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May 22, 2018 Automode

[Newsmaker] Under pressure, Hyundai Motor heir pulls the plug, pursues plan B

Two months after proposing a grand reform plan on its corporate governance, Hyundai Motor Group, the nation’s second-largest chaebol, came with yet another unexpected choice Monday, ditching the plan...

[Newsmaker] N. Korea-US summit will be held as scheduled despite tensions: Seoul official

WASHINGTON -- The upcoming summit between North Korea and the United States will go on as scheduled despite fresh tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul's top security official said here Monday. Ch...

May 22, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Reporters face hurdle as they head for NK nuclear test site

North Korea’s dismantling of its major nuclear test site will likely go ahead as planned this week, but it was unclear as of Monday evening whether South Korean reporters would be able to cover the e...

May 21, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Parliament OKs bills on extra budget, special counsel probe

South Korea's parliament on Monday passed a 3.83 trillion won ($3.54 billion) extra budget bill and a proposal to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate an online opinion rigging scandal involvi...

May 21, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Harry Harris: Top Navy commander with clear-eyed view on North Korea

With the nomination of Pacific Commander Adm. Harry Harris as the new US top envoy to South Korea last week, expectations are high about the role that he will play amid the fast-paced diplomacy on th...

May 20, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Seoul to ‘wait and see’ as NK threatens to freeze talks

Seoul’s presidential office said on Friday it will “wait and see” as North Korea threatened to not hold talks with South Korea unless it stops the ongoing joint military drills with the US. Citing t...

May 18, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Moon’s security adviser continues marching to a different beat

President Moon Jae-in’s special national security and foreign affairs adviser Moon Chung-in continues to voice views that fall short of being in tune with the government. Speaking at a forum Wednesd...

May 17, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Max Thunder exercise proceeds as planned: Defense Ministry

Despite North Korea’s decision to postpone high-level talks with South Korea in protest against a combined air drill with the US, the ongoing Max Thunder exercise will proceed as scheduled, the Defen...

May 16, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Watchdog blasted over call for new Samsung control tower

“How can a control tower not have control?” An official at Samsung Electronics threw the question back to The Korea Herald when asked what Samsung executives and employees think of the latest commen...

May 15, 2018
Industry
[Newsmaker] 'North Korea's CVID impossible' says former NK diplomat

A complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea is impossible, unless the regime collapses or changes, a former senior North Korean diplomat said Monday. Given the North’s po...

May 14, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] Selective justice? Koreans file petition after female suspect gets arrested for leaking nude photo

More than 270,000 South Koreans have signed an online petition asking for the fair investigation of online and digital sexual violence cases, regardless of the perpetrators' gender, after a female su...

May 13, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] How will review of Samsung BioLogics’ alleged accounting fraud go?

South Korea’s top financial regulator will embark on initial steps to review accounting fraud allegations involving contract drug manufacturer Samsung BioLogics this week, the outcome of which will l...

May 13, 2018
Industry
[Newsmaker] Terror probe launched after deadly Paris knife attack

A knifeman shouting "Allahu akbar" was shot dead by police in central Paris late Saturday after he killed one person and injured four, prompting a terror probe. The attack took place near the city's...

May 13, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Singapore excited about Trump-Kim summit

SINGAPORE – News that Singapore will host the historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next month made top headlines here, drawing attention to where on t...

May 11, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Trump-Kim meeting expected to deliver initial results

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump's announcement Thursday of a date and location for his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un renewed cautious optimism for a deal to dismantle the North...

May 11, 2018
North Korea

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