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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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Hybe refutes Ador CEO Min's denial of breach of trust
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Auto becomes top priority in KORUS FTA talks
South Korea's auto industry is expected to feel the pinch of potential changes as it became the first target of renegotiation of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, industry officials said Saturday.In the first round of talks on amending the five-year-old deal Friday, U.S. negotiators raised issues related to autos and automotive parts, sources said. Details of the demands made were not disclosed by the two sides. "The United States discussed proposals to move towards fair and
Jan. 6, 2018
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N. Korea likely to join in PyeongChang Olympics: Kyodo
TOKYO -- North Korea is likely to join in the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics to be held in South Korea, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported Saturday, citing the North's IOC member.Alpensia Sliding Center in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald)According to the report, Chang Ung, Pyongyang's sole IOC member, said his country is "likely to participate" in the Winter Games slated for Feb. 9-25 in the South Korean county of PyeongChang, while meeting with reporters at B
Jan. 6, 2018
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S. Korea, US conclude 1st meeting on amending free trade deal
WASHINGTON -- South Korea and the United States held their first meeting Friday to discuss amendments to their free trade deal as Washington pushes to reduce its trade deficit with the Asian country.Each side raised issues pertaining to the revision and implementation of the Korea-US free trade agreement, known as KORUS, including "sensitive areas," South Korea's trade ministry said in a statement.The South Korean side, in particular, noted its interest in resolving issues over the investor-stat
Jan. 6, 2018
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Two Koreas discuss details ahead of next week's talks
South and North Korea will continue their discussions for a second day on Sunday to arrange the details of high-level talks next week over the North's potential participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, officials here said Saturday.The two Koreas agreed Friday to hold their first official dialogue in more than two years next Tuesday at the border truce village of Panmunjom."At around 9:30 a.m., our side and North Korea began hotline communications and held consultations over the composit
Jan. 6, 2018
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Korea's foreign minister listening to views of former sex slaves of Japan
South Korea's foreign minister has begun her efforts to listen to views from the victims of Japan's sexual slavery during World War II in a bid to determine the government's stance on a controversial deal with Japan over its wartime atrocities, a government source said Friday.In December, after completing a monthslong review of the 2015 deal on the so-called comfort women issue, a foreign ministry task force concluded that there were procedural problems and that insufficient efforts were made to
Jan. 5, 2018
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Nuclear envoys of S. Korea, U.S., Japan share updates on N. Korea
South Korea's top envoy on North Korean nuclear issues has talked to his American and Japanese counterparts to share the latest news about the security situation on the Korean Peninsula, the foreign ministry said Thursday. YonhapLee Do-hoon, the special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, held a telephone communication with Joseph Yun, the U.S.Special Representative for North Korea Policy, on Tuesday and had a further telephone call with Japanese counterpart Kenji Kan
Jan. 4, 2018
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President says sex slave deal defective but still not void
President Moon Jae-in on Thursday reiterated his stance that a 2015 deal between Seoul and Tokyo on ending their longstanding dispute over former wartime sex slaves is defective but said the incumbent government may still work with the agreement to resolve the issue."We have said the agreement signed by the former government is defective, but there are some difficulties because it is also true the former government made an official agreement and we must resolve the issue under the existing relat
Jan. 4, 2018
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Korea appoints more women, non-career diplomats to head overseas missions
South Korea has named more women and non-career diplomats to lead the country's diplomatic missions overseas, a decision aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of the nation's foreign service, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Cho Shin-hee, a senior official at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries named as South Korea's ambassador to Fiji, was one of five women newly appointed to head South Korean diplomatic missions in a reshuffle, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With the latest
Jan. 2, 2018
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[Herald Interview] Korean Peninsula at crossroads in 2018
Around this time last year, speculation was rampant that 2017 would be the most tumultuous year in decades amid growing uncertainties over the decadeslong nuclear standoff between North Korea and the United States. Most of the predictions appear to have been fulfilled. North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, who declared that his country is “in a final stage” of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile, successfully test-fired three ICBM-grade missiles capable of reaching the US mainland. In r
Jan. 1, 2018
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Korea to send 10,000 tons of rice to Vietnam
South Korea will send 10,000 tons of rice to Vietnam that was hit hard by a typhoon, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Monday.The Southeast Asian country sustained considerable damage caused by Typhoon Damrey last year, with Hanoi requesting support from the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) last November. The reserve is maintained by South Korea, China, Japan and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.Seoul has already pledged to offer assist
Jan. 1, 2018
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Ruling party chief calls for new agreement on Japan's wartime sexual slavery
The leader of the ruling Democratic Party on Friday called for a new agreement to settle the long-simmering dispute over Japan's wartime sexual slavery in a way acceptable to the victims.Choo Mi-ae made the remarks a day after President Moon Jae-in criticized the 2015 deal between Seoul and Tokyo as seriously flawed, as the negotiations failed to reflect the opinions of the victims and the citizens."We need a new agreement that can be accepted by the victims," Choo said during a meeting with sen
Dec. 29, 2017
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Moon decries 2015 Korea-Japan ‘comfort women’ deal as flawed
President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that the 2015 South Korea-Japan agreement on Japan’s wartime enslavement of Korean women does not resolve the “comfort women” issue. He also stressed it was a “political agreement” that did not take the opinions of victims and citizens into account and urged the government to swiftly take follow-up measures. (Yonhap)The accord pushes for both nations to “finally and irreversibly” resolve the comfort women issue, and Tokyo made financial compensation of 1 bill
Dec. 28, 2017
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Moon says comfort women issue can't be settled by 'defective' 2015 deal
President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that the long-simmering issue of Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women can't be resolved by a bilateral 2015 accord, calling it a "political" deal with no consensus from victims and citizens.Moon made the remarks a day after the foreign ministry task force announced the outcome of its five-month review of the deal, finding that the former Park Geun-hye administration kept part of the accord secret apparently to avoid criticism of its concessions t
Dec. 28, 2017
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Park administration kept parts of ‘comfort women’ agreement secret
The Park Geun-hye administration kept parts of the 2015 Korea-Japan agreement on Japan’s wartime enslavement of Korean women in the dark, a South Korean task force confirmed Wednesday. The administration also pushed the deal despite the pact falling short of fundamentally resolving related issues. A group of activists address the 2015 "comfort women" agreement outside the Central Government Complex in Seoul on Wednesday. (Yonhap)“A victim-centered approach, which has become the norm when it come
Dec. 27, 2017
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Task force says comfort women deal lacked victims' views, confirms existence of secret agreements
South Korea's previous government of ousted President Park Geun-hye kept part of a 2015 deal with Japan on resolving the issue of wartime sexual slavery secret from the public in order to avoid criticism of concessions made secretly to Tokyo, a task force said Wednesday.After months of looking into how the unpopular deal was reached, the foreign ministry task force also said that the Park administration failed to make adequate efforts to listen to victims before reaching the agreement. It called
Dec. 27, 2017
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Seoul to hold talks with victims on ‘comfort women’ deal
The 2015 deal on Japan’s wartime sexual slavery of Korean women lacked a “victim-oriented approach” and Seoul will further communicate with the victims and civic groups before making a final decision, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Tuesday. South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha answers reporters during a press briefing held at the Central Government Complex in Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap)“It is fundamentally a human rights issue,” Kang told a group of reporters. “There a
Dec. 26, 2017
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Korea to listen to victims before deciding on controversial comfort women deal
South Korea's foreign minister said Tuesday that the government will make its final decision on a controversial deal with Japan over its wartime sexual slavery of Korean women after listening to opinions from victims and civic groups.Kang Kyung-wha said during a press meeting in Seoul that the previous government seemed to have not made sufficient efforts to gather opinions before reaching the so-called comfort women deal in December 2015.Her remarks came a day before a task force is to announce
Dec. 26, 2017
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Korean president calls for enhanced ties with Vietnam
South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for efforts Thursday to further improve the relationship between his country and Vietnam while promising additional support for the Southeast Asian nation.The pledge came in a meeting with Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh held at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, according to Moon's top press secretary Yoon Young-chan."President Moon expressed the hope to continue developing the countries' mutually beneficial and future-oriented cooper
Dec. 21, 2017
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PM meets with Vietnamese deputy PM, discusses ways to bolster cooperation
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon met with Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on Thursday and discussed ways to bolster all-round cooperation between the two countries, his office said.Minh, who doubles as foreign minister, has been on a three-day visit to South Korea since Tuesday at the invitation of Seoul's foreign ministry.During Thursday's meeting, Lee said that Vietnam has great potential for rapid development and expressed hope that South Korea's government and companies will be able
Dec. 21, 2017
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Korea to give advance briefing to Japan ahead of review of their comfort women deal: FM
TOKYO -- South Korea will give an advance briefing to Japan on the result of Seoul's investigation of a controversial history dispute settlement between the countries before its official release next week, the South Korean foreign minister said Wednesday. "(South Korea) will give details to the Japanese side before the announcement of the result of a task force review of the South Korea-Japan deal on comfort women mobilized by Japanese soldiers. I think it's diplomatic etiquette," Foreign Minist
Dec. 20, 2017