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Yoon hails democracy heroes, makes plea for national unity
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday called for unity as South Korea commemorates the 43rd anniversary of the clampdown on pro-democracy protests in Gwangju, a city located some 330 kilometers south of Seoul. The civilian-led protests against the military rule of former president and dictator Chun Doo-hwan were met with tanks, bullets and arrests. In the course of 10 days, Chun’s troops crushed the wave of protests, at least 165 were believed to have been killed and thousands more injured
Politics May 18, 2023
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FULL TEXT: Justin Trudeau’s address to the National Assembly
The following is the text version of the address given by Justin Trudeau to South Korea’s National Assembly on Wednesday, transcribed and copyedited by The Korea Herald. -- Ed. Hello everyone. Annyeonghaseyo (“Hello” in Korean). Gamsahabnida (“Thank you”). I want to begin by thanking the speaker of the National Assembly, Kim Jin-pyo, and the secretary general of the National Assembly, Lee Kwang-jae, for their warm welcome. All esteemed members, it is an honor for me
Politics May 17, 2023
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South Korea seeks to keep remote care beyond end of COVID-19 emergency
As the COVID-19 health emergency is due to expire in South Korea, so are the remote medical service policy put in place to allow people access to health care amid physical distancing restrictions. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday it was working on a plan to keep such remote care options available beyond the end of the pandemic's emergency status at the start of next month. According to the statistics provided by the ministry, a total of over 14 million people received care
Politics May 17, 2023
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Trudeau still has faith in North Korea diplomacy
Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, stressed Ottawa’s commitment to back Seoul’s efforts to bring Pyongyang back to the table for peace discussions in an address to the South Korean National Assembly on Wednesday. “Canada is committed to supporting the Republic of Korea’s efforts towards a denuclearized, peaceful and prosperous Korean peninsula,” he said, adding that stability in the North Pacific is “essential to global stability.” “Cana
Politics May 17, 2023
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[Hello Hangeul] ‘Korean boom’ in Uzbekistan: How it all began
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- Thirty-one years ago, Hur Seon-haeng went to Tashkent to teach children of Korean War refugees the language of their motherland. Then he fell in love with the city and never left. Over the decades, his school bloomed into a landmark for Korean education in Uzbekistan, having taught some 8,000 students of all backgrounds. Hur, 58, landed in the Uzbek capital in March 1992 after graduating college with a degree in education. It was his professor who suggested that he teach
Social Affairs May 16, 2023
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At last, an end to COVID-19 emergency in South Korea
COVID-19 will no longer be classified at the highest degree of emergency in South Korea from June, three years and four months after its designation as such. President Yoon Suk Yeol convened a meeting of Cabinet members in charge of the COVID-19 response on Thursday and announced the country would be exiting the state of national emergency. “Today the government COVID-19 response headquarters decided to downgrade COVID-19’s status as an emergency. It is a delight that South Koreans w
Social Affairs May 11, 2023
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Rocked by scandals, defector-turned-lawmaker quits party leadership post
Rep. Tae Yong-ho stepped down Wednesday from his leadership position in the ruling People Power Party amid political scandals involving one of his staffers and a senior presidential secretary. The resignation comes less than two weeks since the scandals first broke and about two months since Tae -- the first North Korean defector to be directly elected into South Korea’s National Assembly -- was chosen to serve as part of the People Power Party’s leadership at the March 9 party conve
Politics May 10, 2023
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Lawmakers weigh in on Korea-Japan summit
South Korea’s formerly distant relationship with Japan under the preceding administration is getting back to normal with Yoon Suk Yeol in office, according to a former consul general to Osaka and ruling People Power Party lawmaker Rep. Kim Seok-ki. Kim, the ruling party’s executive secretary for the National Assembly foreign affairs committee, said the country’s relations with Japan, which he assessed as having “worsened dramatically” over the five years of the libe
Politics May 9, 2023
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Kishida, South Korean lawmakers talk history, Fukushima wastewater
On the last day of his two-day Seoul trip on Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with South Korean member-lawmakers on the South Korea-Japan Parliamentarians’ Union. At the meeting that lasted for about 45 minutes, Kishida and the Korean lawmakers “discussed the preceding administrations’ understanding of history” and “once again reaffirmed that shared understanding,” according to Rep. Chung Jin-suk, who partook as the parliamentary union’s
Politics May 8, 2023
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北 해킹 통보 못 받았다던 선관위, 하루 만에 입장 바꿔
[코리아헤럴드=김아린 기자] 북한의 해킹 공격에 대해 국가정보원으로부터 통보를 받지 못했다던 중앙선거관리위원회가 하루 만에 입장을 번복했다. 선관위는 4일 코리아헤럴드에 “국가사이버안보센터로부터 전 부처 공통으로 제공받는 통상적인 해킹 의심메일에 대한 통보를 받은 적은 몇차례 있었지만, 국정원으로부터 북한 해킹메일과 악성코드 수신감염 사실을 통보받은 적은 없다”고 해명했다. 국가사이버안보센터는 국가 배후 해킹조직 등 사이버안보에 관한 정보 업무를 수행하는 국정원 소속 기관이다. 국정원으로부터 통보를 받은 사실이 없다고 부인한 지 하루 만에 입장을 선회한 것이다. 전날 여당 의원들은 언론을 통해 국정원이 북한 해킹 공격에 대한 사실을 알렸음에도 선관위가 보안 조치를 취하지 않았다는 의혹을 제기했다. 이에 선관위는 같은 날 보도자료를 통해 북한 해킹 공격에 대한 통보를 받거나 보안 점검 권고를 받은 사실이 없다고 부인하며 진실공방이 벌어졌다. 논란이 일자 국정원은
한국어판 May 4, 2023
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Spy service, election agency at odds over alleged North Korean hacking
South Korea’s intelligence service said it found North Korean attempts to infiltrate the country’s election system, which the state election commission has denied. The National Intelligence Service said Thursday it notified the National Election Commission of North Korean hackers trying to penetrate the state election organizer’s networks, confirming the ruling People Power Party claims a day prior. Some ruling party lawmakers suggested that while the intelligence service war
Politics May 4, 2023
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Yoon, Kishida to discuss security, tech partnership
The leaders of South Korea and Japan will discuss regional security, technology and science partnerships, as well as cultural and youth exchanges at a summit planned in Seoul on Sunday, marking the two nations’ “shuttle diplomacy” becoming fully operational, the presidential office said Thursday. According to presidential spokesperson Lee Do-woon, who quoted Japanese National Security Adviser Takeo Akiba, the decision for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit was m
Politics May 4, 2023
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Korea should not take 70-year US alliance for granted: Yoon
President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday that South Korea should be grateful to the United States for the fact that Washington has been an important ally assisting Seoul's development from the ashes of the 1950-53 Korean War, as he was speaking of his diplomatic achievements during his state visit last week. "The 70-year history of the South Korea-US alliance is not a given result, of course,” said Yoon, who presided over the first Cabinet meeting after his state visit to the US
Foreign Affairs May 2, 2023
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Yoon returns home to face contentious political front
South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol returned to Seoul on Sunday to face a growing number of partisan challenges, in addition to criticism from the country’s main opposition party over the results of his summit with US President Joe Biden. While Yoon was away in Washington, the leadership of the Democratic Party of Korea said the party would propose a bill regulating the role of a presidential spouse, in criticism of the first lady’s public appearances in the US. “We need a bill
Politics May 1, 2023
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Rival political parties diverge on Yoon-Biden summit
South Korean rival political parties have diverged on their assessments of the gains and losses of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s summit with US President Joe Biden. While political opponents at home have blasted Yoon for “returning from Washington empty-handed,” the ruling party has defended Yoon for upgrading the security alliance to a new level. Park Jie-won, who headed South Korea’s National Intelligence Service during the Moon Jae-in administration, told The
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