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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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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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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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Seoul opens interim embassy on warship due to conflicts in Yemen
South Korea said Sunday it has opened an interim diplomatic mission on a Navy destroyer in waters off the Gulf of Aden to help support the safety of Korean residents who opted to stay in conflict-hit Yemen.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said that an ad hoc diplomatic office was set up Friday (local time) on the warship named Wang Geon to support the remaining 23 Korean residents in Yemen following Seoul's recent evacuation of its people.It marked the first time that a Korean diplomatic mission was se
April 5, 2015
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S. Korea watches Japan's possible provocations over Dokdo
South Korea is closely watching Japan's plans to unveil its review of school textbooks and an annual diplomatic report as they are expected to contain Tokyo's repeated claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo, officials said Sunday.Japan plans to unveil the results of an examination of textbooks for middle school students Monday and publish an annual report on its foreign policy and activities Tuesday, both of which are expected to contain Tokyo's territorial claim to Dokdo.Japan has l
April 5, 2015
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U.S. says Iran deal has no bearing on N. Korean nuclear standoff
WASHINGTON--The breakthrough nuclear deal with Iran has nothing to do with North Korea and does not change the communist nation's obligations to abandon its nuclear program, the State Department said Friday. "These really are very different issues. What Iran chooses to do or not do doesn't have a lot of bearing on whether North Korea lives up to its international obligation," State Department acting spokeswoman Marie Harf said at a regular briefing. On Thursday, six world powers and Iran ann
April 4, 2015
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Carter to reiterate strong U.S. security commitment to S. Korea
WASHINGTON--U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will reiterate Washington's strong security commitment to South Korea when he travels to the Asian ally next week, the Pentagon announced Friday. Carter is scheduled to visit South Korea on April 9-11 for his first face-to-face talks with South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo and other senior officials. He is expected to focus on how to strengthen joint defense capabilities against North Korea. South Korea is the second leg of a two-nation
April 4, 2015
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Republic of Angola
The following article was contributed by the Embassy of the Republic of Angola. ― Ed.Angola is celebrating its 13th anniversary of a peace agreement that led the country to reconciliation on April 4, 2002. The Angolan people have overcome considerable barriers and external interference but through their perseverance and courage they achieved peace, having tremendous development nationwide since.Angola has a rich subsoil heritage, from diamonds, oil, gold and copper, as well as a rich abundance o
April 4, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. to hold talks on N. Korean threats
South Korea and the United States plan to hold high-level talks later this month to discuss ways to further boost coordination to deter and counter threats from North Korea, the defense ministry here said Friday. The allies "are scheduled to hold the seventh round of the senior-level Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue from April 14-15 in Washington," ministry vice spokesman Nah Seung-yong told reporters. The upcoming session will be followed by the Defense Trilateral Talks among South Kore
April 3, 2015
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Top S. Korean official calls for greater energy cooperation with U.S.
The combination of South Korea's information-communication technology prowess and the United States' top-notch energy technologies would generate great synergy effects in developing future energy sources, a top South Korean energy official said Thursday. Second Vice Energy Minister Moon Jae-do made the remark during an energy conference in Washington, saying energy-rich countries in the future will have "an abundant variety of energy solutions," not merely an "abundance of fossil fuels." "From
April 3, 2015
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U.S. defense chief to visit S. Korea for talks on N. Korea
The defense secretary of the United States will visit South Korea next week for talks on pending security issues including how to counter North Korea's threats, Seoul's defense ministry said Friday. During his three-day visit starting April 9, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter "is scheduled to meet with South Korea's Defense Minister Han Min-koo to discuss key security issues including how to strengthen joint deterrence against North Korea's nuclear and missiles threat," the ministry said in a
April 3, 2015
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Park meets U.S. House minority leader
President Park Geun-hye on Thursday met with the U.S. House minority leader to discuss ways to deepen cooperation in bilateral issues, officials said. With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scheduled to make a congressional address later this month, Seoul is forecast to focus chiefly on rallying U.S. lawmakers behind its efforts to extract a sincere atonement for Tokyo’s atrocities during World War II, such as sex slavery involving Korean and other women.Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who was the first fem
April 2, 2015
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Pelosi urges Abe to apologize over wartime sex slavery
Nancy Pelosi, the U.S. House minority leader, called on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Thursday to apologize for the sexual slavery of Korean and other Asian women during World War II."We have been clear about what we'd like to hear about comfort women," Pelosi told reporters when asked about her view on Abe's planned congressional speech in Washington later this month. "I hope that a statement will be made to free (Japanese) people from this burden of the issue of comfort women."She made th
April 2, 2015
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Lippert says 'unbreakable bond' confirmed in alliance
Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea, expressed his gratitude to South Koreans for their support and encouragement following the knife attack on him last month. The U.s. ambassador Mark Lippert toasts at the Korean Traditional Food Tasting Event on March 25.(Yonhap)He said he and his family will never forget South Koreans' warmth and help during his time of need."This incident has only strengthened our belief in the unbreakable bond that exists between the United States and the Repub
April 1, 2015
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Seoul vows stern response to Japan's claim to Dokdo
South Korea vowed a stern response Wednesday to Japan's claim to Seoul's easternmost islets of Dokdo, as Japan will reportedly publish a diplomatic white paper containing the claim.Japan has long declared sovereignty over the Dokdo islets, which lie closer to South Korea than Japan in waters between the two countries, in one of the thorniest diplomatic issues between the two countries.Japan's foreign ministry once again made the claim in its draft for the 2015 white paper, according to Japan's K
April 1, 2015
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Another 3 S. Koreans evacuated from Yemen by plane
Another three South Koreans were evacuated from Yemen by plane on Tuesday as security concerns have heightened following airstrikes against a militant rebel group there, Seoul's foreign ministry said.The foreign ministry said that the three Korean residents in Yemen's capital Sanaa departed for Ethiopia on a U.N. plane earlier in the day following the evacuation of 10 Koreans made on Saturday.Two diplomats will be re-located to an interim diplomatic mission to be placed on a South Korean Navy de
March 31, 2015
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Seoul slams Japan for seeking to put wartime facilities on UNESCO heritage list
South Korea on Tuesday expressed its strong opposition against Japan's move to put its wartime facilities on the UNESCO world heritage list, saying that the move runs counter to the spirit of the list.Since 2012, Japan has been seeking to put more than 20 industrial facilities such as coal mines, a legacy of Tokyo's forced labor during World War II, on the UNESCO world heritage list. Japan claims that those facilities are a symbol of industrialization in an apparent bid to conceal its wartime ag
March 31, 2015
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New S. Korean ambassador vows closer cooperation with China
The new South Korean ambassador to China, Kim Jang-soo, said Tuesday he will spare no efforts to forge close cooperation with China. Kim takes up the post at a time when tension between Seoul and Beijing is brewing over a possible deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea.Kim, a 67-year-old former defense minister who headed the National Security Council at the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae until May last year, made the comments upon his arrival at the Beijing a
March 31, 2015
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[Reporter's Column] Korea-Japan relations hang by a hair
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is walking a tightrope as he continues to play down the country’s historical abuses ahead of his address at U.S. Congress and the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, stymying Seoul’s efforts to defrost bilateral ties. He has been under growing international pressure to tone down his revisionist views and present a more repentant attitude to Japan’s wartime history. But skepticism persists over any sweeping turnaround in his approach in light of his elu
March 30, 2015
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S. Korea not in dilemma over rivalry between U.S., China: FM
It could be a blessing rather than a dilemma for South Korea being in the middle of the U.S. and China's growing rivalry in the Asia Pacific region, the foreign ministry said Monday.The remarks by Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se came amid growing jitters over the country's position as the two super powers step up efforts for a greater presence in the Asian region.Seoul has recently decided to join the formation of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, defying the U.S.'implicit reserv
March 30, 2015
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S. Korea to host New Zealand in veteran defender's int'l swan song
Veteran South Korean football defender Cha Du-ri will bid adieu to international play on Tuesday, when his team hosts New Zealand in the nation's capital.The friendly match between the 56th-ranked South Korea and the 134th-ranked New Zealand will kick off at 8 p.m. at Seoul World Cup Stadium.Cha, 34, will be making his 76th and final international appearance for South Korea. He'd earlier announced his retirement at the conclusion of the AFC Asian Cup in January in Australia but head coach Uli St
March 30, 2015
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Japan saw emperor's regret over wartime history as 'inevitable' in 1984: documents
Japan believed in 1984 that it was "inevitable" for its emperor to express regret over Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula when a South Korean president made a state visit to Tokyo, diplomatic documents showed Monday.When South Korea prepared for a state visit by then President Chun Doo-hwan to Japan, topping the agenda was whether then Japanese Emperor Hirohito would make comments or apologize over Japan's wartime wrongdoing, according to the documents released by Seoul's fore
March 30, 2015
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Climate change provides opportunities for Denmark
COPENHAGEN ― Denmark is turning climate change into an opportunity and leading the way in preparing for a water-scarce future, Danish Environment Minister Kirsten Brosbol told reporters last week. Situated between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, Denmark has overcome its water challenges using innovative engineering. “Not just Denmark, but the whole world is facing increasingly severe problems related to drinking water,” Brosbol told journalists from Korea, Japan, China, Singapore and India at
March 29, 2015