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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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South Korea, China hold high-level talks amid rift on North Korea
South Korea and China held high-level talks in Seoul on Tuesday amid signs of disagreement over how to deal with North Korea's nuclear and missile program.South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam and China's Executive Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui sat down for talks as Seoul pushes for strong sanctions on Pyongyang in response to its nuclear and missile tests.China, a veto-wielding permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, has been apparently reluctant to adopt a strong sanctions
Feb. 16, 2016
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Seoul, Beijing set for strategic talks amid THAAD tension
The vice foreign ministers of South Korea and China plan to hold talks Tuesday in Seoul as tension prevails over the differences on U.S. missile defense assets and how to punish North Korea for its recent nuclear and missile tests. Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam will host his Chinese counterpart Zhang Yesui in the Strategic Dialogue, during which they will explore bilateral, peninsular, regional and global issues, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said. South Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Lim S
Feb. 15, 2016
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Korea, China vice FMs to meet in Seoul
Vice foreign ministers of South Korea and China will meet in Seoul this week to discuss pending issues between the two countries, the South Korean foreign ministry said Monday.Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam will meet his Chinese counterpart, Zhang Yesui, in the 7th Strategic Dialogue between vice foreign ministers of the two countries Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The meeting comes amid a deepening chasm between the two neighbors over how to deal with North Korea's latest nu
Feb. 15, 2016
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Pakistan, Korea inch toward FTA
Pakistan and Korea are striving to launch a free trade agreement following an ongoing feasibility study, hoping to capitalize on each other’s geostrategic leverage, Pakistan’s top envoy to Korea said. In an interview with The Korea Herald in early February, Pakistani Ambassador Zahid Nasrullah Khan highlighted the policy of prioritizing trade and investment with Korea since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took office in June 2013. The feasibility study, being conducted jointly by the Pakistan Instit
Feb. 14, 2016
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Sri Lanka fetes independence, ties with Korea
The Sri Lankan Embassy held a National Day reception in early February to celebrate the 68th anniversary of independence from Britain and the development of ties with Korea. While Sri Lanka has made significant progress as a democracy, the country also had to face “formidable challenges, including a conflict that ravaged the nation for three decades,” said Sri Lankan Ambassador to Korea Manisha Gunasekera in a speech.Located in the Indian Ocean, the lush, tropical island nation overcame a civil
Feb. 14, 2016
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Philippine Consulate General opens in Busan
The Philippine Consulate General in Busan was inaugurated in late January to better serve Filipinos living in the southern areas of Korea. The office, located on 1927 Jungang Ave. in Guseo-dong, will start providing consular services from March 1 to residents in Busan, Ulsan, Daegu, Gwangju, Changwon, Gimhae, Muan and Jejudo Island.Services include issuing visas to foreigners, authenticating Korean documents for use in the Philippines, certifying driver’s licenses, assisting intelligence organiz
Feb. 14, 2016
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Azerbaijan to host multiculturalism forum
This year marks the “Year of Multiculturalism” in Azerbaijan, a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. To celebrate the initiative, launched by the government of President Ilham Aliyev, Baku will host the seventh Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilization under the theme of “Living together in inclusive societies” from April 25-27. As the highest profile event of the alliance organization, the venue will gath
Feb. 14, 2016
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Korea urges Japan to stop provocation on Dokdo
South Korea called on Japan Friday to stop its provocative territorial claim to Dokdo, a set of rocky islets in the East Sea.Dokdo is South Korea's territory that fell prey to Japan's aggression and occupation of the Korean Peninsula during its militaristic past, the Foreign Ministry in a statement.It was responding to reports that the Japanese government plans to send a vice minister-level official to a controversial event organized by local authorities in connection with Dokdo.The Japanese pre
Feb. 12, 2016
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China FM voices 'serious concern' over possible deployment of U.S. shield in Korea
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed "serious concern" over a decision by South Korea to begin formal talks with the United States to adopt an advanced U.S. missile defense system, according to China's foreign ministry on Friday. Wang conveyed the concern to South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se during their meeting in Munich on the sidelines of international talks on Syria on Thursday, the Chinese ministry said in a statement. "Minister Wang Yi expresses serious concern," the stateme
Feb. 12, 2016
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Several U.S. states seek to block 2nd trimester abortion method
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Abortion opponents in Mississippi, West Virginia and several other states are filing bills to ban an abortion procedure commonly used in the second trimester that opponents describe as dismembering a fetus.Courts have already blocked similar laws that Kansas and Oklahoma enacted in 2015.The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, which represents abortion providers in legal fights, says banning the dilation and evacuation method of abortion -- commonly called "D&E"
Feb. 11, 2016
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94 year old former Auschwitz guard goes on trial in Germany
DETMOLD, Germany (AP) -- A 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard went on trial Thursday on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder in western Germany, accused of serving in the death camp at a time when hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews were gassed.Former SS Sgt. Reinhold Hanning maintains that he served in a part of the Auschwitz camp complex where no gassings were taking place. Prosecutors argue that all guards helped the camp function, and that during the so-called "Hungarian action" in 1944
Feb. 11, 2016
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Park to meet with Obama, Abe: report
The leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan plan to hold a meeting in Washington in the coming weeks to discuss ways to increase pressure on North Korea, a news report said Thursday.The three countries began to work out the details for a trilateral summit during the Nuclear Security Summit, Japan's Jiji Press reported, citing an unidentified Japanese official.U.S. President Barack Obama is set to host a fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit from March 31 to April 1 in Washington.T
Feb. 11, 2016
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Abbas due in Seoul next week
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas will visit South Korea next week for talks with President Park Geun-hye on improving bilateral ties, the Foreign Ministry announced Thursday.He is scheduled to make a three-day trip here starting Wednesday after traveling to Japan, it said.In his second visit to South Korea after the previous one in 2010, Abbas plans to meet with Park, National Assembly Speaker Chung Ui-hwa, and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn.His upcoming trip is expected to serve as an opportuni
Feb. 11, 2016
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Russia demands Seoul's apology over suspicions Russia provided Pyongyang with missile components
Russia has demanded an apology from South Korea for raising suspicions that key components of North Korea's recently tested rocket are from Russia.Mikhail Ulyanov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's nonproliferation and arms control department, said in a news conference Wednesday that South Korea should present evidence backing up the suspicions or retract them and apologize."This statement is irresponsible and unprofessional. One cannot come forward with such accusations without having
Feb. 11, 2016
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Seoul, Washington, Tokyo step up security cooperation
In the aftermath of North Korea’s fresh nuclear and missile tests, South Korea, the U.S. and Japan are stepping up their drive to bolster their three-way security partnership while coordinating on unilateral and joint sanctions. Gen. Lee Sun-jin, head of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, will join a teleconference Thursday with U.S. JCS chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford who is hosting Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Joint Staff of Japan Self-Defense Forces, in Hawaii. The top military comma
Feb. 10, 2016
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China protests S. Korea's decision on U.S. missile shield
China summoned South Korea's ambassador on Sunday to protest Seoul's decision to begin talks with Washington on the deployment of an advanced American missile defense system to South Korea following the North's long-range rocket launch.Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin summoned the South Korean ambassador to China, Kim Jang-soo, and lodged representations to Kim over the decision, China's foreign ministry said in a brief statement. Hours after North Korea claimed it had successfully put
Feb. 8, 2016
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China voices 'deep concern' about possible deployment of U.S. missile system
China's foreign ministry expressed "deep concern" on Sunday as Seoul and Washington agreed to begin talks on the deployment of an advanced American missile defense system to South Korea following the North's long-range rocket launch. Hours after North Korea claimed it had successfully put a satellite into orbit, South Korea and the U.S. announced that they would begin talks on the deployment of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery to South Korea. The launch is widely viewed as
Feb. 8, 2016
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U.S. ship capable of tracking N.Korea rocket arrives in Japan
A U.S. radar ship capable of tracking North Korean missiles has arrived in Japan, an official said Friday, as the communist nation is forging ahead with preparations for a banned long-range rocket launch.The USNS Howard O. Lorenzen "made a scheduled port visit" to the port of Sasebo near the Korean Peninsula "as part of the ship's routine presence and operations in the region," Cmdr. Bill Clinton, the spokesman for the U.S. 7th Fleet, told Yonhap News Agency.The arrival coincides with heightened
Feb. 6, 2016
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Xi-Park call shows China still unprepared to act differently with N.K.: U.S. expert
The first phone call between South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Chinese President Xi Jinping since the North's nuclear test appears to show that Beijing is still unprepared to act differently in its handling of Pyongyang, a U.S. expert said.In the 45-minute call initiated by Xi, Park asked for Chinese cooperation in efforts to put together U.N. sanctions strong and effective enough to make North Korea change its course, saying North Korea's provocations pose threats to peace in Northeast A
Feb. 6, 2016
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Obama, Xi agree on importance of 'strong, united' response to N. Korea
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone Friday and agreed on the importance of a "strong and united international response" to North Korea's provocations, the White House said.It was the first that the two leaders have spoken since the North's Jan. 6 nuclear test. The conversation also came amid mounting calls for China to use more of its leverage with Pyongyang to rein in its recalcitrant neighbor."Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the complete and
Feb. 6, 2016