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January 10, 2017 Diplomatic Circuit

S. Korean dies after setting himself ablaze over Japan deal

A South Korean Buddhist monk has died days after he set himself on fire to protest the country's deal with Japan on former Korean sex slaves, a Seoul hospital said Tuesday. The monk, 64, set himself...

Reigning Olympic champ wins World Cup aerial competition in PyeongChang

PYEONGCHANG (Yonhap) -- Anton Kushnir of Belarus, the reigning Olympic champion in men's aerial skiing, won the gold medal at an International Ski Federation (FIS) competition here on Friday. Kushni...

February 10, 2017
More sports
Korean speed skater injured in fall

GANGNEUNG (Yonhap) -- South Korean Lee Seung-hoon sustained an apparent leg injury in a fall during the world championships Friday. Lee lost his balance trying to turn a corner and fell in the latte...

February 10, 2017
More sports
UN search list for S. Koreans abducted by N. Korea growing: expert group

The United Nations' working group on enforced disappearances said Friday that its search list for South Koreans believed to have been abducted by North Korea has been growing. At a press conference ...

February 10, 2017
North Korea
Two Korean aerial skiers call 1st World Cup in PyeongChang big lesson

PYEONGCHANG (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean male aerial skiers said Friday their first ever International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup has served a good teaching ground ahead of the Winter Olympics ne...

February 10, 2017
Olympic Games
Korea's Marine Corps chief awarded US medal for strengthening alliance

South Korea's Marine Corps chief was awarded a medal by the United States for his role in strengthening the bilateral alliance, the military said Friday. Lt. Gen. Lee Sang-hoon was awarded the Legio...

February 10, 2017
Defense
S. Korean Lee Sang-hwa takes silver at speed skating worlds

GANGNEUNG (Yonhap) -- South Korean Olympic speed skating champion Lee Sang-hwa claimed the silver medal in the women's 500m at the world championships here Friday. Lee finished second among 24 skate...

February 10, 2017
More sports
4 arrested, including teen, explosives seized in French raid

PARIS (AP) -- French anti-terrorism forces arrested four people in southern France on Friday, including a 16-year-old girl, and uncovered a makeshift laboratory with the explosive TATP and other base...

February 10, 2017
World News
Ban's advisor gives glimpse of his economic policy

An advisor to former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a potential presidential contender, on Tuesday offered a glimpse into his economic policy that aims to upgrade South Korea's capitalism model ...

January 10, 2017
Politics
2 dead, 4 missing after fishing boat collides with 23,000-ton vessel

POHANG (Yonhap) -- A fishing boat on Tuesday collided with a merchant ship off South Korea's southeastern coast, leaving two dead and four others missing, Coast Guard officials said. The 74-ton loca...

January 10, 2017
Social affairs
Actor Park Bo-gum greeted by 4,000 fans in Hong Kong

Park Bo-gum, the star of South Korean TV series "Love in the Moonlight," met about 4,000 fans in Hong Kong on the second leg of his tour of Asian countries to meet international fans, his agency said...

December 18, 2016
Television
JYJ's Junsu bids farewell in final concert before joining military

Junsu of South Korean K-pop trio JYJ bid farewell to his global fans in his last concert before starting his compulsory military duty. The musical performer beamed during the "2016 Xia Ballad & Musi...

December 11, 2016
Music
Prosecutors again name Park suspect in presidential aide's attempted coercion of CJ Group

President Park Geun-hye is suspected of complicity in her former senior secretary Cho Won-dong's unsuccessful attempt to force CJ Group's vice chairman to quit in 2013, prosecutors said Sunday, annou...

December 11, 2016
Politics
Samsung's Note 7 return rate tops 80% in Korea

Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it has retrieved over 80 percent of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sold in South Korea, about three months after it conducted a global recall of the smartphones over a ...

December 11, 2016
Technology
Impeachment vote to have limited impact on economy, markets: finance minister

South Korea's chief economic policymaker said Sunday that the impeachment of the country's president will have a limited impact on the economy, as well as the financial markets, vowing to implement c...

December 11, 2016
Economy

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