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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Top U.S. military officer to visit S. Korea next week
The top U.S. military officer will visit South Korea next week for talks with his counterpart on boosting the bilateral alliance, Seoul officials said Friday, amid keen attention on whether the two will discuss the possible deployment of an advanced U.S. missile-defense system here. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, is scheduled to arrive Thursday for a three-day stay, during which he plans to hold talks with South Korea's JCS chairman, Adm. Choi Yun-hee, and m
March 20, 2015
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U.S. commander says he believes N. Korea already miniaturized some nuclear weapons
The United States believes North Korea has already succeeded in making some nuclear weapons small enough to fit atop missiles, a top American military official said Thursday. "We know North Korea's ambitions in terms of their demonstrated cyber, their ambitions for nuclear weapons, the tests that have already occurred. And we think they already miniaturized some of this capability," Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
March 20, 2015
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USFK commander calls for 'layered' missile defense capability
South Korea and the U.S. should build a "layered" ballistic missile defense capability, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea said, in what could be seen as a call for deploying the THAAD system designed to intercept incoming missiles at high altitudes. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti made the remark in a written testimony submitted Wednesday to the House appropriations subcommittee on defense amid intensifying debates in South Korea about whether to accept a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense batte
March 20, 2015
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THAAD ruckus reveals Cold War mentality
The heated debate over the possible deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense battery to the peninsula is spawning concerns that the Cold War-era mentality still lives on here and will complicate Seoul’s strategic approaches to security issues.Since the issue surrounding the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system surfaced last year, a flurry of reports and expert analyses have depicted it as a matter of Seoul’s choice between the U.S. and China, as if the two economically interdependent
March 19, 2015
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Admiral under probe for sexual harassment
The Navy launched an investigation on Thursday into allegations that a three-star commander sexually harassed caddies at a golf course inside a naval unit at Jinhae, South Gyeongsang Province, last year.The commander, whose identity was withheld, is purported to have demanded that the caddies sing songs and dance on the golf course. He admitted he asked them to sing, but denied that they were asked to dance.The allegations are the latest in a series of sexual assault cases that has rattled the m
March 19, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. Marines hold large-scale joint drill
Marines of South Korea and the United States are staging a large-scale command post exercise on and around the Korean Peninsula to check and further boost their joint combat capabilities, the Marine Corps here said Thursday.Some 500 South Korean Marines and 1,700 American troops from III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) stationed in Okinawa, Japan, began their exercise on Wednesday, which is to be staged until Sunday, in the southeastern city of Pohang, the city of Osan, just south of Seoul,
March 19, 2015
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Allies may discuss THAAD in April
Seoul and Washington are expected to discuss the U.S.’ possible deployment of an advanced missile defense asset to the peninsula at their regular high-level defense talks in Washington, slated for mid-April, a government source said Wednesday.The allies will hold the two-day Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue next month to discuss bilateral security issues, possibly including the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system.“At the KIDD meeting, Seoul and Washington will discuss all pending se
March 18, 2015
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Parties at odds over gov't stance on THAAD
Rival parties expressed strong disagreement Wednesday over whether the government made the right move in asserting its control over deciding whether to deploy a U.S. anti-missile defense system in South Korea. On Tuesday, South Korea's defense ministry warned neighboring nations against trying to influence Seoul's security policy, saying it "will make a decision based upon our own judgment after putting security interests before anything else." The remarks were widely seen as a response to Chi
March 18, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. to discuss THAAD at April defense talks: sources
South Korea and the United States are expected to discuss the possible deployment of a U.S. advanced missile-defense system on South Korean soil at their high-level defense talks next month, sources here said Wednesday. The U.S. has expressed its will to deploy a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery on the peninsula, while the allies have said there have been neither consultations nor a decision on the matter. "All pending issues between the two sides will likely be discussed during the
March 18, 2015
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Seoul fires back at China’s opposition to THAAD
Seoul’s Defense Ministry expressed discomfort over Beijing’s repeated opposition to the U.S.’ possible deployment of an advanced missile defense asset to the peninsula on Tuesday, escalating tension with China over the sensitive security issue.“A neighboring country can have its own position about the U.S. Forces Korea’s deployment of THAAD (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system),” Ministry spokesperson Kim Min-seok told reporters during a press briefing. “But it should not attempt to exert
March 17, 2015
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[Graphic News] China surges in arms export ranking
China is now the world’s third-largest exporter of arms, data compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute showed Tuesday.According to the report, the U.S. remained the world’s largest arms exporter during the 2010 to 2014 period, accounting for 31 percent of global exports of conventional weapons.The U.S. was followed by Russia with a 27 percent share of global arms exports, followed by China with about 5 percent. China’s biggest clients were Pakistan, which bought 41 percen
March 17, 2015
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Politicization of security hinders strategic thinking
From the U.S.’ potential deployment of an advanced missile defense asset to Korea, to the sharing of military intelligence among South Korea, the U.S. and Japan, security issues have been overly politicized here, hindering policymakers’ strategic calculus of national interests. Although politicization of such issues is inevitable given the nature of a democracy, its intensity appears to be greater than in other countries due to the political and ideological polarization of South Korean society,
March 17, 2015
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U.S. Navy seeks continued cooperation with S. Korea
The U.S. Navy is seeking to bolster cooperation with South Korea and other long-standing Asian allies to cope with security challenges and threats, including North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, a strategy report showed Monday. In the report, titled "A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower," the Navy named South Korea and five other Asian allies -- Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines and Thailand -- as strategic interest partners in the region. The Navy is also tryi
March 17, 2015
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U.S. defends THAAD system, dismisses China's woes
A ranking U.S. diplomat said Tuesday the U.S. has a "responsibility" to consider a system that can deter North Korea's missile threats, dismissing China's concerns about a possible deployment of an advanced U.S. missile-defense system in South Korea. The remarks by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel came as China has explicitly voiced concerns about Washington's possible move to deploy a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery on Korean soil, home to about 28,500 American troop
March 17, 2015
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S. Korea's JCS chief visits U.S. battle ship
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman asked the U.S. Navy on Monday for its commitment to maintaining a staunch joint posture against possible enemy provocations, his office said. Adm. Choi Yun-hee, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the remarks while visiting the USS Fort Worth, one of Washington's newest littoral battle ships, which is currently docked in the southern port city of Busan. The 3,450-ton Freedom-class U.S. coastal combat ship arrived in Korea earlier this month
March 16, 2015
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‘THAAD to be stationed on peninsula in emergencies’
The U.S. has included its advanced missile defense system as part of its extra forces to be supplied to help defend South Korea in contingencies, a news report said Sunday, adding to heated controversy over the asset’s possible deployment on the peninsula. Last week, the U.S. Forces Korea confirmed for the first time that the military has carried out a site survey for possible stationing of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system. Though no final decision had been reached on its deploymen
March 15, 2015
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THAAD to be deployed in S. Korea in emergencies
The United States has included its advanced missile-defense system as part of the support it would provide South Korea in emergency situations on the Korean Peninsula, a South Korean military source said Sunday. "The U.S. plans to deploy a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense in case of an emergency on the Korean Peninsula," a military source told Yonhap News Agency. "My understanding is that THAAD is easily transportable with a U.S. military aircraft." Washington has recently hinted at the dep
March 15, 2015
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N.K. fires 7 short-range missiles into East Sea
North Korea fired seven surface-to-air missiles into the East Sea from its east coast on Thursday, a day before South Korea and the U.S. ended their annual Key Resolve command post exercise, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appeared to have observed the live-fire exercise, and the missile launches were conducted without any declaration of a no-sail/no-fly zone to ensure the safety of passing ships and aircraft, the JCS said.“We believe that the missiles w
March 13, 2015
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U.S. troops should stay in S. Korea after unification: opposition chief
South Korea's main opposition party leader said Friday he believes U.S. troops should remain in the country in the event of inter-Korean reunification to help ensure peace and stability in the region.Moon Jae-in, chairman of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), made the remarks in a meeting with Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times, according to the party's senior spokesman Kim Yung-rok, who sat in on the meeting."As (U.S. Forces Korea) contribute to
March 13, 2015
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S. Korea delays aerial tanker introduction to 2018
South Korea has postponed the introduction of aerial refueling tankers by about a year until 2018 due to a delayed process of selecting a successful bidder, government officials and industry sources here said Friday.The 1.4 trillion won ($1.26 billion) project to purchase four refueling tankers has drawn interest from three aerospace giants: Europe's Airbus Defense and Space, Boeing of the United States and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) of Israel.The Defense Acquisition Program Administratio
March 13, 2015