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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic gaffes continue
An incorrect geographic term used by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs triggered a complaint from the Latvian Embassy in Seoul last month, in what appears to be the latest in a string of diplomatic blunders. In an English version of its press release published on March 19, the ministry incorrectly referred to the three Baltic States --the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Estonia – as “the Balkan states.” Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (Yonhap)The ministry did not
April 3, 2019
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Korea-ASEAN, Mekong summits set for November in Busan
Summit conferences among South Korea, ASEAN members and countries along the Mekong will be held in Busan in November, Cheong Wa Dae announced Monday. The presidential office also said the suggestion of inviting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the event has been reviewed, and that Seoul is discussing the matter with ASEAN nations. Yoon Do-han, the senior secretary to the president for public relations, announces the plans for the summit conferences in Seoul on Monday. YonhapAccording to Seoul
April 1, 2019
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Sweden willing to play facilitating role in nuclear diplomacy: Swedish ambassador
Sweden stands ready to assume a discreet facilitating role in nuclear diplomacy with North Korea to contribute to building peace on the Korean Peninsula, Swedish Ambassador to Korea Jakob Hallgren stressed at a meeting hosted by Seoul Cyber University last week. Swedish Ambassador to Korea Jakob Hallgren (Seoul Cyber University)“We have played a role as a facilitator in relations with North Korea and we are happy to continue in that role,” said Hallgren, citing north European countries’ history
April 1, 2019
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Foreign minister says Seoul, Washington want to keep momentum of US-North Korea dialogue
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Sunday that Seoul and Washington are on the same page in wanting to maintain the momentum of United States-North Korea talks. Kang returned home after holding talks with her US counterpart Mike Pompeo in Washington D.C. It was their first meeting since the no-deal summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi last month. South Korea`s Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (Yonhap) “South Korea and the US share
March 31, 2019
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S. Korea, US aligned on end goal on N. Korea: FM Kang
South Korea and the United States are completely aligned on their end goal when it comes to their diplomatic efforts with North Korea, Seoul's top diplomat said Friday after talks with her American counterpart.Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha arrived in Washington earlier in the day for her first meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo since the no-deal summit last month between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.At a press conference after the talks, Kang said the
March 30, 2019
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Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon to meet with China's Xi Jinping next week
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who was recently named chief of South Korea's pan-national body on fine dust air pollution, is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, sources here said Friday.Ban has been staying in Boao, Hainan Province, in southern China for the Boao Forum for Asia since Tuesday. He will later visit Gansu Province in western China and then head to Beijing to meet with Xi, according to sources. In this file photo taken on March 28, 2019, former UN Secr
March 29, 2019
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S. Korean foreign minister heads to US for talks with Pompeo
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha left for the United States on Thursday to attend a UN forum and hold talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.It would be their first meeting since the sudden collapse of a Hanoi summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump a month earlier.Some media here raised the possibility of a rift between Seoul and Washington on a post-summit strategy, especially related to inter-Korean economic cooperation. (Yonhap)"(We) plan t
March 28, 2019
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S. Korea, China discuss fine dust issue in prime ministerial talks
South Korea and China agreed to strengthen cooperation against fine dust during their prime ministerial talks here Wednesday.In a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon pointed out that, "Air pollution, including fine dust, is a pressing national task (to resolve) for both countries." South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Kequiang ahead of the annual Boao Forum, held in southern island province of Hainan. (Yonhap)Th
March 27, 2019
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Top diplomats of S. Korea, US to hold talks in Washington this week
The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States will hold talks in Washington later this week to discuss diplomacy with North Korea following last month's unfruitful summit between Washington and Pyongyang, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are set to meet Friday (Washington time) after Kang attends a U.N. ministerial meeting on peace-keeping in New York the same day. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (Yonhap)Kang a
March 27, 2019
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S. Korea denounces Japan for Dokdo claim in textbooks
South Korea strongly condemned Japan on Tuesday for approving new elementary school textbooks with intensified claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo.In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Japan to retract the measure, emphasizing that the islets in the East Sea belong to South Korea. (Yonhap)"The government strongly condemns the Japanese government's authorization of the elementary school textbooks, including its unjustifiable claim to Dokdo, which is clearly our indi
March 26, 2019
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Gov't holds interagency meeting on Brexit
South Korea on Friday held an interagency government meeting on Britain's planned exit from the European Union (EU) after leaders of the regional bloc agreed to extend the deadline for withdrawal.Officials from the ministries of foreign affairs, finance and trade, as well as the Korea Customs Service, attended the meeting to discuss how to minimize any negative ramifications that could arise should Britain leave the EU. British Prime Minister Theresa May holds a press conference on March 22 at t
March 22, 2019
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Cheong Wa Dae holds special NSC meeting over inter-Korean dialogue
South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae held an emergency meeting of its National Security Council on Friday, hours after North Korea pulled out its officials from a joint liaison office with South Korea in its border town of Kaesong.The NSC meeting, held at Cheong Wa Dae, was chaired by Chung Eui-yong, the top security adviser to President Moon Jae-in, according to Cheong Wa Dae. Chung Eui-yong (Yonhap)"The standing members of the NSC discussed the North's withdrawal from the joint liai
March 22, 2019
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'Made by war criminals': plan for Japanese labels in S. Korea
South Korea's foreign minister has intervened over a provincial proposal to apply stickers to some Japanese-made items in schools as "made by a Japanese firm responsible for war crimes".South Korea and Japan are both democracies and US allies faced with an increasingly assertive China and the long-running threat of nuclear-armed North Korea.But their own ties have remained icy for years due to bitter disputes over history and territory stemming from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean pe
March 22, 2019
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S. Korea's top nuclear envoy meets EU foreign affairs chief over N. Korea
South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator has met the European Union's foreign affairs chief to discuss ways to achieve North Korea's denuclearization, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday.Lee Do-hoon, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, met Federica Mogherini, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday."The two sides shared the need for the international community to keep the momentum for dia
March 21, 2019
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S. Korea to offer $500,000 in humanitarian aid to three African nations
South Korea said Thursday it will provide Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi with a total of $500,000 worth of humanitarian assistance after they suffered huge damage from a cyclone.The southern African countries were recently hit hard by Cyclone Idai, which has killed hundreds of people and left many others missing or displaced. (AFP-Yonhap)"The government plans to offer $300,000 to Mozambique as well as $100,000 each to Zimbabwe and Malawi in consideration of the scale of the damage and the inter
March 21, 2019
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Sanctions relief possible after 'irreversible' point of N.K. denuclearization: Seoul official
A South Korean diplomat said Wednesday that the lifting of sanctions against North Korea can come after the communist regime passes an "irreversible point of denuclearization." (Yonhap)Rhee Dong-yeol, the director general of the foreign ministry's Korean Peninsula regime bureau, also said that Seoul is considering proposing high-level inter-Korean talks as part of efforts to facilitate dialogue between the United States and the North."If the denuclearization process passed an irreversible point,
March 20, 2019
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S. Korea, US relieve sanctions for video reunion of separated Korean families
South Korea and the United States held a working group session Thursday to discuss about ways to resume denuclearization negotiations with North Korea, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. The two allies held a working group meeting in Washington, DC, the first after the summit between the US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi faltered without an agreement last month. According to the Foreign Ministry, the two sides discussed on pending issues regarding North Korea,
March 15, 2019
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Leaders of S. Korea, Cambodia vow efforts to improve economic ties
The leaders of South Korea and Cambodia agreed Friday to expand the countries' economic cooperation while also vowing joint efforts to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the region.In their summit talks, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen also agreed to efforts to further improve South Korea's relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations."President Moon expressed his determination to further develop the close cooperative relations bet
March 15, 2019
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S. Korean president set to meet Cambodian leaders
South Korean President Moon Jae-in was set to hold a summit with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday, following a meeting with King Norodom Sihamoni.The summit was widely expected to focus on ways to improve South Korea-Cambodia relations as Moon's visit marks the first of its kind by a South Korean leader in 10 years.Moon arrived here Thursday on a three-day state visit.(Yonhap)His trip was originally set to begin Friday in a welcome ceremony to be hosted by the Cambodian monarch, but he
March 15, 2019
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S. Korean president vows increased cooperation with Cambodia
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday vowed efforts to further improve his country's relationship with Cambodia and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations member countries, insisting that increased cooperation will also lead to more opportunities for South Korean businesses and people."When the cooperation and exchange between the two countries are strengthened, the door to more opportunities will open to our companies and residents here," the president said in a meeting with some
March 14, 2019