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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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[Kim So-hyun] The quiet taxi driver from Paris
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Greek president to visit S. Korea next week
Greek President Karolos Papoulias will visit South Korea next week for talks with President Park Geun-hye about enhancing all-round cooperation, Park's office announced Wednesday.Papoulias, who will arrive Monday, will be the first Greek president ever to visit South Korea.The four-day trip inclues talks with Park set for Tuesday that are expected to center on expanding cooperation in trade and investment, shipbuilding and shipping, infrastructure, defense and tourism, presidential spokeswoman K
Nov. 27, 2013
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China's air zone takes aim at Japan over disputed islands
China's declaration of its air control zone over the East China Sea has come under strain to counter the "aggressiveness of Japan" amid an increasingly acrimonious dispute over a set of islands claimed by the two nations, a Chinese expert said Wednesday. The territorial dispute between China and Japan has been escalating since China announced Saturday its Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the sea that partly overlaps those of South Korea and Japan. Defying the Chinese move, the U.S. on
Nov. 27, 2013
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China's aircraft carrier heads to South China Sea amid air zone concerns
China's aircraft carrier was set to depart for the South China Sea on Tuesday for a training mission, state media said, amid growing concerns over Beijing's newly declared air defense zone that sparked a war of words with Japan.It is the first time that China sent its sole aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, to the South China Sea since it was commissioned last year, Xinhua news agency reported.The Liaoning was escorted by two missile destroyers, the Shenyang and Shijiazhuang, and two missile frigat
Nov. 26, 2013
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China informed Seoul of air defense zone
Seoul appeared to want to avoid a dispute with Beijing over a new air defense zone in East China, according to a diplomatic source in China who said South Korea had been informed in advance. China had told Seoul of the new zone that overlaps with South Korea's own air defense zone days before it publicly declared area, the source said."We had been recently informed of the Chinese side's decision to set up the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)," the source said on the conditio
Nov. 25, 2013
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Foreign Ministry opens international law center
The Foreign Ministry announced the launch of a research institute for international law on Monday to beef up its diplomatic capabilities and networks with think tanks and experts at home and abroad. The Center for International Law has been set up at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, a state-run institution for research and the training of diplomats run by the ministry, which is based in southern Seoul. It also appointed as the inaugural president Shin Kak-soo, former vice foreign minister
Nov. 25, 2013
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U.S. says its role limited in Korea-Japan ties
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― The U.S. government is keeping close tabs on the drawn-out political conflict between South Korea and Japan but it has no intention of acting openly to resolve the problem, the State Department said Friday.The department reiterated a call for Seoul and Tokyo to “work together to resolve concerns over history in an amicable way through dialogue.”The U.S. has been pushing for stronger trilateral cooperation with its two key regional allies in dealing with security issues
Nov. 24, 2013
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Women envoys expand ranks to seven
If there was any doubt that the foreign diplomatic community in South Korea was a man’s world, one need look no further than its tiny coterie of women ambassadors.With the arrival of new envoys from Ireland, Malaysia, Austria and Bolivia this year, there are now an unprecedented number of female foreign envoys here ― seven, two of whom presented their letters of credence to President Park Geun-hye at Cheong Wa Dae on Friday.Compared to the total of 100-plus foreign ambassadors posted in South Ko
Nov. 24, 2013
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Envoy hails Argentine wine at annual fete
Amid a blustery first autumn snow in Seoul and just a few days after the beginning of kimchi-making season, Argentine Ambassador to South Korea Jorge Roballo hosted on Monday the biggest wine tasting fete to date.The Argentine Embassy and Wines of Argentina have been swishing, sniffing and swigging at Banyan Tree Club & Spa for a number of years now. With 25 wineries participating this time around, local aficionados quaffed a wider variety of wines than in previous years.“Sure, we still need to
Nov. 24, 2013
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ASEAN-Korea Centre eyes trade with seminars abroad
A Seoul-based intergovernmental body representing South Korea and Southeast Asian countries held two trade seminars on Thailand and Malaysia, and dispatched trade missions from Seoul to Vietnam and Malaysia, this month in a bid to bolster commercial ties.The ASEAN-Korea Centre on Nov. 19 dispatched a delegation of 14 experts and business people for a five-day trip to Hanoi, Vietnam, and another group to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for five days on Sunday.Organized in cooperation with the Malaysia Ex
Nov. 24, 2013
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Envoy showcases Finnish flare for design and education
Finnish Ambassador to South Korea Matti Heimonen promoted Scandinavian education, art and architecture during an exhibition at the Seoul Museum of Art in the historic Jeong-dong district of Seoul on Thursday. The exhibition, “Nordic Passion: Architecture and Design from the Nordic Countries,” focuses on the philosophy and artistic vision of Scandinavian countries, and continues until Feb. 16.“Today people are showing a keen interest in public architecture and design. The design trends of Nordic
Nov. 24, 2013
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Taiwan tries to get national fish on more Korean plates
Taiwan’s top diplomatic representative here, along with government officials and fish vendors, proffered the island nation’s tilapia fish in a bid to reverse damage done by a media report ― which was later retracted ― aired on Dong-ang Ilbo’s Channel A cable TV station.“Protecting tilapia is one or main purposes at our mission,” said Liang Ying-ping, the chief representative of Taiwan’s diplomatic mission in South Korea. “We intend to show the high quality and safety of Taiwanese tilapia.”Miaw T
Nov. 24, 2013
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Israel's opposition Labour party elects new leader
Israel's opposition Labour party announced on Friday that its members have elected a new leader -- former government minister Isaac Herzog -- seen as more open to joining the right-leaning ruling coalition.Herzog defeated incumbent Shelly Yachimovich with 58.5 percent of the vote in Thursday's election among the party's some 55,000 members, official results showed.Herzog's victory could affect the make-up of rightwing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition, with the new Labour lead
Nov. 22, 2013
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Philippine typhoon death toll rises above 5,000
MANILA (AP) -- The death toll from one of the strongest typhoons on record has risen above 5,000 and is likely to climb further, although recovery efforts are beginning to take hold, Philippine officials said Friday.Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said 4,919 people were killed on Leyte, Samar and nearby islands in the Eastern Visayas region. Civil defense chief Eduardo del Rosario said 290 others died in other parts of the central and southern Philippines.The regions were battered two weeks ago by
Nov. 22, 2013
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Japanese military police killed Koreans post-1923 earthquake: lawmaker
Official records have confirmed that Japanese military police massacred Koreans during Tokyo's colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula following a powerful earthquake in Japan in 1923, a South Korean lawmaker claimed Friday.The claim by Rep. Yoo Ki-hong of the main opposition Democratic Party comes three days after the National Archives of Korea unveiled decades-old records of Koreans who were killed during the March 1919 independence movement and following the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.Histor
Nov. 22, 2013
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Seoul launches probe into dumping of Japanese PET film
South Korea's trade commission said Friday that it has decided to launch an investigation into an alleged dumping of Japanese polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film.The decision follows a formal complaint from three South Korean manufacturers, according to the Korea Trade Commission."The commission decided to launch an antidumping investigation after a review of materials submitted by the petitioners yielded a conclusion that their complaint was reasonable," the commission said in a press release
Nov. 22, 2013
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Pentagon denies its reported position on Japan's collective self-defense
The Pentagon dismissed a press report Thursday directly linking Japan's envisioned exercise of its right to collective self-defense with possible emergencies on the Korean Peninsula.In a front-page story, the Chosun Ilbo, a major South Korean daily, quoted a Pentagon official as saying the U.S. includes the peninsula in the scope of Japan's right to collective self-defense.The article "mischaracterized U.S. policy with respect to Northeast Asia," Lt. Col. Jeff Pool, a Pentagon spokesman, told Yo
Nov. 22, 2013
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KF hosts middle-power diplomacy forum
Diplomats and experts participating in a Seoul forum Thursday discussed how to enhance public diplomacy of middle-power countries in line with their growing roles in world politics.About 50 officials and scholars from home and abroad were present at the KF Global Seminar hosted by the Korea Foundation. “Middle powers today aim to strengthen their capacities by building networks so as to become pivotal, constructive and responsible facilitators on global issues,” Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul
Nov. 21, 2013
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Japan won't exercise defense rights without Korea's consent
Japan has made clear its intention to not exercise its right to so-called collective self-defense on the Korea Peninsula without consent from Seoul, the foreign ministry here said Thursday."A ranking security official from the Japanese government has informed us of (Japan's) position that Japanese military forces cannot be deployed to the Korean Peninsula by invoking the collective self-defense rule," South Korea's foreign ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young said in a briefing.Japan's position is i
Nov. 21, 2013
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Korea, U.S. differ over Japan’s military role
Japan’s exercising of its right to collective self-defense would help boost the U.S. deterrence against threats such as North Korea’s nuclear program and contribute to regional stability, a ranking U.S. official said Wednesday. The Shinzo Abe administration is seeking to reinterpret the country’s pacifist constitution to expand its Self Defense Forces operations as part of apparent efforts to normalize the state.But the move has fueled concerns in Seoul and Beijing, where resentment still runs d
Nov. 20, 2013
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[Photo News] Colonical victims
Nov. 19, 2013