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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Vatican's top diplomat voices optimism for ongoing peace efforts
JOINT SECURITY AREA -- The Vatican's top diplomat on Thursday voiced optimism for ongoing diplomacy to foster a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, saying "many good things" will be achieved despite challenges down the road.Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican's secretary for relations with states, delivered a message of hope for Koreans, as he toured the Joint Security Area close to the heavily fortified inter-Korean border. (Yonhap)"Of course, it is a very historic period, a perio
July 5, 2018
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70 % of Koreans want renegotiation of Japan sex slavery deal
More than seven in 10 South Koreans and two in 10 Japanese think a 2015 bilateral agreement on compensation for the Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery should be renegotiated, according to a survey released Thursday.The poll was jointly conducted by the Seoul-published Hankook Ilbo and the Tokyo-based Yomiuri Shimbun on June 22-24 to gauge public opinion in the two countries on the landmark agreement to end the wartime sexual enslavement feud and set up the Reconciliation and Healin
July 5, 2018
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Top diplomats of S. Korea, Japan, US to meet next week
The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and the United States will meet in Tokyo next week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.The talks, to be held Sunday, will follow US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's trip to Pyongyang, which is scheduled to start Thursday.South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will hold bilateral talks with Pompeo to listen to the outcome of her US counterpart's trip to North Korea. The meeting will be followed by three-way talks involving Japanese Foreign Mi
July 5, 2018
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S. Korean FM preps trip to Tokyo for talks on N. Korea
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha is expected to visit Japan this weekend for a tripartite meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Japan's top diplomat Taro Kono on North Korea, her ministry said Tuesday.Pompeo plans to leave for Pyongyang on Thursday to discuss details of the communist nation's agreed-upon "complete denuclearization," the State Department announced earlier in the day.It said that he is scheduled to meet "Japanese and South Korean leaders" in Tokyo shortly
July 3, 2018
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FM Kang's daughter regains Korean citizenship
A daughter of South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has regained Korean citizenship before a process to renounce her American nationality, authorities announced Tuesday.The Ministry of Justice included Kang's oldest daughter in the list of those permitted to recover Korean nationality, according to a public notice.Kang's office said her daughter will soon start procedures to relinquish her US citizenship, which are expected to take six months to a year. South Korean Foreign Minister Kang
July 3, 2018
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FM Kang Kyung-wha, Thai PM discuss tighter cooperation between S. Korea, ASEAN
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday to discuss South Korea's policy to increase cooperation with the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).Kang asked for the Thai government's "proactive cooperation" with Seoul's efforts to broaden ties with the ASEAN member countries during the talks held in Bangkok. (Yonhap)The two sides also discussed how to increase bilateral ties in culture, the economy, defense manufactur
July 2, 2018
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China welcomes increase in inter-Korean contacts
China's Foreign Ministry on Monday welcomed the recent strengthening of inter-Korean contacts, urging the international community to encourage them. Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesman Lu Kang (China's Foreign Ministry)Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the remarks in a regular media briefing, commenting on a series of recent inter-Korean contacts, including general-level talks, an agreement to hold a reunion of separated families in August and the reopening of a military communication line."(Chin
July 2, 2018
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S. Korean, Luxemburg PMs agree to strengthen cooperation in future-oriented industries
South Korea and Luxemburg agreed Monday to strengthen cooperation in future-oriented industries such as information and communications technology, fintech and aerospace, Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said.(Yonhap)Lee, during a joint news conference with Luxemburg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, said that the two sides also discussed ways for talented South Korean workers to get jobs in the European nation as it wants to attract talented foreigners in finance, healthcare and other areas.Lee welcomed
July 2, 2018
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Moon to make state visits to India, Singapore
President Moon Jae-in will make state visits to India and Singapore starting Sunday, Cheong Wa Dae announced Monday. According to the presidential office, Moon will start the trip in India and then move on to Singapore. President Moon Jae-in. Yonhap“President Moon will make a state visit to India from July 8 to 11 on invitation from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and to Singapore from July 11 to 13 on invitation from President Halimah Yacob of Singapore,” Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kim Eui-k
July 2, 2018
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US envoy meets North Korean officials at Panmunjeom
Sung Kim, the US ambassador to the Philippines, held talks with North Korean officials on Sunday at the border village of Panmunjeom between the two Koreas as US Secretary Mike Pompeo plans to visit Pyongyang later this week, US media reported Monday. Sung Kim, the US ambassador to the Philippines, leaves the Four Seasons Hotel in central Seoul early Monday morning. (Yonhap)Kim, former US ambassador to South Korea and a nuclear envoy, is reported to have met with North Korean officials for 1 1/
July 2, 2018
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S. Korea, China to hold talks on EEZ this week
South Korea and China will hold working-level talks this week on the demarcation of maritime boundaries, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Monday amid a dispute over their partially overlapping exclusive economic zones.The two-day session, the fourth of its kind, is to open in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, on Thursday. Bae Jong-in (Yonhap)“There will be in-depth discussions on issues related to a push for the demarcation of maritime boundaries between the two countries,” the ministry said in
July 2, 2018
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S. Korea steps up effort to win Saudi Arabia's nuclear project
Korea's government said Monday it will step up collaboration with the local nuclear industry to boost the country's chances to win Saudi Arabia's nuclear project after the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. was shortlisted along with four other bidders.Saudi Arabia selected five countries -- Korea, the United States, France, Russia and China -- as preferred bidders for the kingdom's first nuclear project, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said.Minister Paik Un-gyu held a meeting with
July 2, 2018
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Pompeo to fly to Pyongyang for denuclearization talks: report
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly plans to travel to North Korea next week to discuss the country’s denuclearization plans in a follow-up to the Singapore summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un three weeks ago.Pompeo, who has already traveled twice to North Korea to pave the way for the Singapore summit, had canceled a July 6 meeting with his Indian counterpart in Washington to fly to Pyongyang, the Financial Times reported Thursday, citing four U
June 29, 2018
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‘Two Koreas should be at center of denuclearization process’: Zelikow
JEJU ISLAND -- The two Koreas should be at the center of the denuclearization process, with the backing of the US and China, to resolve the decades-old nuclear standoff and establish a peace regime, a former American diplomat told a forum Wednesday. Philip Zelikow, former counselor of the US Department of State and director of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, suggested that the countries go beyond focusing on technical parts of denuclearization to achieve “results.”
June 28, 2018
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South Korea's foreign minister to visit UAE for talks over bilateral cooperation
South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next week to discuss ways to deepen bilateral cooperation, her office said Wednesday. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (Yonhap)During her visit on Tuesday, Kang will meet her UAE counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan for the third ministerial "strategic dialogue" over a range of issues, including cooperation on furthering their "special strategic partnership."The two countries held strategic dialogue betwee
June 27, 2018
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'Denuclearization talks less likely to be derailed': Joseph Yun, Moon Chung-in
With North Korea and the US having taken the first step to restore trust through the Singapore summit, the high-stakes denuclearization process is less likely to be derailed, experts said Wednesday at an international forum on peace and security. Former senior US diplomat Joseph Yun gave 4 on the scale of 0 to 10, and presidential adviser Moon Chung-in gave 2, on the possibility of the collapse of future negotiations over the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.“I would say two leaders are
June 27, 2018
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Trade war to intensify, make world poorer: Paul Krugman
JEJU ISLAND -- An intensifying global trade war would increase tariffs by up to 40 percent and reduce trade by two-thirds around the globe, resulting in the whole world becoming poorer, a Nobel Laureate economist said Wednesday at a forum on peace and security. Paul Krugman, a distinguished professor of the City University of New York, said South Korea’s export-driven economy is vulnerable to a US-led trade war, but its strong economic ties with other Asian countries in the region could mitigate
June 27, 2018
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Senate panel approves Harris as US ambassador to Korea
WASHINGTON -- A United States Senate committee on Tuesday approved President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to South Korea, paving the way for his confirmation.Retired Adm. Harry Harris was tapped by Trump last month to fill a post that has remained vacant since the administration took office early last year.The former chief of the US Pacific Command won unanimous approval from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ahead of a full Senate vote expected for early July. In a file photo taken o
June 27, 2018
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‘Economic interdependence key to resolving nuclear standoff’: ex-Unification Minister
JEJU ISLAND -- Deepening economic interdependence with North Korea is key to resolving the decades-old nuclear crisis and preventing war, a former unification minister said Tuesday at an international forum on peace and security. “The best way to avert a war is to create an economic cooperative body with North Korea,” Lee Jong-suk, the former unification minister who advises President Moon Jae-in on inter-Korean relations, said at the 13th Jeju Forum. “We should more strategically consider (expa
June 26, 2018
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Foreign Minister Kang to visit Thailand next week
South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will visit Thailand next week as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral ties and promote Seoul's diplomatic drive to deepen engagement with Southeast Asia, her office said Tuesday.During her visit Monday, Kang will meet top Thai officials, including Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, her ministry's spokesman Noh Kyu-duk said."Minister Kang will request continued support for our government's New Southern Policy an
June 26, 2018