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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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U.S. senator says Park's trip to D.C. much awaited
South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong and a visiting U.S. senator reaffirmed the strength of their countries' alliance Wednesday as President Park Geun-hye is preparing to visit Washington in October.Sen. Cory Gardner, chairman of the subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and international cyber-security policy, arrived in Seoul on Tuesday for a three-day visit, during which he also plans to pay a courtesy call on Park later Wednesday."Korea, of course, is a staunch ally of the United
InternationalAug. 19, 2015
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Chinese businessmen invited to inter-Korean industrial park
A South Korean business group in Beijing has invited Chinese businessmen to an investor fair to be held at an inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea in October, a group official said Wednesday.The investor fair, organized by The Korea Chamber of Commerce in China, is aimed at paving the way for goods made at the industrial complex in North Korea's border city of Kaesong to make inroads into mainland China as Seoul and Beijing signed a bilateral free trade agreement in June. The Korea-Chi
North KoreaAug. 19, 2015
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S. Korea slams NK for linking joint military drills to family reunion
The Unification Ministry denounced North Korea Wednesday for demanding ongoing military drills between South Korea and the United States be suspended as a condition for permitting a reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.North Korea on Tuesday urged Seoul and Washington to suspend their joint military drills, linking the issue to whether it will accept Seoul's offer for holding the reunion.Jeong Joon-hee, the ministry's spokesman, slammed the North's tactics."The joint military
North KoreaAug. 19, 2015
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N. Korea publishes 4 major newspapers in color
North Korea has published four major newspapers in color on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule, a move seen as strengthening the personality cult for the North's leader.The North's Rodong Sinmun, the communist party's official newspaper, and three other papers have been published in full color since Liberation Day, which fell on Saturday, according to an analysis by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday, based on footage aired by the North's Korean Ce
North KoreaAug. 19, 2015
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S. Korea monitoring reported purge of senior N. Korean official
South Korea said Wednesday it is closely monitoring the whereabouts of a ranking North Korean official dealing with inter-Korean affairs amid a local media report that he might have been purged.Won Tong-yon, the vice head of the United Front Department of the Workers' Party, is believed to have been purged and forced to undergo "revolutionary education," a kind of punishment handed down to North Korean officials who commit wrongdoing, under which they must perform hard labor, according to a medi
North KoreaAug. 19, 2015
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S. Korea to host foreign diplomats for training
South Korea will host a group of diplomats from developing nations to help strengthen their diplomatic skills and improve their understanding of South Korea, organizers said Wednesday.The Sejong Institute, a private security think tank near Seoul, said it will run the 72-day program starting Aug. 24 with the participation of one diplomat each from 22 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.The Partnership Program for Diplomats will be held at the Korea International Cooperation Agency, the c
PoliticsAug. 19, 2015
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Park's 'prudent' reaction to Abe statement offers hope for better Korea-Japan ties: U.S. experts
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's war anniversary statement and South Korean President Park Geun-hye's prudent reaction to it offer hopes that the long-frayed relations between the two neighbors could improve, U.S. experts said Tuesday."The good news here is that the Korean president seems to agree that Prime Minister Abe is in a much better place on matters of mutual concern than he has been. And she also seems to agree that the Abe statement contains enough to warrant further open doors, no
PoliticsAug. 19, 2015
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Prospects for Korea-Japan relations brighter after Abe statement: U.S. experts
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's war anniversary statement and South Korean President Park Geun-hye's prudent reaction to it offer hopes that the long-frayed relations between the two neighbors could improve, U.S. experts said Tuesday."The good news here is that the Korean president seems to agree that Prime Minister Abe is in a much better place on matters of mutual concern than he has been. And she also seems to agree that the Abe statement contains enough to warrant further open doors, no
InternationalAug. 19, 2015
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More Korean men taking parental leave: survey
For Kim Ji-hwan, a 30-something office worker, punishing work hours and a heavy workload allowed him barely any time see his kids back home. Kim felt that he was growing apart from his kids, which led him to consider taking paternity leave, despite concerns over financial problems and his reputation at the office. “But I knew that this moment when I can be with my children will never come back,” he said. (123rf)Kim is one of some 2,200 fathers who have chosen to take paternity leave in Korea thi
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2015
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Female students dominate college exam
Female students who took the college entrance exam ― known here as the “Suneung” ― last year garnered higher scores in all major subjects compared to their male counterparts, the state-run Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation said Tuesday.According to KICE data, the gender disparity was more profound in the Korean Language and English categories, in which female students have generally done better than their male counterparts. Girls got 5.4 more points in standard scores in Korean Langu
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2015
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Koreas agree on 5% Gaeseong wage hike
By Shin Hyon-heeThe two Koreas have agreed to raise the minimum wage by 5 percent for North Korean workers at their joint factory park, the Unification Ministry said Tuesday, following months of grueling negotiations amid strained cross-border ties. The sides held talks at the Gaeseong industrial complex at the North Korean border city on Monday. Under the deal, the monthly pay, which includes insurance fees and other benefits, will increase to $73.87 from $70.35 and apply retroactively from Mar
North KoreaAug. 18, 2015
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Debate brews over Health Ministry overhaul
A debate has brewed over the efficacy of the South Korean government’s plan to launch a new system of having two vice ministers -- in charge of health and welfare, respectively -- instead of having a separate office specializing in disease control in the wake of the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced its plan of appointing the head of the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention as the ministry’s co-vice minister as part of its effort t
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2015
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Panel denies president’s suggestion of N.K. upheavals
A presidential panel for Korean unification Tuesday denied a recent report that President Park Geun-hye had suggested a possible unification of the two Koreas next year by indicating a sign of sudden changes in North Korea."The president that day was requesting the panel to be better prepared for the unification because no one can predict when it could actually happen,” said the presidential committee for unification preparation in a statement. “She was neither commenting nor suggesting a sign o
PoliticsAug. 18, 2015
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U.N. Command proposes general officer-level talks with N. Korea
The United Nations Command has proposed general-level talks with North Korea to discuss the recent mine explosion on the South Korean side of the demilitarized zone blamed on the communist country, the UNC said Tuesday.But the country has not yet accepted the offer, they said."The UNC has passed messages to the (North) Korean People's Army, proposing a general officer-level dialogue regarding the Aug. 4 mine incident," a spokesman for the UNC said. The proposals were made on two occasions on Aug
North KoreaAug. 18, 2015
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S. Korea upbeat about three-way summit with China, Japan
South Korea expressed confidence Tuesday it will resume trilateral summit talks with China and Japan in the coming months."All three nations have a sufficient consensus on the need for normalizing three-way cooperation by holding the summit within this year," Foreign Ministry spokesman Noh Kwang-il said at a press briefing.As the chair of this year's trilateral sessions, South Korea will continue "leading diplomatic efforts" toward a summit, he added.The Northeast Asian countries are in related
InternationalAug. 18, 2015
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Gov't to create new cultural facility in Seoul
The government said Tuesday it will construct a multipurpose cultural facility where foreigners can experience traditional Korean culture in Seoul's city center.The facility, named the "K-Experience," will be located next to Gyeongbok Palace, at the former site of a residential building for the U.S. Embassy.Separately, the gymnastics stadium in Seoul's Olympic Park will be transformed into an outdoor K-pop concert hall with 15,000 seats by 2017, the government said.These were included in a compr
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2015
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Military chief orders powerful retaliation against N. Korean provocation
The military chief ordered front-line soldiers Tuesday to react with "powerful retaliation" to any recurrence of North Korean provocations at the border, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said."If the enemy provokes again, do not hesitate and retaliate resolutely and powerfully," Adm. Choi Yoon-hee, chairman of the JCS, told the commander of a military unit on the eastern border, according to the JCS.Choi visited the front-line unit earlier in the day to inspect its combat readiness posture in the wake
DefenseAug. 18, 2015
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N. Korea repeats call for ending Seoul-Washington military drills
North Korea repeated its demand Tuesday for South Korea and the United States to suspend their ongoing joint military drills, calling them a "blatant" provocation against the North.South Korea and the U.S. kicked off their annual joint military drills on Monday, which Pyongyang has denounced as a war rehearsal for an invasion of the North. The North called the military exercises a "declaration of war.""If the joint military drills are suspended, thereby setting the stage for reconciliation betwe
InternationalAug. 18, 2015
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Grandson of revered patriot denies corruption charges
A former veterans minister and grandson of one of the most revered patriots Tuesday denied charges he helped a foreign defense firm win a bid to build military helicopters in exchange for kickbacks.Kim Yang, former head of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, is suspected to have lobbied senior military officers to pick the Anglo-Italian AW159 Wildcat as its new multi-mission maritime helicopter, while receiving 1.4 billion won ($1.22 million) from the company.The 62-year-old was hired
PoliticsAug. 18, 2015
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Korea dismisses rumors of China blast impact
The South Korean government Tuesday denied local rumors that toxic chemicals from the Tianjin blast in China may affect the peninsula.Unidentified online rumors have spread in the country that the toxic substance allegedly leaked from the Chinese blast site last week would likely affect the peninsula. The postings included those who claimed the U.S. Embassy in China had warned people to avoid exposure to the rain as sodium cyanide has leaked into the air. On Sunday, Beijing news outlets reported
Social AffairsAug. 18, 2015