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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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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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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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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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Hybe refutes Ador CEO Min's denial of breach of trust
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Park leaves for U.S. for Nuclear Security Summit
President Park Geun-hye left for Washington on Wednesday for a summit with her U.S. counterpart Barack Obama and dozens of other world leaders on how to tackle the threats on nuclear terrorism and to strengthen an international regime for nuclear security.The biennial meeting, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, has been held every two years since Obama hosted the inaugural summit in 2010 as part of efforts to make the world free of nuclear weapons. This year's meeting is to be the final summit.T
March 30, 2016
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Seoul to develop guided munitions to counter Pyongyang‘s multiple rocket launchers
South Korea plans to develop ground-to-ground GPS-guided munitions to better fend off threats posed by North Korea's latest multiple launch rocket systems, the Ministry of National Defense said in its five-year defense plan on Wednesday.North Korea's MLRS has emerged as one of the most imminent security threats facing South Korea since the communist country announced what it claimed was the final test of a new high-caliber multiple rocket launcher earlier in the month.With a range of 200 kilomet
March 30, 2016
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Chief of state diplomatic academy raises need for effective nuclear doctrine
The chief of a state-run diplomatic academy has raised the need for South Korea and the U.S. to explore effective nuclear doctrine, including a preemptive "first use" approach, to cope with the escalating nuclear threats from North Korea.In a report issued by the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security under the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Chancellor Yun Duk-min said that the allies need to review Cold War-era nuclear doctrine to find one suitable for the defense of the South.P
March 29, 2016
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Korea in talks with U.S. presidential candidates over foreign policy
South Korea has been in talks with the campaign camp of key U.S. presidential candidates, including Republican front-runner Donald Trump, to improve each other's understanding of foreign policy issues, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.Concerns have grown in South Korea as Trump has made repeated claims that South Korea is getting a free ride on defense and paying little for the upkeep of U.S. troops on its soil. The real-estate mogul has also said he would allow South Korea and Japan to go nucl
March 29, 2016
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Korea renews calls on Japan to enforce security laws in peaceful manner
South Korea on Tuesday renewed its calls for Japan to enforce a new package of contentious security laws in a way that contributes to regional peace and stability, as the laws took effect at midnight.The effectuation of the laws marked a significant shift in Tokyo's exclusively defensive security policy as they enable its Self-Defense Forces to exercise the right to collective self-defense, or the use of force to support its ally under attack, which used to be banned under the country's war-reno
March 29, 2016
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Military prepared against possible N.K. provocations during Park's overseas trip
South Korea's military is ready to deal with any possible North Korean provocations during President Park Geun-hye's visit to the United States and Mexico later this week, the country's defense ministry said Tuesday.Park is scheduled to fly to Washington on Wednesday to take part in the Nuclear Security Summit and hold talks with her U.S., Chinese and Japanese counterparts. She is also expected to visit Mexico to further bilateral economic ties and return the next week.Asked whether the ministry
March 29, 2016
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Air Force checks anti-terror readiness of military-private airports
The South Korean Air Force said Tuesday it has inspected the anti-terror preparedness of six civilian airports that share runways with the military.In the eight-day emergency inspection that ended on Tuesday, the Air Force examined the readiness posture of the airports in Gwangju, Gimhae, Daegu, Cheongju, Sacheon and Wonju.The security inspection came amid a heightened terrorist attack alert in the wake of North Korea's recent threats to launch strikes on South Korea and specifically Cheong Wa D
March 29, 2016
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Park to hold summit talks with U.S., Chinese, Japanese leaders
South Korea's President Park Geun-hye will meet with the leaders of the United States, Japan and China later this week in Washington to coordinate how to deal with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday.The back-to-back summits come after the U.N. Security Council slapped tougher sanctions on North Korea for carrying out its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6 and a long-range rocket launch on Feb. 7.Tensions have also spiked on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea has
March 29, 2016
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Lippert rejects Trump accusations that Korea gets defense free ride
U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Mark Lippert on Monday dismissed accusations by Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump that South Korea is paying little to keep American troops on its soil.Without naming Trump, Lippert cited various reasons why the allegations aren't true, including the fact that South Korea shoulders 55 percent of all non-personnel costs and increases its defense spending by 3 to 5 percent annually."We feel very good about the resource sharing that we and the Republic of Ko
March 28, 2016
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Seoul‘s defense chief calls for strong response to Pyongyang provocation
Defense Minister Han Min-koo called on a counter-artillery unit to "retaliate powerfully" against any North Korean provocations during a troop visit Monday.The trip to the multiple launch rocket system unit came as North Korea stepped up its artillery threats on Seoul. North Korea said last week it has conducted the final test-fire of a large-caliber MLRS that is ready for combat deployment.The imminent deployment of the multiple 300-millimeter caliber rocket launching system reportedly places h
March 28, 2016
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Seoul building up counter-artillery system against Pyongyang‘s multiple rocket launchers
South Korea is building up a comprehensive counter-artillery system to guard against growing threats posed by North Korea's multiple rocket launchers, the defense ministry said Monday.North Korea said last week it has conducted the final test-fire of a large-caliber multiple rocket launching system that is ready for combat deployment.The imminent deployment of the multiple 300-millimeter caliber rocket launching system reportedly places half of the South Korean territory within its range."Agains
March 28, 2016
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Trump‘s remarks fuel debate over Seoul’s nuclear armament
Republican front-runner Donald Trump's remarks about allowing South Korea to nuclearize are adding fuel to a simmering debate over Seoul's potential nuclear option to counter Pyongyang's escalating threats, observers here said Monday.In an interview with the New York Times on Friday, the U.S. real-estate magnet said he would be "open" to allowing the South and Japan to build nuclear arms against the North and China. He argued they would go nuclear anyway if the U.S. keeps its "current path of we
March 28, 2016
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Korea, U.S. agree to strengthen disaster relief, security
South Korea and the United States agreed to strengthen cooperation in disaster control and security crisis management areas in the face of heightened terrorism concerns, the government said Sunday.The Ministry of Public Safety and Security said the two sides concurred during the weeklong disaster and security management meeting in Washington that there is a need to forge a close communication channel to exchange information on terrorism and ways to respond to disaster situations.The understandin
March 27, 2016
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Korea‘s top military commander checks frontline combat readiness
South Korea's top military commander checked the combat readiness of frontline troops on Friday as inter-Korean tensions have flared up in the face of North Korea's continuing provocations.Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Lee Sun-jin visited the VIII Corps and Navy 1st Fleet earlier in the day to look into their military preparedness, the military said. The Army corps is in charge of guarding the eastern part of the heavily militarized border while the Navy fleet defends the East Sea area. "N
March 25, 2016
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S. Korea, U.S. conduct naval training to commemorate inter-Korean naval clashes
The South Korean and United States navies conducted a joint training exercise on Friday, in remembrance of the sailors and soldiers killed in recent clashes with North Korea, the military said FridaySouth Korea commemorated the deaths from the three past inter-Korean skirmishes near the western sea border area on Commemoration Day, which has been designated on the fourth Friday of March.In 2010 alone, 48 soldiers were killed in two military conflicts between the rival Koreas. In March that year,
March 25, 2016
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Korea, Japan's Navy chiefs to discuss military collaboration
The naval chiefs of South Korea and Japan will hold talks next week on ways to increase collaboration in joint search and rescue exercises, anti-piracy operations and other military issues, the Navy said Thursday.The high-level talks between South Korea's Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jung Ho-sub and Adm. Tomohisa Takei, chief commander of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, will be held on Monday in the Gyeryongdae military headquarters in central South Korea.The main topics of discussion w
March 24, 2016
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Military in development of armor piercing ammo-proof vest
The military is developing a new bulletproof vest that could resist armor-piercing ammunition, the Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday.The Defense Agency for Technology and Quality, the state-run quality control agency for defense goods, is currently gauging the level of technology needed for the body armor development, the ministry said in a release to the media.It was in response to a report by the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea that accused several defense officials of taking
March 23, 2016
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Military seeks to develop new patrol craft to bolster front-line defense
South Korea is seeking to develop a highly mobile patrol craft as part of its efforts to bolster naval defense along the maritime boundary with North Korea, military officials said Wednesday.Through a civilian-military cooperative project, the military plans to develop a 20-ton "high-speed interceptor craft" that can travel faster than 60 knots per hour, or 111 kmph, the officials said.The military plans to launch the project within this year and produce a prototype in five years so they can be
March 23, 2016
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Defense chiefs of Korea, Indonesia to hold talks
The defense ministers of South Korea and Indonesia will hold talks on Wednesday to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in Seoul's project to develop an indigenous fighter jet and other bilateral defense issues, the Ministry of National Defense said.Defense Minister Han Min-koo and his Indonesian counterpart, Ryamizard Ryacudu, will meet in the ministry's compound in central Seoul for the talks, which officials here say will focus on strengthening bilateral defense ties.Topping the agenda is ensu
March 23, 2016
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North Korea's saber-rattling is no bluff: ministry
The South Korean military Tuesday said that it sees North Korea’s nuclear programs, ballistic missiles and its new large-caliber multiple rocket system as “real threats,” dismissing speculation that Pyongyang’s nuclear threats were empty rhetoric.“North Korea has been conducting multiple test-firings related to improving the performance of the new rocket launcher. Our intelligence is cross-referencing the projectiles, range and trajectory with our information for assessment,” said Na Seung-yong,
March 22, 2016