are
June 27, 2018
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Trade war to intensify, make world poorer: Paul Krugman
JEJU ISLAND -- An intensifying global trade war would increase tariffs by up to 40 percent and reduce trade by two-thirds around the globe, resulting in the whole world becoming poorer, a Nobel Laureate economist said Wednesday at a forum on peace and security. Paul Krugman, a distinguished professor of the City University of New York, said South Korea’s export-driven economy is vulnerable to a US-led trade war, but its strong economic ties with other Asian countries in the region could mitigate
June 27, 2018
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Senate panel approves Harris as US ambassador to Korea
WASHINGTON -- A United States Senate committee on Tuesday approved President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to South Korea, paving the way for his confirmation.Retired Adm. Harry Harris was tapped by Trump last month to fill a post that has remained vacant since the administration took office early last year.The former chief of the US Pacific Command won unanimous approval from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ahead of a full Senate vote expected for early July. In a file photo taken o
June 27, 2018
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‘Economic interdependence key to resolving nuclear standoff’: ex-Unification Minister
JEJU ISLAND -- Deepening economic interdependence with North Korea is key to resolving the decades-old nuclear crisis and preventing war, a former unification minister said Tuesday at an international forum on peace and security. “The best way to avert a war is to create an economic cooperative body with North Korea,” Lee Jong-suk, the former unification minister who advises President Moon Jae-in on inter-Korean relations, said at the 13th Jeju Forum. “We should more strategically consider (expa
June 26, 2018
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Foreign Minister Kang to visit Thailand next week
South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will visit Thailand next week as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral ties and promote Seoul's diplomatic drive to deepen engagement with Southeast Asia, her office said Tuesday.During her visit Monday, Kang will meet top Thai officials, including Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, her ministry's spokesman Noh Kyu-duk said."Minister Kang will request continued support for our government's New Southern Policy an
June 26, 2018
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US ups pressure on NK in carrot-and-stick approach
The extension of economic sanctions against North Korea being coupled with the suspension of further South Korea-US joint military drills hints at US President Donald Trump’s message to the regime, experts say. On Friday, Trump renewed sanctions on North Korea for a year in an executive order, saying the country poses an “extraordinary threat,” just 10 days after saying there was no nuclear risk from Pyongyang. US President Donald Trump (Yonhap)The state of national emergency over the threat po
June 24, 2018
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Moon returns from Russia visit
South Korean President Moon Jae-in returned home Sunday after a three-day state visit to Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin over North Korea's denuclearization and economic cooperation.Moon and his wife Kim Jong-sook departed from Rostov-on-Don earlier in the day after they rooted for the South Korean national soccer team, which lost to Mexico 2-1 in the teams' Group F match at the FIFA World Cup in Russia. They arrived at Seoul Air Base in the afternoon.During the first state visit
June 24, 2018
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Moon, Putin vow efforts to launch FTA talks, boost cooperation
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to work to launch negotiations for a free trade agreement between their countries.In a summit held in Moscow, the leaders agreed to initiate “local processes” to allow the start of FTA talks, Moon’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said in a press release.“To achieve the goal of $30 billion in trade and 1 million in the number of visitors between the two countries by 2020, the two leaders agreed to work for pr
June 22, 2018
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S. Korea, Russia to begin preparations for FTA negotiations: Moon
President Moon Jae-in on Friday announced a plan to launch negotiations for South Korea’s first free trade agreement with Russia, calling for joint efforts to boost the two countries’ bilateral trade to over $30 billion by 2020. During a business forum in Moscow, Moon said he would agree with Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin domestic processes aimed at launching FTA negotiations related to the service and investment sector. The South Korean president said that he expects the FTA to enco
June 22, 2018