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No plan to let doctors with foreign licenses practice here anytime soon: PM
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Ador CEO's dismissal to be decided on last day of May
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[Graphic News] Beer the most favored alcoholic drink by Koreans
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Science Ministry expresses regret over Japan’s pressure on Naver
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Haeundae Beach to become sand art museum in late May
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Hostilities get out of hand as YouTuber murders another outside courthouse
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Medical professors set to take day off amid protracted walkouts by junior doctors
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Police officer jumps barefoot into drainage tunnel to save man
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Yoon interacts with public for 1st time since election defeat
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Lee Sun-kyun's posthumuous film to hit theaters in August
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Seoul backs U.S. plan to defeat Islamic State extremists
South Korea expressed support Thursday for U.S. President Barack Obama's plan for airstrikes in Syria and expanded strikes in Iraq to defeat the Islamic State militant group.Obama said Wednesday he won't hesitate to take action against the Islamic State in Syria, as he pledged to "degrade, and ultimately destroy" the extremists responsible for beheading two American journalists."South Korea voices its support to the efforts by the international community to defeat the Islamic State militant grou
Sept. 11, 2014
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S. Korean Cabinet approves Canada FTA bill
South Korea's Cabinet on Thursday approved a bill on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Canada ahead of ratification by the parliament, the prime minister's office said. After nearly nine years of talks, including a five-year hiatus, Seoul and Ottawa concluded the FTA in March this year. The two sides expect the deal to help significantly boost bilateral trade by cutting tariffs on a wide range of products including automobiles and meat.During a weekly meeting held in Seoul earlier in the day, th
Sept. 11, 2014
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Seoul, U.S. want N. Korea steps for denuclearization
South Korea and the United States agreed Tuesday that North Korea won’t be able to pull itself out of diplomatic isolation as long as it holds onto its nuclear program, Seoul’s chief nuclear envoy said Tuesday.Hwang Joon-kook, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, made the remark to reporters after talks with his U.S. counterpart, Glyn Davies, referring to a recent series of diplomatic efforts by the North to engage with the outside world. “With regard to the No
Sept. 10, 2014
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Unification committee hopes to invite Kissinger
South Korea’s new committee on national unification is hoping to recruit Henry Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state, as its special international adviser, a government official said Tuesday.“The international advisory group under the unification committee is trying to recruit a high-profile figure who has interest in Korean affairs and has influence,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Former Secretary Kissinger is under consideration.”It wasn’t certain whether Kissinge
Sept. 10, 2014
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Korea to help Myanmar establish state think-tank
Korea and Myanmar signed a memorandum of understanding on establishing a state-run think tank in the Southeast Asian country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Tuesday. The Foreign Ministry plans to send a delegation to Myanmar in order to begin the project within the year. The think-tank, named Myanmar Development Institute, will be modelled after the Korea Development Institute and will research economic and social issues, the Foreign Ministry said. Under the plans agreed upon by the t
Sept. 10, 2014
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National security chief to visit U.S. next week
North Korea will be high on the agenda when South Korea's national security adviser meets with U.S. officials in Washington next week, a government source said Wednesday.Kim Kwan-jin will head for Washington D.C. on Sunday and hold talks with his U.S. counterpart, Susan Rice, and other high-ranking officials and experts, the source said. He will return to South Korea on Sept. 17.It will be Kim's first overseas trip since he was appointed as the chief national security adviser in June.Earlier, th
Sept. 10, 2014
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China, U.S. should avoid military incidents: Rice
BEIJING (AP) -- China and the U.S. need to avoid incidents that complicate relations between their militaries, U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Tuesday following a recent close call between air force planes from the two sides.Rice made the comments on the second day of a two-day visit to pave the way for a trip to Beijing in November by President Barack Obama, which will include a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Rice was to meet with Xi later Tuesday. "Military-to-milita
Sept. 9, 2014
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Korea pushes to resume stalled security consultations with Japan
South Korea is pushing to resume long-suspended security consultations with Japan later this year to discuss North Korea and regional security issues, a government source said Tuesday. The security consultations, involving senior foreign affairs and defense officials, were held regularly under an agreement signed between the two countries in 1997, but have been suspended since 2009 due to tensions over historical and territorial issues. The Asian neighbors had sought the security meeting last ye
Sept. 9, 2014
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U.S. official in Beijing ahead of Obama's visit to China
BEIJING (Yonhap) – The top national security adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama held talks with her Chinese counterparts on Monday, during which they discussed a range of bilateral and international issues, including North Korea. The visit by U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice to Beijing comes about two months before Obama is to hold a one-on-one meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on the sidelines of the APEC leaders' summit. At the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beij
Sept. 8, 2014
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In paper to U.N., China renews call for restart of N. Korea nuclear talks
BEIJING (Yonhap) – China has renewed its commitment to an early resumption of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program ahead of the United Nations General Assembly later this month.North Korea withdrew from the six-party talks with South Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia in 2009 and conducted its third nuclear test in 2013. Mindful of Pyongyang's track record of saber-rattling before returning to negotiations for economic concessions, Seoul and Washington insist
Sept. 8, 2014
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Korea, U.S. envoys to meet on resumption of 6-party talks
South Korea's top nuclear envoy left for the United States on Monday for negotiations with his U.S. counterpart on ways to resume the long-stalled six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program.Hwang Joon-kook, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, is scheduled to meet Glyn Davies, the U.S. envoy on North Korean policy, according to the foreign ministry. The trip comes only about three months after he last visited Washington to meet Davies
Sept. 8, 2014
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Korea, China, Japan set for high-level talks
Korea, China and Japan have agreed to restart their three-way high-level dialogue in nearly one year in efforts to mend relations eroded by territorial and historical brawls, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Friday.The one-day event is slated for Sept. 11 in Seoul, bringing together Lee Kyung-soo, Seoul’s deputy minister for political affairs; Liu Zhenmin, Beijing’s vice foreign minister; and Shinsuke Sugiyama, Tokyo’s deputy minister. It will be the first deputy minister-level gathering since last
Sept. 6, 2014
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U.S. rules out meeting with top N.K. diplomat
The U.S. has ruled out the possibility of a meeting with a top North Korean diplomat scheduled to make a rare visit to Europe later this week, downplaying the communist country’s intensifying peace offensive, a news report said. Kang Sok-ju, secretary of the Central Committee of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party, is expected to embark on a 10-day trip on Saturday that includes stops in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy. Given his high profile and history as a negotiator on top issues, his
Sept. 4, 2014
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‘U.S. unlikely to engage with N.K.’
Despite Pyongyang’s hopes for dialogue with Washington, the U.S. is unlikely to change its policy course and engage with North Korea as it confronts a host of foreign policy challenges elsewhere, notably in the Middle East, experts said Wednesday.The U.S. might need to rein in North Korean provocations and bring three jailed Americans back home ahead of its crucial midterm elections in November. But Washington is unlikely to budge unless Pyongyang takes any meaningful denuclearization steps, the
Sept. 3, 2014
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Civic groups at vanguard of sex slavery fight
The following is the sixth in a series of articles on Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement of Asian women on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the foundation of The Korea Herald on Aug. 15. ― Ed.On Wednesday around noon, some 100 activists, students and other citizens crowded outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, braving the wet weather and sudden drop in temperature. Their age, gender and political inclination may have varied, but they had one common cause: to urge Tokyo to atone and compe
Sept. 3, 2014
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‘Governance key to economic development’
Some 500 top policymakers, academics and relief workers from around the world stressed the significance of good governance in achieving sustainable economic growth and social integration during a conference in Seoul on Tuesday. While definitions of good governance may differ, they picked transparency and credibility as key elements, calling for governments in both advanced and emerging countries to step up efforts to improve these areas. The one-day annual event was hosted by the Korea Internati
Sept. 2, 2014
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Seoul firm on North Korea sanctions
The Park Geun-hye administration is not yet considering lifting a set of tough sanctions on North Korea, an official said Monday, dismissing media reports of a possible shift in Seoul’s policy.“There is no change in the government’s basic position with regard to the May 24th Measures,” unification ministry spokesman Lim Byeong-cheol said at a press briefing.He was referring to economic sanctions imposed on Pyongyang in 2010 by the then Lee Myung-bak government for the North’s deadly torpedo atta
Sept. 1, 2014
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U.N. rights chief calls on Japan to come clean on sex slavery
GENEVA (Yonhap) ― Wrapping up her six years of work as U.N. human rights chief, Navi Pillay spared no words in demanding that Japan come clean on its wartime sexual enslavement of Korean and other Asian women.She urged Tokyo to take “immediate and effective legislative and administrative measures to ensure that every allegation of sexual slavery is investigated.”“As I near the end of my mandate, I am deeply saddened to see that little progress has been made and victims of this crime have been pa
Sept. 1, 2014
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S. Korean ambassador visits landslides-hit Hiroshima
South Korean Ambassador to Japan Yoo Heung-soo on Sunday visited Hiroshima, a Japanese city devastated by rain-caused landslides earlier this month, to console local residents on behalf of South Korean people, according to his embassy.Yoo offered his condolences to victims and his sympathy to those who have suffered, as he visited a local elementary school where displaced residents are staying, it said."I sincerely hope that relations between South Korea and Japan will improve," he was quoted as
Aug. 31, 2014
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Japan shirking legal responsibilities for sexual slavery
The following is the fifth in a series of articles on Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement of Asian women on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the foundation of The Korea Herald on Aug. 15. ― Ed.From apologizing for its wartime sexual slavery to setting up a civilian atonement fund, Japan has sought to relieve itself of moral responsibilities for the atrocities. But these efforts have backfired as it has shirked its legal responsibilities for the human rights violations. Since the early 1990
Aug. 31, 2014