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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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S. Korea reviews 'propriety' of military intel-sharing pact with Japan: ministry
South Korea is reviewing whether it is right to continue exchanging military intelligence with Japan under a bilateral information-sharing pact, the defense ministry said Monday, amid speculation Seoul could rescind the agreement over a trade and diplomatic row with Tokyo.Officials in Seoul have hinted at the possibility of scrapping the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) in response to a series of retaliatory measures Japan has taken over a row surrounding wartime force
Aug. 5, 2019
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New US defense chief to visit S. Korea this week
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper will visit South Korea this week for talks with his South Korean counterpart, the South Korean defense ministry said Sunday.The trip comes as North Korea continues its military provocations against South Korea's joint military exercises with the United States and as Washington reportedly wants Seoul to increase its contribution to the cost of stationing 28,500 American troops in its Asian ally's territory. During his stay in Seoul, Esper will meet with South Korea
Aug. 4, 2019
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S. Korea, US to begin joint military drills Monday
South Korea and the United States will stage joint military drills as scheduled despite warnings from North Korea, the South Korean military authority said Sunday.The joint drills will begin Monday with a computer-simulated command post exercise (CPX) to cope with any emergency on the Korean Peninsula and last for half a month, according to the authority.After the CPX, the allies will spend the remaining 10 days intensively verifying Seoul's capabilities for its envisioned retaking of wartime op
Aug. 4, 2019
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S. Korea mulling conducting defense drills on Dokdo this month: sources
South Korea is considering carrying out a combined maritime defense drill on and around its easternmost islets of Dokdo as early as this month, military and government sources said Sunday.The military exercise, if conducted, would come amid an escalating row with Japan over shared history that has spilled into the economic realm after Japan last month imposed a tougher approval process for exports of some chemicals to South Korea. The row intensified on Friday as Tokyo approved a plan to r
Aug. 4, 2019
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Construction resumes at S. Korea's THAAD base
The South Korean and US militaries began construction to improve an accommodation facility within the base of an advanced US missile defense system in the southeastern province of North Gyeongsang on Friday.The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system was installed on a golf course-turned-military base in Seongju, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, in 2017, as part of efforts to counter missile threats from North Korea. The South Korean and US militaries have since conducted various cons
Aug. 2, 2019
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US has no plans to adjust military exercise with S. Korea: report
The United States has no plans to adjust its planned military exercise with South Korea next month, Reuters quoted a US official as saying Wednesday.North Korea said last week that it launched two short-range ballistic missiles to send a "solemn" warning to the South over the exercises, which it condemns as an invasion rehearsal. On Wednesday it fired what Seoul said was two more missiles of a similar kind."No adjustment or change in plans that we're aware of or are planning,"
Aug. 1, 2019
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N. Korean soldier expresses desire to defect after crossing land border: JCS
A North Korean soldier crossed the inter-Korean land border and expressed a desire to defect to South Korea, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday.The man was spotted moving southward along the Imjin River after crossing the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the central part of the inter-Korean border at around 11:38 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the JCS. After confirming that an unidentified object spotted by our thermal observation devices was a person,
Aug. 1, 2019
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Cheong Wa Dae convenes NSC meeting over NK missile test
The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday convened a National Security Council session over North Korea's firing of short-range ballistic missiles.Earlier in the day, the North fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.They flew some 250 kilometers, marking the second such launch in less than a week. Chung Eui-yong, the national security adviser, presided over the meeting of the NSC standing committee, according to Cheong Wa Dae.&q
July 31, 2019
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Seoul, US agree on ‘rational and fair’ defense cost-sharing negotiations: Cheong Wa Dae
South Korea and the United States have agreed to negotiate in a “rational” and “fair” way for a defense cost-sharing deal, Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday, denying local news reports that Washington had suggested a specific amount for the renegotiation. “(South Korea and the US) have not yet discussed the specific amount (for the cost-sharing deal). We agreed to negotiate in a rational and fair direction,” a presidential official told reporters. The statement
July 30, 2019
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S. Korea, US agree to discuss defense cost sharing in 'reasonable, fair' way
South Korea and the United States have agreed to conduct discussions in a "reasonable and fair" way on how to share the cost for the upkeep of American troops here, a foreign ministry official here said Tuesday.The two sides talked about the upcoming negotiations over Seoul's share of the cost for the stationing of the 28,500-strong US Forces Korea for next year, when US National Security Adviser John Bolton visited Korea last week, the official said.The local daily JoongAng Ilbo repor
July 30, 2019
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Pompeo says countries to join Strait of Hormuz plan amid report on S. Korean participation
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that countries around the world will join a US-led maritime force off the coast of Iran, after a South Korean newspaper reported that the Asian country plans to send a naval unit to the Strait of Hormuz.Pompeo did not mention any countries by name in his remarks to the Economic Club of Washington, DC But last week he told Fox News that the US had asked South Korea, Britain, France and other nations to join the US initiative to protect the strategical
July 30, 2019
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South Korea reviews sending troops to Strait of Hormuz
South Korea is reviewing sending a naval unit to the Strait of Hormuz to take part in the US-led maritime force to protect oil tankers in the strait.On Monday, a local daily reported that Korea has decided to send the Cheonghae Unit that operates in waters off Somalia, citing an unnamed senior government official. However, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said it has not made a decision. “There have been reports on sending troops to the Strait of Hormuz, but nothing has been decided. W
July 29, 2019
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[Herald Interview] ‘S. Korea should not just commemorate, but also record war history’
While the Korean Peninsula remains divided, the war that led to the division is now only a faint memory in the minds of the elderly. But Rami Hyun, a photographer, is putting the spotlight on the aged veterans who dedicated their youth fighting for a free country here. Holding a firm belief that the history should be recorded, Hyun takes pictures of veterans who fought in the 1950-1953 Korean War. “I wish to record the reality of the war. There are a lot of commemorating events, but
July 28, 2019
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S. Korea honors int'l veterans of Korean War
South Korea on Saturday honored a group of international soldiers who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War under the UN flag for their service. At a ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, South Korea welcomed a total of 107 war veterans and their family members from 16 countries, including the United States and Australia. "South Korea's dream to settle peace on the Korean Peninsula is also a dream of the UN that saved South Korea from the Korean War," Prime
July 27, 2019
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US nuclear-powered attack submarine comes to S. Korean port
A US nuclear-powered attack submarine is visiting a South Korean port, government sources said Friday, amid heightened tensions following North Korean missile tests.The 6,900-ton USS Oklahoma City arrived at the southern port of Busan on Thursday, they said, to replenish supplies and have its crew rest. The submarine is reportedly scheduled to depart next week.The port call came on the same day that North Korea launched two missiles from Hodo Peninsula near the North's eastern coastal town
July 26, 2019
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S. Korea says no change in planned joint military drills with US
The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday that South Korea and the United States will proceed with their planned joint military drills as scheduled, despite North Korea's warning.North Korea's state media said earlier in the day that the two short-range ballistic missiles the country fired Thursday were a "solemn warning" against South Korea, calling for the suspension of Seoul's planned military exercises and its purchase of what it called offensive weapons.Cheong Wa Dae said
July 26, 2019
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Korea provides evidence of Russian warplane’s airspace intrusion
South Korea presented Russia with evidence of a Russian warplane’s airspace intrusion Thursday, during a working-level meeting over a recent intrusion into Korea’s territorial skies, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said, as the two sides maintain conflicting accounts of the incident. “During the working-level meeting, the Defense Ministry provided a detailed explanation with evidence that the Russian military aircraft violated South Korea’s airspace,” the ministry sa
July 25, 2019
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NSC to discuss N. Korean missile launch: Cheong Wa Dae
South Korea's presidential National Security Council will soon discuss the issue of North Korea's latest missile firing, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday.Immediately after the North launched two short-range missiles early in the morning, President Moon Jae-in received a briefing from the NSC, according to Han Jun-woo, Cheong Wa Dae's deputy spokesman.Cheong Wa Dae is thoroughly handling the situation through the "crisis management center" of the national security office, he said. The
July 25, 2019
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North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into East Sea: JCS
North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the East Sea from Hodo Peninsula, northeast of Wonsan, Seoul’s military said Thursday. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea launched two projectiles from the peninsula in South Hamgyong Province at 5:34 a.m. and 5:57 a.m.The first missile traveled about 430 kilometers, and the second flew about 690 kilometers, the JCS said, adding that both reached an altitude of between 50 to 60 kilometers. “The joint evaluation of South
July 25, 2019
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Pentagon chief says Russia crossed into S. Korean airspace
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday that a Russian warplane crossed into South Korean airspace this week, despite Japan's claims that the incursion violated its own airspace.On Tuesday, a Russian A-50 early warning and control aircraft trespassed twice into South Korean airspace near the East Sea islets of Dokdo, prompting warning shots from the South's Air Force. South Korea said it was the first such violation by a foreign military plane.Japan, which lays claim to the islets, also d
July 25, 2019