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Trilateral talks to be held as scheduled
S. Korea, Japan, China foreign ministers to meet in Kyoto this weekendForeign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China will meet as scheduled this weekend, Seoul said Monday, as Japan notified it will host the talks despite the earthquake and tsunami that are believed to have killed tens of thousands of people.The Tokyo government notified the governments of Seoul and Beijing that it will go ahea
Foreign Affairs March 14, 2011
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S. Korea to send rescue team to quake-hit Japan
Korean government officials discuss countermeasures after a huge quake hit Japan on Friday. (Yonhap News)South Korea will send a rescue team to help Japan in the aftermath of a massive earthquake, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Friday. Although no South Korean casualties have been reported so far, more than 9,000 Koreans live near the region where the 8.8-magnitude quake struck Friday, sparking con
Foreign Affairs March 11, 2011
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Campbell due in Seoul today on N.K. nuke
Kurt Campbell, Washington’s top diplomat for the Asia-Pacific region, was to meet senior South Korean officials to discuss North Korea and other regional concerns Saturday.Meeting Seoul’s chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac and Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Kim Jae-shin, Campbell was expected to talk about Pyongyang’s new uranium enrichment program and the stalled six-nation talks on i
Foreign Affairs March 11, 2011
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Key figure in Shanghai scandal absent from scene
The whereabouts of the Chinese woman who allegedly took classified information from South Korean diplomats through inappropriate relationships remained unclear Friday, as Seoul prepared to ask for Beijing’s official cooperation in investigating her.Deng Xinming, the 33-year-old housewife at the center of the escalating sex scandal, has not been seen near her house or made contact with acquaintance
Foreign Affairs March 11, 2011
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Seoul braces for dealing with new Japanese minister
Matsumoto’s Ito connection invokes painful history but should not affect tiesJapan promptly named its new top diplomat this week after his predecessor resigned for accepting illegal political donations, a change South Korea views will have little impact on ties that have been running strong in recent years. But compared to his predecessor Seiji Maehara, Tokyo’s incoming Foreign Minister Takeaki Ma
Foreign Affairs March 10, 2011
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Ministry to toughen discipline on diplomats
Shanghai scandal sparks dispute over how to manage non-career envoysSouth Korea’s foreign minister prompted his officials each to “feel heavier occupational and ethical responsibilities as a civil servant” this week, vowing continued reform efforts days after a sex scandal involving several Korean diplomats in Shanghai was made public.Four officials, including former Consul General Kim Jeong-ki, a
Foreign Affairs March 10, 2011
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Four N. Koreans get ready to settle in Seoul
Despite an ongoing tug of war with North Korea, South Korea has begun the process of officially accepting the four North Koreans who have expressed the wish to defect, officials in Seoul said Wednesday. A North Korean boat carrying 31 people ― 11 men and 20 women ― drifted across the inter-Korean sea border in thick fog on Feb. 5. Of the passengers, 27 expressed a desire to return home while four,
North Korea March 10, 2011
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Seoul again urges N.K. to receive its citizens
North Korean officials are free to come and meet four nationals to verify whether they really wish to defect to the South, a senior official here said Wednesday, as Seoul repeated its demand for the prompt repatriation of the remaining 27 North Koreans.In a message to the North on Wednesday, South Korea made its fourth request for the communist state to immediately take back the 27, who were among
North Korea March 9, 2011
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S. Korea, Japan discuss N.K. uranium program
Nuclear envoys of South Korea and Japan discussed how to deal with North Korea’s renewed uranium enrichment activities and the terms of resuming multinational talks on Pyongyang’s denuclearization in Seoul on Tuesday. The meeting comes as tensions on the Korean Peninsula continue to run high over the communist North’s ongoing nuclear ambitions as well as the issue of repatriating dozens of North K
Foreign Affairs March 8, 2011
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Lee calls for utmost efforts to ease public anxiety about inflation
President Lee Myung-bak urged his government Tuesday to ramp up efforts to alleviate public worries over inflation, saying the problem is something of "the inevitable" under the current economic situations at home and abroad, according to his office Cheong Wa Dae. "The consumer price problem has an inevitable aspect due to climate change, hikes in international law material prices, and other fac
Politics March 8, 2011
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Obama restarts Guantanamo trials
President Barack Obama reversed course Monday and ordered a resumption of military trials for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, making his once ironclad promise to close the isolated prison look even more distant.Guantanamo has been a major political and national security headache for the president since he took office promising to close the prison within a year; the deadline came and went
Foreign Affairs March 8, 2011
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Elephants are quick learners, offer helping hand
Elephants quickly learned to cooperate to solve a problem, researchers report in Monday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The giant mammals are socially complex, explained lead researcher Joshua M. Plotnik. ``They help others in distress,'' he said. ``They seem in some ways emotionally attached to each other, so you would expect there would be some level of cooperat
World News March 8, 2011
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Volkswagen launches new Volkswagen CC in S. Korea
Volkswagen Korea, the local importer of German automaker Volkswagen, introduced the latest version of the Volkswagen CC sedan in South Korea Tuesday. The new Volkswagen CC is Volkswagen's second vehicle introduced in South Korea with the BlueMotion technology, which automatically shuts down the engine when the vehicle is idling and restarts it when the car is ready to move again, significantly i
Mobility March 8, 2011
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Next USFK chief in Seoul for consultations on N. Korean issues
A new commander for U.S. troops in South Korea is on a two-day visit to Seoul for consultations with military leaders here on North Korean issues, officials said Tuesday. Gen. James Thurman, who was nominated early this month to replace Gen. Walter Sharp as commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), arrived in Seoul Monday, said a USFK official."Gen. Thurman visited Seoul as chief of Army Forces Comma
Defense March 8, 2011
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S. Korean women's gymnastics team hires Chinese coach
The South Korean female artistic gymnastics squad has hired a Chinese coach to prepare for next year's Summer Olympics, South Korean officials said Tuesday. Chen Shijing will join South Korean gymnasts at the National Training Center in Taeneung, northern Seoul, later Tuesday, according to the Korea Gymnastics Association. Chen had been a coach at a Chinese national training center built by Li N
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