Articles by Kim Arin
Kim Arin
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[Exclusive] Korea’s defense acquisition agency fails to meet legal standard for women representation
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration is falling behind legal standards for gender equality in all of its policy committees, according to agency data seen by The Korea Herald. According to the data submitted to Democratic Party of Korea Rep. Boo Seung-chan’s office, two of the agency’s three committees -- the committees for defense acquisition program promotion and airworthiness certificate review -- had no women in 2023. In the same year, the committee for d
Defense Oct. 6, 2024
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[단독] 방사청, 위촉직 여성비율 법정기준 미달 심각...방추위는 3년간 ‘0명’
[코리아헤럴드=김아린 기자] 방위사업청 소관 모든 위원회 구성에서 여성이 차지하는 비율이 아예 없거나 법정 기준에 크게 미달하는 것으로 나타났다. 국방부 장관이 위원장인 방위사업추진위원회는 최근 3년 내내 단 한 명의 여성위원도 위촉하지 않았다. 6일 국회 국방위원회 소속 부승찬 더불어민주당 의원실이 방사청으로부터 제출받은 ‘위원회 성별 참여 현황’ 자료에 따르면, 지난 해 방추위· 방위산업기술부호위원회· 감항인증심의위원회 3곳 모두 위촉직 여성비율이 법정 기준인 40%에 미치지 못했다. 2021년부터 지난 3년간 방추위의 위촉직 6명 중 여성위원은 아무도 없었다. 같은 기간 방위산업기술보호위원회와 감항인증심의위원회의 여성위원 비율은 감소했다. 방위산업기술보호위원회의 경우 2021· 2022년 5명 중 2명으로 40%였던 여성위원 비율이 2023년에는 1명으로 줄어 20%로 하락했다. 감항인증심의위원회도 2021·
한국어판 Oct. 6, 2024
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Russian ambassador hopes for improved ties with Seoul
Georgy Zinoviev, the Russian ambassador in Seoul, told South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday that although the relations between the two countries were going through a difficult time, he believed they would improve in the future. “I would like to take this opportunity to say that even though South Korea and Russia are going through a rough patch at this moment, I believe there is still a lot of potential for expanding cooperation and resuming dialogue in the future,” he said, speaking
Politics Oct. 2, 2024
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North Korean trash balloons cross border day after Seoul military parade
North Korea once again sent another wave of balloons carrying trash toward the South on Wednesday, the day after a massive military parade was held in Seoul to commemorate the Armed Forces Day. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said at around 5:19 a.m. that North Korea was flying objects believed to be trash balloons, which may move toward Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province given the wind direction. The JCS advised residents of the affected areas to be wary of falling objects an
Defense Oct. 2, 2024
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Yoon warns North Korea against nuclear attack attempt
President Yoon Suk Yeol said the Kim Jong-un regime would face its destruction should it attempt a nuclear attack at the Armed Forces Day ceremony on Tuesday, in a warning accompanied by a rare showcase of powerful weapons targeting North Korea. “If North Korea ever tries to use a nuclear weapon, it will be met with a decisive and overwhelming response from our armed forces and alliance with the US. And that will be the day its regime ends,” he said. The warning from the president ca
Politics Oct. 1, 2024
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[ASEAN Plus Korea] Thai envoy expects progress on immigration issues by year-end
The drop in Thai tourists to Korea as a result of tight screening and the large population of Thais working in Korea illegally should be addressed simultaneously, according to Tanee Sangrat, who began his mission as Thai ambassador to South Korea in April. In an interview with The Korea Herald, Sangrat said that for Korea to see a rebound in tourism from Thailand, some efforts were needed on his country’s part to reduce the number of Thais overstaying their visas. “We are doing our
Foreign Affairs Sept. 30, 2024
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South Korean portal selling sanctioned North Korean artwork: lawmaker
North Korean artwork subject to United Nations sanctions and restrictions under South Korean laws is being sold on a major South Korean portal site, according to Rep. Park Choong-kwon on Monday. Some dozen pieces of artwork produced by Mansudae, a North Korean state-sponsored art studio in Pyongyang, are on sale on Naver, the South Korean ruling party lawmaker said. He said the art studio, founded in the 1970s by then-North Korean leader Kim Il-sung, was placed under UN sanctions in 2017 for bei
Politics Sept. 30, 2024
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Seoul should engage Kim Jong-un’s elites for change, ex-North Korean diplomat says
South Korea should make it easier for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s elites to switch sides and stir change, Lee Il-gyu, who was Pyongyang’s counselor of political affairs in Cuba, said Friday. “South Korea should engage not only North Korea’s general public but also its elites to elicit change from within North Korea,” he said at a forum hosted by the Institute for National Security Strategy, a National Intelligence Service think tank, at the National Assembly i
Politics Sept. 27, 2024
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North Korea unveiling uranium enrichment site a US election-conscious move: NIS
South Korea’s spy agency considers North Korea publicizing leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to a previously undeclared uranium enrichment facility earlier this month to be a “US election-conscious move,” Rep. Lee Seong-kweon of the National Assembly intelligence committee said Thursday. “Kim’s visits to facilities related to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program are rarely ever disclosed this way. The spy agency said the US presidential election was likely the
Politics Sept. 26, 2024
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[단독] 민주당, 美 대선 대응 전략 TF 띄웠다
[코리아헤럴드=김아린 기자] 더불어민주당이 미국 대통령 선거를 앞두고 태스크포스(TF)를 꾸려 ‘야당 외교’를 위한 선제적 전략 구상에 돌입했다. 이재명 민주당 대표는 TF에 “한반도 평화를 최우선의 가치로 두는 민주당의 일관된 외교안보 노선에 따라 대비해달라”는 취지의 당부를 한 것으로 전해졌다. 24일 코리아헤럴드 취재를 종합하면, 민주당의 싱크탱크(Think Tank)인 민주연구원은 미국 대선과 관련한 논의를 위해 전문가들과 외교통일위원회· 국방위원회· 산업통상자원중소벤처기업위원회 등 유관 상임위원회의 의원들이 참여하는 TF를 결성했다. 미국의 차기 행정부 출범 이후 상황에 선제적으로 대비하기 위함이다. TF는 민주연구원 수석연구위원을 단장으로 한 전문 연구진과 김영배· 이재정· 위성락·김병주· 곽상언 의원 등으로 구성됐다. 이중 위성락·김병주 의원
한국어판 Sept. 24, 2024
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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
The Democratic Party of Korea has launched a task force to brace for the US presidential election that takes place in six weeks to “prepare for potential challenges after the next administration takes office,” lawmakers told The Korea Herald on Tuesday. The Democratic Party think tank, the Institute for Democracy, gathered a team of experts and lawmakers on the National Assembly’s relevant committees to kick-start discussions on the party’s approach to the US presidential
Politics Sept. 24, 2024
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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
The Democratic Party of Korea has launched a task force to brace for the US presidential election that takes place in six weeks to “prepare for potential challenges after the next administration takes office,” lawmakers told The Korea Herald on Tuesday. The Democratic Party think tank, the Institute for Democracy, gathered a team of experts and lawmakers on the National Assembly’s relevant committees to kick-start discussions on the party’s approach to the US presidential
한국어판 Sept. 24, 2024
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Governor of North Korean province in US to promote Yoon’s unification vision
Ji Seong-ho, the governor of North Hamgyong Province, is on a trip to Washington to discuss President Yoon Suk Yeol’s “doctrine” on Korean reunification with US government officials, senators and think tanks. The North Korean defector and former lawmaker of the ruling People Power Party told The Korea Herald on Monday that over his trip he is scheduled to meet with Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty; Amb. Julie Turner, special envoy on North Korean human rights; and shadow Sen. Paul
Politics Sept. 23, 2024
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[News Focus] Ex-Moon aide slammed from both sides over remarks on leaving Koreas divided
Im Jong-seok, who was chief of staff for former President Moon Jae-in, sparked criticism across partisan lines after he argued South Korea should no longer pursue reunification with the North as a policy goal, and instead accept the status quo of two Koreas. Tae Yong-ho, on the presidential advisory council of Korean reunification, told The Korea Herald on Monday that Im was “empowering Kim Jong-un and his two-state policy” with his suggestion. “Arguing we should no longer stri
Politics Sept. 23, 2024
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Quad leaders slam North Korean missile threats, reaffirm goal of denuclearization
The leaders of the US, Japan, Australia and India on Saturday condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile launches and nuclear pursuits, while reaffirming their commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. “We condemn North Korea’s destabilizing ballistic missile launches and its continued pursuit of nuclear weapons in violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions,” the leaders said in a statement issued at the end of the summit. “We reaffirm ou
Politics Sept. 22, 2024
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