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South Korea faces unprecedented turmoil in aftermath of Yoon's martial law
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Why did President Yoon Suk Yeol resort to martial law?
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Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment vote looms large
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Impeachment motion to be voted on Saturday
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In Yoon's martial law speech, a window into his troubling worldview
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How Yoon’s fate could unfold under 4 scenarios
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Yoon needs to be stopped from exercising power as president: ruling party head
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Yoon aides, Cabinet members offer to resign
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The six-hour shambles that showed Korean democracy's strength
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Protests sweep South Korea as calls for Yoon Suk Yeol's resignation intensify
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US pressuring S. Korea, other allies to vote against ban on nuclear weapons: report
The United States is campaigning hard against a proposed UN General Assembly resolution banning nuclear weapons, pressuring treaty allies like South Korea, Japan and NATO members to vote against the resolution, a new report said.The resolution, led by Austria, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, calls for the formal launch of negotiations on a nuclear ban in 2017. The UN General Assembly is expected to vote on the resolution as early as next week and proponents expect it to pass easily, according t
Oct. 24, 2016
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Korea ranks 24th in UN procurement market: report
South Korea provided the United Nations with $192.85 million worth of goods and services in 2015, accounting for only around 1 percent of the global body's total procurement of the year, an official report showed Sunday.The figure marks an 8.9 percent increase from the volume of the UN's procurement from South Korea, according to an annual statistical report by the UN Office for Project Services.But South Korea ranked the world's 24th in the field, which is relatively low for its economic size.
Oct. 23, 2016
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Korea to hold K-food expo in Thailand
South Korea will hold an exhibition of Korean food in Thailand to promote its flavor and nutritious tradition in the Southeast Asian country, the agricultural ministry here said Wednesday.The event titled "Stay Healthy with your Tasty K-Food!" is to open Thursday in Bangkok for a two-day run, with the participation of 25 South Korean food and beverage companies, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.There will be business consultation sessions to match the South Korean
Oct. 19, 2016
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Park expresses deep condolences over death of Thai king
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Friday expressed her "deep" condolences to Thailand over the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, saying his leadership for the Southeast Asian country's harmony will always be remembered. The king, the world's longest-reigning monarch, died peacefully at a hospital in the Thai capital of Bangkok on Thursday, according to a statement from the country's royal household bureau. He was 88. Since he took the throne in 1946 at age 18, he had been revered as a rare
Oct. 14, 2016
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Trump accuses Korea of 'laughing' at US over free trade deal
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused South Korea of "laughing at how stupid we are," as he renewed the wrong-headed claims that the free trade pact with the Asian ally ended up hurting the USTrump has long blamed free trade deals as a key cause of American economic problems in an attempt to rally support from voters struggling with economic woes and criticize his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, for backing such agreements. He has denounced the pact with Korea as a "jo
Oct. 7, 2016
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Ex-Portuguese PM Guterres chosen to succeed Ban Ki-moon as UN chief
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres has been selected to succeed Ban Ki-moon as UN secretary-general.The UN Security Council decided to recommend Guterres as new UN chief in a straw poll Wednesday. (AP-Yonhap)The council plans to adopt a formal resolution on the decision Thursday. The decision should then be endorsed by the 193-member General Assembly, but the process is considered a formality.Guterres, 67, who served as UN high commissioner for refugees for 10 years until last ye
Oct. 6, 2016
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US does not oppose Asian allies to build better ties with China:
The United States does not oppose the Philippines seeking better relations with China just as it encouraged other Asian allies South Korea and Japan to improve their ties with Beijing, the White House said Monday.White House press secretary Josh Earnest was reacting to comments reportedly made by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is known for his combative rhetoric against the US, that he is willing to build closer relations with China and Russia."I've been asked this question both in th
Oct. 4, 2016
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Trump calls again for renegotiation of trade deals
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump vowed to renegotiate trade deals as he clashed with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton during their crucial first television debate."We have to renegotiate our trade deals and we have to stop these countries from stealing our companies and our jobs," Trump said during the nationally televised debate held in New York, once again displaying deeply negative views of free trade.Trump called the North American Free Trade Agreement "defective" and "one
Sept. 27, 2016
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US imposes first-ever sanctions on Chinese firm for assisting N. Korea with WMD programs
The United States on Monday blacklisted a Chinese firm, its owner and three other company officials, and announced criminal charges against them for assisting North Korea with its nuclear and missile programs, a landmark move representing the first-ever sanctions on a Chinese entity over Pyongyang's weapons programs.The sanctions on Dandong Hongxiang Industrial Development Company Ltd and its officials followed recent revelations that the firm exported aluminum oxide, which can be used in enrich
Sept. 27, 2016
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German city cancels setup of comfort women statue under Japanese pressure
The agreed setup of a girl statue, symbolizing victims of sex slavery for Japanese soldiers during World War II, in a German city has been virtually scuttled because of apparent strong obstruction and pressure by Japan, a civic organization leader said Wednesday. In a July letter sent to Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young, Mayor Dietor Salomon of Freiburg, Germany, notified that his city had accepted Yeom's earlier proposal to build the statue in the German city. Following that, 75 public and civic orga
Sept. 21, 2016
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Korea pledges to contribute $230 mln to global support for refugees
South Korea has promised to contribute $230 million for global efforts over the next three years to join global humanitarian support for refugees, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.The contribution plan was unveiled Tuesday (local time) by Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, who is in New York to attend the UN General Assembly, according to the ministry.In a summit hosted by US President Barack Obama to discuss ways to help refugees, Yun delivered a speech in which Seoul's three-year support plan w
Sept. 21, 2016
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Trump denounces Korea-US FTA as 'disaster,' demands S. Korea pay all cost for troop presence
WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump again denounced the free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea as a "job killing trade deal" and a "disaster," and said the Asian ally should pay 100 percent of the cost for the American troops stationed there."It is no great secret that many of the special interests funding my opponent's campaign are the same people profiting from these terrible trade deals. They are terrible. They're terrible for everybody," Trump s
Sept. 16, 2016
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Trump calls N. Korea 'potential catastrophe'
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said North Korea is a "potential catastrophe" and a "big problem" as he expressed concern about the communist nation's nuclear and missile programs.Trump also reiterated his long-running point that China should solve the North Korea problem."They're very belligerent. They have no respect for our country, none whatsoever. And we have a situation that's a potential catastrophe. We have somebody that truly does have nuclear and nuclear capability. T
Sept. 8, 2016
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Obama unlikely to adopt nuclear 'no first use' policy: NYT
US President Barack Obama is unlikely to forswear first use of nuclear weapons, the New York Times reported Tuesday, as the so-called nuclear "no first use" proposal sparked concerns among allies and senior officials alike.Obama has considered adopting the new nuclear doctrine in his final months in office in an effort to bolster his legacy as champion of a world without nuclear weapons. The proposal has, however, unnerved allies relying on US nuclear weapons for their security. US President Bar
Sept. 7, 2016
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UN Security Council adopts statement condemning NK missile launches
The UN Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile tests as a "grave violation" of UN resolutions in an unusually swift move underlining the seriousness the international community attaches to the provocations.The council adopted the press statement after holding an urgent meeting to discuss the North's launches of three medium-range Rodong ballistic missiles on Monday. The statement's adoption means that even China and Russia have agreed to condemn the
Sept. 7, 2016
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Korean-Americans favor Clinton
Korean-American voters in the US appear to strongly favor Hilary Clinton over Donald Trump for their next president, regardless of their political inclination, a recent survey by a US-based scholar revealed.The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California’s Network of Korean-American Leaders, showed that 70.25 percent of the respondents are planning to vote for Clinton in the upcoming US presidential election in November.Another 4.96 percent expressed support for Trum
Sept. 6, 2016
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Opposition to THAAD shows China's belief neighbors must give priority to Chinese interests: US expert
China's opposition to South Korea's decision to host the US THAAD missile defense system shows Beijing believes neighboring countries must put China's national interests ahead of their own, a US expert said Wednesday.Mark Tokola, vice president of the Korea Economic Institute of America in Washington, made the point in an article posted at KEI's blog website, stressing that it is North Korea's nuclear and missile development that led to the decision to place THAAD in the South."China continues t
Sept. 1, 2016
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Seoul to focus on inclusiveness, innovation in achieving UN development goals
South Korea will focus on seeking inclusive growth of fragile countries and innovative partnerships with the private sector as Seoul joins the international community's implementation of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, a vice foreign minister said Wednesday."The ratio of people living in extreme poverty on less than $1.25 per day vis-a-vis the overall population of the globe fell from 36 percent in 1990 to 12 percent in 2015," Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said during the
Aug. 31, 2016
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N. Korea's SLBM test necessitates urgent discussions during regional summit: Russel
North Korea's latest submarine missile test makes it urgent for US President Barack Obama and other East Asia leaders to discuss the threat when they hold an annual regional summit next week, the State Department's top Asia official said Tuesday.Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel made the remark during a Foreign Press Center briefing to preview Obama's upcoming trip to China for a summit of the Group of 20 nations and then to Laos for a series of regional summits, including the East Asia
Aug. 31, 2016
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Ikea threatens to cut investments in Russia after losing court battle
MOSCOW, (AFP) -- Swedish flatpack giant IKEA on Tuesday warned it could reduce its investment in Russia after a court ordered it to pay more than $7.8 million in damages in a long-running legal dispute.IKEA said it had plans to invest more than 100 bllion rubles ($1.54 billion) in Russia but "recent activities aimed at the IKEA Group related to old legal cases could slow down these investment plans."It issued the statement after a court in the western Russian city of Smolensk ordered IKEA to pa
Aug. 30, 2016