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Acting president to talk with Trump on Monday: report

PoliticsJan 29, 2017

South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn will have a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump this week, Hwang's office said Sunday. The bilateral talks -- the first since Trump was sworn in as the 45th US president on Jan. 20 -- will begin at 9 a.m., Monday (Korea time). The announcement came after Reuters reported, citing a White House statement, that Trump "wi...
Tech companies protest Trump immigration order

World NewsJan 29, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) - Google, Apple and other tech giants expressed dismay over an executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump that bars nationals of seven Mu-slim-majority countries from entering the U.S. The U.S tech industry relies on foreign engineers and other technical experts for a sizeable percentage of its workforce. The order bars entry to the U.S. for anyone from Iran, Iraq, ...
US entry of NK refugees put on hold by Trump's executive order: report

Diplomatic CircuitJan 29, 2017

US President Donald Trump's executive order barring refugees from entering the country also extends to North Koreans fleeing from one of the most repressive regimes in the world, a US media agency said Sunday. The Voice of America said North Korean refugees are not allowed to enter the United States at least for four months as the executive order places a 120-day moratorium on the US Refugee Adm...
Trump to speak to Saudi, UAE, Korean leaders Sunday -White House

World NewsJan 29, 2017

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trumpwill speak to the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United ArabEmirates and South Korea in separate calls on Sunday, the WhiteHouse said in a statement.
Ex-UN chief calls again for national unity

PoliticsJan 29, 2017

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is seen as a strong contender in South Korea's presidential race, on Saturday touted national unity as his policy objective in response to calls to clarify his political stance. Ban made the remark to reporters during a visit to his hometown of Eumseong, 131 kilometers south of Seoul, where he met with his relatives to mark Lunar New Year's Day. "We ...
NK pushes people to overcome sanctions with new self-reliance slogan

North KoreaJan 13, 2017

North Korea on Friday called on its people to overcome the international sanctions regime under a new slogan of boosting self-reliance and bracing for economic hardship, Pyongyang's state media showed. Bearing in mind the principle of self-development, North Koreans should endure difficulties by following in the footsteps of creators of "the spirit of Kangwon Province," according to the Rodong S...
K-pop singer HyunA goes on global tour

MusicJan 13, 2017

K-pop singer HyunA will embark on a global tour of North America next month, her management agency said Friday. HyunA (Yonhap) Starting off in Vancouver on Feb. 22, she will hold a concert in 8 cities total: Toronto on the 24th, Montreal on the 26th, Chicago on March. 1, New York on the 3rd, Dallas on the 6th, San Francisco on the 9th and Los Angeles on the 10th, according to Cube Entertainment...
Trump raises millions to cover inauguration's steep costs

World NewsJan 13, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The inauguration of a new president requires the recitation of a 35-word oath. That's it. Dress it up with some hoopla and glitz, though, and pretty soon you're talking real money. Donald Trump will have it to spend. Trump's Presidential Inaugural Committee has raised a record $90 million-plus in private donations, far more than President Barack Obama's two inaugural committe...
Chinese head home in world's biggest annual human migration

Jan 13, 2017

BEIJING (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of Chinese travelers were packing airports, train and bus stations Friday as they headed home for Lunar New Year celebrations. Officials expect that Chinese travelers will make almost 3 billion trips during the holiday travel rush that starts Friday and runs through Feb. 21. These trips include intercity flights, trains and local bus rides to villages for Ch...
Danish prosecutors may decide on Chung's repatriation this month

PoliticsJan 13, 2017

Danish prosecutors could decide by the end of this month whether to repatriate the daughter of a woman who is at the center of South Korea's widening corruption scandal, an official here said Friday. Chung Yoo-ra, the 21-year-old daughter of President Park Geun-hye's close friend Choi Soon-sil, has been held at a detention center in Aalborg, Denmark, since her arrest last week on suspicion of il...
S. Korea joins U.N. refugee agency's club of key donors: foreign ministry

Diplomatic CircuitDec 15, 2016

South Korea has joined the U.N. refugee agency's club of key donors that pay more than US$20 million a year, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday, underscoring the country's increasing humanitarian activities. The ministry said that as of this year, a total of 15 countries are in the donor group of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The group includes the United States,...
Japan did not offer military info on N.K. missile test despite intel-sharing pact: source

DefenseDec 15, 2016

Japan did not offer South Korea any intelligence on North Korea's recent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) despite a bilateral intelligence-sharing pact that took effect last month, a government source here said Thursday. The source said that although the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) went into force on Nov. 23, there should be additional consult...
Two S. Korean firms to purchase NASA building

Dec 15, 2016

A consortium of two South Korean financial firms has been picked as the preferred bidder to purchase the headquarters building of the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) in Washington D.C., industry sources said Thursday. A consortium of Korea Investment & Securities Co. and Hana Asset Management Co. was selected on Wednesday (Washington time) as the winning bidder to buy the...
Canadian delegation visits N. Korea over detained Korean-Canadian

North KoreaDec 15, 2016

A Canadian government delegation visited North Korea this week to discuss the issue of a Korean-Canadian pastor detained in the communist state, the North's state media reported Thursday. The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that the delegation, led by Sarah Taylor, the director general in charge of North Asia and Oceania at Global Affairs Canada, visited Pyongyang from Tu...
China says weapons in S. China Sea not militarisation

Dec 15, 2016

BEIJING (AFP) - China said Thursday that the deployment of weapons in the South China Sea had "nothing to do with militarisation", calling the construction of defensive facilities "normal". The comments came after images released by the US-based Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) showed a series of hexagonal structures on each of seven islets China constructed on uninhabitable rocks an...