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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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US, South Korea need to further strengthen alliance against many challenges: Mark Lippert
Time is of the essence in dealing with geopolitical and security challenges facing the Northeast Asian region, the outgoing top US envoy to South Korea said Friday, adding that the current situation warrants more efforts by Washington and Seoul to strengthen their alliance.Ambassador Mark Lippert noted that he remains optimistic about the future of the two allies, citing a strong foundation and mechanisms that will help them iron out any differences of opinions taking place under any administrat
Jan. 20, 2017
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Japan raises issue with 'Dokdo' on S. Korean Olympic website: report
Tokyo has complained to Seoul about a reference to Dokdo as South Korean territory on the latter's Olympic website, a report said Friday.Citing multiple sources, Kyodo News said the Japanese foreign ministry has asked South Korea to stop referring to the islets as South Korean territory on the website of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.Dokdo, which lies closer to South Korea in the East Sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, has long been a source of tension between the neighbors. This
Jan. 20, 2017
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Korea seeks high-level talks with US in Feb.: source
South Korea's foreign ministry is pushing to hold high-level talks with the United States "as soon as possible" after Donald Trump takes office and the meetings could come as early as next month, a ministry official said Friday.Negotiations are underway to arrange meetings between Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and the secretaries of state and defense under the Trump administration, according to the official. Trump is to take office on Friday (local time)."(We) are having close communication with
Jan. 20, 2017
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US reiterates readiness for N. Korean missile launch
The United States is prepared for any North Korean missile launch, including the possibility of shooting it down if it were coming toward the USor allies, the Pentagon said Thursday.Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook made the remark after the US and South Korea picked up signs that the North has readied two new ballistic missiles with an intercontinental range for possible test-firing from mobile launchers.The move suggests the North could carry out a threatened ICBM test earlier than expected.
Jan. 20, 2017
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Korea to speed up high-level talks with Trump administration
South Korea will speed up high-level talks with the new US administration in a bid to keep the bilateral alliance strong, the foreign ministry said Thursday."Following the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump as US president, the South Korean government plans to seek consultations and coordination between Seoul and Washington in a speedy manner at the minister level as well as higher-ranking policymakers," Cho June-hyuck, spokesman at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a briefing. "Through
Jan. 19, 2017
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Korea says it is 'not desirable' to link 'comfort woman' statue issue with Dokdo
South Korea's foreign ministry said on Thursday that it is "not desirable" to link the current diplomatic friction over a girl statue symbolizing Japan's wartime sexual slavery with the issue of Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo which are claimed by Tokyo. "We would like to point out that the two issues are completely different in that the girl statue is a universal human rights issue related to comfort women victimized by Japan's military, while Dokdo is a matter associated with our territori
Jan. 19, 2017
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Korea to hold overseas missions' meeting this week
South Korea's foreign ministry said Thursday that it will hold a meeting of diplomats in charge of more than a dozen of its overseas missions this week to discuss the country's multilateral diplomatic strategies and policy direction.Top envoys of 16 overseas missions, including the permanent mission to the United Nations, the permanent delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and embassies in the Netherlands and Thailand, will gather in New York on Friday (local t
Jan. 19, 2017
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Korea-Japan ties going beyond 'difficult history' also good for US: Victor Cha
Strong South Korea-Japan ties that go beyond their "difficult history" will also be good for the United States, as it needs help from its key Asian allies in resolving challenges lying ahead in the region, a US expert on Northeast Asian affairs said Wednesday.Victor Cha made the remarks in response to a question over what impact it could have on South Korea's alliance with the US if Korea seeks renegotiation of a landmark deal on Japan's wartime sexual slavery.The Georgetown University professor
Jan. 18, 2017
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Korea asks Iraq to better protect its firms, people
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se asked Iraq to step up efforts to better protect South Korean companies and nationals residing in the Middle East country, his ministry said Wednesday.During a meeting with Iraq's Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari held on Tuesday in Seoul, Yun also promised to keep providing humanitarian aid to Bagdad and seeking cooperation in such areas as education and health, the ministry said in a press release.In response, Iraq's top diplomat agreed to pay close attention to
Jan. 18, 2017
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S. Korea OKs EugeneBell's plan to send TB medication to NK
South Korea's unification ministry has approved an application by the EugeneBell Foundation Korea to send medication for tuberculosis to North Korea, a government official said Wednesday.The government on Tuesday gave the green light to the foundation's request to deliver medical aid to North Korea, but it rejected the agency's move to send materials needed to build hospital wards in the new year, according to a ministry official.The ministry previously said that it was considering the group's p
Jan. 18, 2017
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House lawmaker introduces bill calling for relisting N. Korea as terror sponsor
A US House lawmaker has introduced a bill calling for relisting North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) brought in the legislation (H.R.479) that requires "a report on the designation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism." The bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), was referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, according to congressional records.The lawmaker introduced a similar bill in the previous House
Jan. 18, 2017
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Korea mulling sanctions against Syria over chemical weapons use
South Korea is considering sanctions against Syria for the regime's illegal use of chemical weapons, the foreign ministry said Tuesday."The South Korean government expresses its deep concerns over Syria's use of chemical weapons," spokesman Cho June-hyuck said in a regular briefing, referring to recent findings by the Joint Investigative Mechanism by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations.The reports by the joint team found the Syrian regime used industri
Jan. 17, 2017
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Korea urges Japan to stop claiming Dokdo
South Korea called on Japan Tuesday to stop its repeated and unjustifiable territorial claims of the country's easternmost islets of Dokdo.In a related move, the foreign ministry said that it called in a Japanese Embassy official to deliver its concerns and strong protest.The move comes after Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters in Tokyo that the islets are Japan's own territory, referring to Dokdo by its Japanese name Takeshima. He made the remark in response to a question abo
Jan. 17, 2017
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Korean acting president calls for unwavering US ties ahead of Trump inauguration
South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Tuesday called for enhanced ties with the United States ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who expressed skepticism of Washington's alliances and trade deals with South Korea and other partners while campaigning. During a Cabinet meeting, Hwang highlighted the role of the Korea-US military alliance in ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula and beyond, and instructed the government to further develop econom
Jan. 17, 2017
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Korean man abducted for ransom last year murdered by Philippine policemen
A South Korean man who was kidnapped for ransom in the Philippines last year was recently found to have been killed by three local police officers and a former policeman, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.The law enforcement officers and ex-policeman were behind the abduction of the 50-something businessman, surnamed Ji, on Oct. 18 in Angeles City, a ministry official said, quoting probe results conducted by Filipino authorities and provided to Seoul on Monday.According to the local investigatio
Jan. 17, 2017
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Trump reiterates accusations allies free-riding on US security commitments
Incoming US President Donald Trump has reiterated his campaign accusations that many allies are free riding on American security commitments in an indication he could make good on his campaign pledges to pressure allies to pay more."A lot of these countries aren't paying what they're supposed to be paying, which I think is very unfair to the United States," Trump said of NATO allies in an interview published in the British newspaper Times and Germany's Bild newspaper.There's five countries that
Jan. 17, 2017
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Ambassadors opine on the art of public diplomacy
As the realm of diplomacy increasingly engages the public at large, culture is being writ large in the vocabulary and method of foreign affairs experts around the globe.One of the major tasks of diplomats is mastering the art of public diplomacy -- employing the allures of visual art, music, literature and performing arts -- in a world increasingly interconnected culturally, according to Latvian Ambassador to Korea Peteris Vaivars. Diplomats, actors and other recipients of the 2017 Korea Image A
Jan. 16, 2017
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[HERALD INTERVIEW] ‘US-China clash could reset inter-Korean ties’
With US President-elect Donald Trump amplifying his pugnacious rhetoric on China, foreign policy pundits have sounded their jitters about the fallout on the Korean Peninsula and North Korean nuclear impasse.While cooperation between the US and China has generally expanded diplomatic room for South Korea and vice versa, the coming clash of the two titans is “not necessarily a bad thing,” according to John Delury, associate professor at Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies.
Jan. 16, 2017
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Ex-US diplomat calls for US pressure on Japan to put aside statue row with Korea
The United States should exercise "outside pressure" on Japan to get the ally to put aside its complaint over a South Korean statue symbolizing Tokyo's wartime sexual slavery and work hard to mend ties with Seoul, a former State Department official said.Mintaro Oba, a former diplomat handling Korea-Japan relations, made the remark in an article to The Diplomat, strongly criticizing Tokyo for overreacting to the establishment by civic activists of the girl's statue in front of Japan's consulate i
Jan. 16, 2017
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Foreign ministers of Korea, Iraq to hold talks in Seoul this week
The foreign ministers of South Korea and Iraq will hold talks this week to discuss bilateral economic cooperation and other issues of mutual concern, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday.Seoul's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim Al-Jaafari will meet Tuesday to exchange views on a series of bilateral and regional issues, including security on the Korean Peninsula and the Middle East. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (Yonhap)Al-Jaafari's four-day schedule, which was arra
Jan. 15, 2017