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Speaker Moon proposes new idea for resolving Japan's wartime forced labor issue
South Korea's parliamentary speaker on Tuesday proposed to Japan that companies and ordinary people of the two nations voluntarily create a fund to resolve a dispute over Tokyo's wartime forced labor.National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang made the proposal at a special lecture in Japan as he is visiting Tokyo as part of parliamentary diplomacy to mend frayed ties between Seoul and Tokyo, highlighted by a trade spat and the history issue.His idea came as Japan has rejected Seoul's so-called one-
Foreign Affairs Nov. 5, 2019
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S. Korean captain feeling heat not to repeat disaster at home
Kim Hyun-soo wasn't on the team at the time, but he clearly remembers how South Korea faltered in the group stage of the 2017 World Baseball Classic on home soil, unable to get past the opening phase despite playing all three games in Seoul.More than two years later, South Korea is back at the scene, Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, with even more at stake. The dome will host all Group C games for the Premier12, an international tournament doubling as the Olympic qualifying tournament for the Americas
Baseball Nov. 5, 2019
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One more body retreived at East Sea chopper crash site
Rescue workers on Tuesday retreived another body believed to be one of the missing people who were on board an ambulance chopper that crashed into the East Sea five days ago, the local Coast Guard said.The retrieval came after a remotely operated vehicle of the Navy's submarine rescue ship Cheonghaejin located a body from the site where the chopper went down late Monday night, according to the Korea Coast Guard East Regional Headquarters.The body could not be brought to the surface immediately d
Social Affairs Nov. 5, 2019
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Moon assesses his latest meeting with Abe was 'meaningful'
President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday he has had a "meaningful" meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that could herald the start of dialogue for mending soured ties between Seoul and Tokyo.Moon held an 11-minute conversation with Abe on Monday ahead of an ASEAN Plus Three summit in Bangkok, the first one-on-one talks in more than a year amid frayed ties."I've held a meaningful meeting with Abe that could be a start point for dialogue," Moon said on his social media, w
Foreign Affairs Nov. 5, 2019
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Trump cited shared goal of denuclearizing Korea in letter to Moon
BANGKOK -- US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed a commitment to his "shared goal" with South Korean President Moon Jae-in of denuclearization and peace on the Korean Peninsula, Moon's office said Tuesday.Trump delivered the message in his personal letter to Moon extending his condolences over the death of his mother last week, according to Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Ko Min-jung.It was conveyed by the US National Security Adviser, Robert O'Brien, during his meeting with Moon in Bang
North Korea Nov. 5, 2019
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SM Entertainment joins hands with US entertainment agency
South Korea's biggest music label SM Entertainment has joined hands with a US entertainment giant to support its artists' global activities, the Korean company said Tuesday.SM Entertainment, home to NCT 127, SuperM and EXO, said it signed a deal with the US-based Creative Artists Agency, or CAA, in Los Angeles on Oct. 17 (US time).CAA is the biggest sports and entertainment agency in the United States, representing Beyonce, Ariana Grande and Mariah Carey. Under the partnership, CAA and SM Entert
Performance Nov. 5, 2019
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S. Korea, US to stage scaled-back combined air exercise to replace Vigilant Ace: officials
South Korea and the United States are not considering resuming their annual Vigilant Ace joint air exercise and will instead hold a scaled-back flying training together, officials said Tuesday.The allies decided last year to suspend the massive Vigilant Ace drills in an effort to support diplomatic efforts to convince the communist nation to give up its nuclear programs. The sides instead held a replacement exercise, called the Combined Flying Training Event.The Vigilant Ace maneuvers will be sk
Defense Nov. 5, 2019
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One more body found at East Sea chopper crash site
Rescue workers on Tuesday discovered another body believed to be one of the missing people who were on board an ambulance chopper that crashed into the East Sea five days ago, maritime police said.According to the Korea Coast Guard East Regional Headquarters, a remotely operated vehicle of the Navy's submarine rescue ship Cheonghaejin located a body from the site of the chopper crash shortly after Monday midnight but unsuccessfully attempted to retrieve it due to unstable electronic signals.The
Social Affairs Nov. 5, 2019
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Cannes-winning 'Parasite' on a roll at US box office
South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho's family satire "Parasite" has maintained its strong theatrical presence at the US box office, industry data showed Tuesday.The Korean-language film, released stateside on Oct. 11, added $2.6 million to its US gross from Friday to Sunday, according to data from Box Office Mojo.Its total reached $7.5 million, far outnumbering Bong's previous English-language science fiction movie "Snowpiercer" (2013), which garnered $4.6 million in 2013.
Film Nov. 5, 2019
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US spy aircraft on missions over East Sea: aviation tracker
The United States flew a RC-135S surveillance plane over South Korea's East Sea, an aviation tracker said Tuesday, on an apparent mission to collect intelligence regarding North Korea.The RC-135S Cobra Ball aircraft departed Kadena Air Base in Japan's Okinawa and flew over the East Sea earlier in the day, Aircraft Spots said in a Twitter post.The surveillance aircraft last made a similar flight over the region in early October. As one of America's major intelligence-gathering assets, the aircraf
Defense Nov. 5, 2019
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India contributes $1m for WFP's humanitarian activities in N. Korea
India has contributed $1 million to the World Food Programme for its humanitarian activities in North Korea, the UN agency's monthly report showed Tuesday, as the impoverished North struggles to cope with chronic food shortages. "WFP has intensified the South-South and Triangular cooperation as an avenue to enhance support to the DPRK and has received a contribution from the Government of India of $1 million for its in-country operations," the report said. DPRK stands for the North's o
North Korea Nov. 5, 2019
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N. Korea denounces US over terrorism report, says channel of dialogue 'narrowing'
North Korea bristled Tuesday at the United States keeping the communist regime on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, warning that the window for dialogue between the two countries is narrowing due to such "hostile policy." A spokesperson for the North's foreign ministry made the remarks in an interview with the Korean Central News Agency, adding it "condemns and fully rejects (the recent US terrorism report) as a grave politically-motivated provocation" against the Nort
North Korea Nov. 5, 2019
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美백악관에 울려퍼진 아기상어…트럼프 "강렬하고 귀여운 노래"
월드시리즈 우승팀 '워싱턴 내셔널스' 축하연서 군악대 연주25명 중 7명 불참해 또 구설…트럼프 불만 표시로 불참하기도4일(현지시간) 오후 미국 수도 워싱턴DC의 백악관에 '아기 상어'(Baby Shark) 음악이 울려 퍼졌다.도널드 트럼프 미국 대통령이 워싱턴에 연고를 둔 프로야구팀 중 95년 만에 월드시리즈 우승을 일궈낸 워싱턴 내셔널스의 축하 오찬을 연 자리에서다.내셔널스 선수들은 해병대 군악대의 '아기 상어' 연주에 맞춰 야외 오찬장인 사우스론에 모습을 드러냈고, 이를 구경하기 위해 모여든 워싱턴 팬들의 환대를 받았다.아기상어는 2015년 한국의 유아콘텐츠 브랜드 '핑크퐁'이 북미권 구전동요를 각색한 어린이 노래로, 중독성 있는 후렴구로 전 세계적인 인기를 끌고 있다.특히 워싱턴 소속 헤라르도 파라 선수가 극심한 부진을 겪던 지난 6월 이 노래를 자신의 등장 곡으로 바꾼 후 자신은 물론 팀까지 덩달아 승승장구하자 팀의 간판곡으로 자리매김했다.워싱턴포스트 등에 따르
한국어판 Nov. 5, 2019
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中항공기 천태만상…조종석 인증샷 찍은 여성 적발
해당 여객기 기장·승무원에 '평생 비행 금지' 조치중국에서 민간인 통제 구역인 여객기 조종석에 앉아 사진을 찍은 민간 여성이 적발돼 큰 파문이 일고 있다.조종석은 승객의 안전과 직결된 곳이라 이곳에 민간인이 들어갔다는 자체가 큰 안전사고로 이어질 수 있기 때문이다.4일 신경보(新京報) 등에 따르면 중국 네티즌은 전날 민간인 복장의 한 여성이 여객기 조종석에 앉아 'V'자 손가락을 흔들며 찍은 사진을 찾아낸 뒤 웨이보(微博·중국판 트위터)에 올리며 비난을 쏟아냈다. 이 여성은 조종석 기장 좌석에 앉아 물컵과 찻그릇을 앞에 두고 웃으면서 사진을 찍었고 '기장에게 정말 고맙다'라는 문구도 남겼다.네티즌의 항의에 중국 항공 당국이 신속조사를 벌인 결과, 문제의 여객기를 운항하고 있는 곳은 구이린(桂林)항공으로 밝혀졌다.구이린-양저우(揚州) 왕복 여객기로 이 여성을 조종석으로 데려왔던 구이린 항공 기장과 승무원들은 모두 평생 비행 금지라는 엄벌에 처해졌다.중국 국가
한국어판 Nov. 5, 2019
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US underscores commitment to Indo-Pacific region after RCEP deal
WASHINGTON -- The United States Monday underscored its commitment to free trade with the Indo-Pacific region after a bloc of nations led by China struck a major trade deal without US participation.The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the world's largest free trade agreement, was announced earlier Monday by the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and its dialogue partners -- South Korea, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.The China-led RCEP is seen as
Foreign Affairs Nov. 5, 2019
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