Articles by Park Han-na
Park Han-na
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FKCCI hosts French Business Awards
The French Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the inaugural French Business Awards 2019 ceremony to recognize companies that contributed to bilateral economic relations. Targeting French business members of the Chamber of Commerce, the event was designed to evaluate companies’ performances and innovation, according to the business network in Seoul. Mounir Mahjoubi, French Minister for Digital Affairs poses for a photo with French Ambassador in Korea Fabien Penone, FKCCI Chairman Davi
Diplomatic Circuit March 4, 2019
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[News focus] South Korea should go back to basics to resolve N. Korea nuke issues: experts
The South Korean government needs to go back to basics to resolve the complex issue of North Korea’s denuclearization in the aftermath of the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that ended without a deal last week, experts said. Following the breakdown of the talks, Seoul’s hopes that its push for economic engagement with Pyongyang would gain traction with substantial results from the summit were thwarted, as US-led sanctions will continue to remain, effe
North Korea March 3, 2019
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Moon vows to help US-NK talks reach full settlement
President Moon Jae-in reaffirmed Friday his commitment to bringing the US and North Korea to the negotiating table again for nuclear talks, after the two countries ended their summit without a deal. During a ceremony marking the centennial anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement against Japanese colonial rule, Moon stressed the expanded diplomatic role of South Korea in bridging the gap between Washington and Pyongyang. (Yonhap)“My administration will closely communicate and cooperate
Politics March 1, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Group claims establishment of NK provisional government
Free Joseon announced Friday that it has established a provisional government for North Korea in an effort to fight against the regime’s abuse of human rights. The group previously claimed it had protected the son of the late Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, from possible assassination. (Yonhap)Formerly known as Cheollima Civil Defense, the group said it will rise against the North Korean regime for committing crimes against humanity for decades. “We indict thi
North Korea March 1, 2019
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Attempt at big deal leads to collapse in talks
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un left their Hanoi summit empty-handed as Washington demanded a bolder move from Pyongyang to give up its nuclear program.The US seems to have wanted a denuclearization deal that goes far beyond the dismantlement of the Yongbyon nuclear complex, while North Korea offered the shutdown of the main site in exchange for the complete lifting of US-led sanctions, according to Trump and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a press conferen
North Korea Feb. 28, 2019
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Glimpse into Yongbyon nuclear complex
The Yongbyon Scientific Research Center has been at the center of nuclear talks between the US and North Korea for more than two decades. Built in the 1960s under the leadership of North Korea’s founding leader Kim Il-sung, the Yongbyon complex has expanded in scale by adding a 5-megawatt-electric reactor, 100-megawatt-thermal experimental light water reactor, uranium enrichment buildings as well as spent fuel reprocessing facilities and research buildings. (Yonhap)Just as Siegfried Hecker, a le
North Korea Feb. 28, 2019
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Two Koreas exchange reports on joint rail project
South and North Korea have exchanged reports related to a rail project that aims to link the peninsula, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said Wednesday.Officials from the two countries met Monday at the inter-Korean liaison office in the border city of Kaesong to exchange the reports. Seoul shared the outcome of a joint field study that they had conducted in December on the northern section of the Seoul-Sinuiju western railways and the railway running along the eastern region of the Korean Pen
North Korea Feb. 27, 2019
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‘N. Korea’s Yongbyon destruction enough for eased sanctions’: presidential adviser
Permanent dismantlement of a high-profile North Korean nuclear facility could be a sufficient outcome from the second US-North Korea summit to reward the communist state with partial sanctions relief for inter-Korean economic projects, said Moon Chung-in, a special adviser to President Moon Jae-in. Speaking at a roundtable at the Korea Economic Institute of America in Washington on Tuesday, Moon Chung-in said permanent dismantlement of the Yongbyon nuclear research complex would be “a first step
North Korea Feb. 27, 2019
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Kim Jong-un weighs visit to Samsung factory in Vietnam, sources say
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed interest to Vietnamese authorities in visiting a Samsung Electronics factory ahead of a planned summit with US President Donald Trump, according to people who were briefed on his plans.Kim’s delegation has informed Vietnam’s government that he’s interested in visiting a Samsung factory in Bac Ninh province, about an hour’s drive from his hotel in downtown Hanoi, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans are private. Any decis
North Korea Feb. 26, 2019
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Chairman Kim goes to Hanoi
It took 66 hours, from Saturday afternoon to Tuesday morning, for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to travel via train all the way across China to Vietnam. He made the journey in order to sit with US President Donald Trump once again to discuss the North’s denuclearization measures and corresponding steps that the US will take in return. Every move that Kim makes is being closely watched by the international media, not only because the upcoming summit is a high-profile event, but because Kim rare
North Korea Feb. 26, 2019
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Group for N. Korean defectors to make major announcement this week
Cheollima Civil Defense, a group that claimed to have rescued a nephew of the North Korean leader, said Monday it would make a major announcement this week, possibly related to defectors who fled from the communist state. “We have received requests for assistance from comrades in a Western country. The situation was very risky but we managed it,” the humanitarian group said in a short note posted on its website. It did not elaborate on what the “major announcement” would be, but speculations wer
North Korea Feb. 26, 2019
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North Korea calls for unconditional ties with South
A North Korean propaganda outlet urged South Korea on Tuesday to separate inter-Korean relations from denuclearization issues, a day ahead of the second meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump.Voicing dissatisfaction over slow progress in building ties between South and North Korea, Meari blamed Seoul for dealing with inter-Korean relations within the framework of sanctions by linking ties to Pyongyang’s denuclearization. In this April 27, 2018 file photo, N
North Korea Feb. 26, 2019
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Trump, Kim may declare end of Korean War: Cheong Wa Dae
The US and North Korea could reach an agreement to declare an end to seven decades of war on the Korean Peninsula during the upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, South Korea’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Monday. “I believe the possibility is open. There is no way of knowing what kind of a declaration it might be, but I believe the US and North Korea may reach an agreement on the declaration of the war’s end at any degree,” Cheong Wa Da
North Korea Feb. 25, 2019
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North Korea urges US to take reciprocal approach for “mutually beneficial” summit
North Korea’s commitment to denuclearization and permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula remains unchanged, a propaganda outlet for the North said Monday, days ahead of a second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump.“As the June 12 joint declaration declared, it is our republic’s unchanged stance to build new relations between the two countries, establish lasting and solid peace on the Korean Peninsula and move toward complete denuclearization,” Pyongyang’s
North Korea Feb. 25, 2019
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Lebanese Embassy screens refugee film ‘Capernaum’
Dozens of ambassadors stationed in South Korea gathered on Feb. 20 to watch the Oscar-nominated movie “Capernaum” in an event hosted by the Lebanese Embassy here. Envoys from 31 countries and their partners were invited to the screening of the Lebanese film, directed and co-written by Nadine Labaki, which depicts the lives of street children in the slums of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. Since its release here on Jan. 24, the film has attracted over 120,000 viewers in Korea. “This is defi
Diplomatic Circuit Feb. 25, 2019
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