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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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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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[Herald Interview] Peace treaty for Korean Peninsula should be on agenda for Trump-Kim summit, peace activist says
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Tensions are easing on the Korean Peninsula, a region where the wounds of war still remain. With the second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un set to take place within a couple of weeks, hopes are high that their meeting will be a meaningful step toward peace on the peninsula.One of the most crucial tasks the two leaders should focus on at the upcoming summit is drawing up a peace treaty to bring a formal end to the 1950-
Feb. 14, 2019
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S. Korea, US lawmakers meet ahead of 2nd Trump-Kim summit
A group of South Korean opposition lawmakers met Wednesday with a US senator handling Korea issues to discuss the upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Rep. Na Kyung-won, floor leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, led a delegation to a meeting with Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific.Rep. Na Kyung-won (Yonhap)The conservative party leader said she is hopeful for
Feb. 14, 2019
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Presidential office denies sharp hikes in upcoming military cost-sharing deal with US
South Korea’s presidential office said Wednesday that Seoul and Washington had not agreed to a possible sharp increase in Seoul’s share of the costs of stationing US Forces Korea here, in response to recent remarks by US President Donald Trump that the cost burden would keep growing.Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said Trump’s statement -- made just days after the two countries signed a preliminary defense cost-sharing deal, raising South Korea’s share by 8.2 percent -- should not be treat
Feb. 13, 2019
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FM Kang to discuss N. Korea summit preparations with Pompeo
South Korea's top diplomat said Wednesday she will talk about preparations for a second summit between Pyongyang and Washington in upcoming talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Poland."Reviewing the North Korea-US summit preparation process will be the most important agenda item," Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha told reporters as she headed to Warsaw.She plans to meet with Pompeo on Thursday on the sidelines of an international ministerial meeting on peace and security in the Middle E
Feb. 13, 2019
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Korea's parliament speaker stands by call for Japanese emperor's apology over comfort women
South Korea's National Assembly speaker said Tuesday that he stands by his earlier call on the Japanese emperor to apologize for Tokyo's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women.Moon Hee-sang sparked controversy after he told Bloomberg last week that Japanese Emperor Akihito should issue a personal apology for his country's forced mobilization of Korean sex slaves during World War II. He also called the emperor "the son of the main culprit of war crimes." (Yonhap)During a parliamentary session
Feb. 13, 2019
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[Newsmaker] PM holds talks with Japanese lawmaker over forced labor rulings
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon met with a visiting Japanese lawmaker Wednesday to discuss frayed ties between the two neighboring countries in the wake of South Korean court rulings on wartime forced labor victims. Lee and Fukushiro Nukaga, a member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, had an 80-minute breakfast meeting from 8 a.m. at the prime minister's office in Seoul, according to Lee's office. Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (Yonhap)The meeting was arranged at Nukaga's request, it added. They
Feb. 13, 2019
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Flurry of diplomatic moves take place ahead of US-NK summit
With two weeks left till the second US-North Korea summit in Hanoi on Feb. 27-28, the four governments involved -- Seoul, Pyongyang, Washington and Hanoi -- have started moving toward their own diplomatic goals.Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang tweeted on Monday: “At the invitation of HE. Mr. Ri Yong-ho, Foreign Minister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh will pay an official visit to the DPRK from Feb. 1
Feb. 12, 2019
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Top US military commanders for Korea to brief Congress
The top US military commanders for Korea will brief Congress this week ahead of a second nuclear summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Adm. Philip Davidson, head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, and Gen. Robert Abrams, commander of US Forces Korea, will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, according to its website.Adm. Philip Davidson (left) and Gen. Robert Abrams (AP)The hearing comes days after South Korea and the United States si
Feb. 12, 2019
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S. Korean PM expects 2nd US-NK summit to deliver concrete results
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Saturday that he expects the second summit between the United States and North Korea to deliver concrete results.Lee made the remarks at an international peace conference in Seoul hours after US President Donald Trump confirmed that his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 27-28. (Yonhap)“I expect the second US-N. Korea summit to produce more concrete results than the first summit,” Lee said. “The South
Feb. 9, 2019
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US lawmakers urge Pompeo to seek longer-term defense deal with S. Korea
Two US lawmakers have urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to seek a longer-term cost-sharing agreement for the stationing of American troops in South Korea.In a letter dated Wednesday, Reps. Grace Meng and Norma Torres said a one-year deal does not sufficiently reflect the importance of the US alliance with South Korea. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) looks on as US President Donald J. Trump (right) launches the White House global women initiative by signing a national security memoran
Feb. 9, 2019
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African Development Bank calls for cooperation with S. Korea in tech, agriculture, energy
The president of the African Development Bank expressed hope that South Korea and Africa can increase personnel exchanges and technology sharing in the fields of agriculture, energy and drones, the finance ministry said Friday. Akinwumi Adesina made the comments in a meeting in Seoul with Hong Nam-ki, the minister of economy and finance, according to the ministry. (Yonhap) Hong told Adesina that South Korea will continue to expand its cooperation with Africa. Asia‘s fourth largest economy has ma
Feb. 8, 2019
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US envoy back from North Korea after talks on Trump-Kim summit
SEOUL (AFP) - The special US envoy for North Korea returned to Seoul on Friday after talks with North Korean officials in Pyongyang to set up the agenda for the second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. Stephen Biegun‘s three-day trip was expected to have explored a wide range of denuclearisation issues in preparation for the much-anticipated summit in Vietnam on Feb. 27 and 28. Biegun landed at Osan US Air Base Friday evening, foreign ministry spokesman Noh Kyu-duk told AFP.
Feb. 8, 2019
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South Korea, US to sign provisional defense cost-sharing pact Sunday
South Korea will ink a provisional agreement with the US for the cost of maintaining US troops here Sunday, wrapping up nearly yearlong negotiations, according to a source Friday. Under the deal, Seoul will pay about 1.03 trillion won ($916.3 million) for costs related to the stationing of 28,500 members of the US Armed Forces in Korea for 2019. The contract is valid only for this year per Washington’s request for annual renewal of the agreement. Chang Won-sam (Left), South Korea`s negotiator in
Feb. 8, 2019
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US NGO launches campaign urging family reunions for Korean-Americans
A US nongovernmental organization has launched a campaign urging President Donald Trump to discuss possible reunions of Korean-Americans with their long-lost relatives in North Korea when he meets the North's leader Kim Jong-un later this month.The American Friends Service Committee said on its website that the summit, set for Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam, provides an opportunity to reunite Korean and Korean-American families that have been separated for almost 70 years since the 1950-53 Korean War. In
Feb. 8, 2019
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Biegun due back in Seoul on Friday: sources
The US envoy for North Korea is expected to fly back to South Korea on Friday to share the outcome of his Pyongyang visit, diplomatic sources have said.Stephen Biegun has been in North Korea since Wednesday, following his arrival in the South at the weekend.His mission is apparently to work out agenda and logistical details of a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to take place in Vietnam from Feb. 27-28. (Yonhap)Biegun's new North Korean dialogue par
Feb. 7, 2019
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[Newsmaker] After 2 years of rancor, Trump to appeal for unity in speech
After two years of bitter partisanship and personal attacks, President Donald Trump will call for unity and cross-party cooperation in Washington during Tuesday’s State of the Union address, a message likely to ring hollow with Democrats determined to block his push for a border wall.Trump’s prime-time address comes at a critical moment in his presidency. He pushed his party into a lengthy government shutdown over border security, only to cave to Democrats. With another shutdown deadline looming
Feb. 6, 2019
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S. Korea, Iraq agree to expand substantive ties in infrastructure, energy
South Korea's special envoy met with top Iraqi leaders this week, reaching an agreement to expand substantive cooperation in infrastructure, plant construction, the defense industry and energy sectors, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday. (Yonhap)Han Byung-do, President Moon Jae-in's special adviser for Iraq, led a government delegation to Baghdad from Monday till Wednesday.It included officials from the foreign, finance and construction ministries, the Defense Acquisition Program Administra
Jan. 30, 2019
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Leaders of S. Korea, Qatar hold summit over bilateral ties
President Moon Jae-in and Qatar’s emir held a summit Monday to discuss ways to expand economic ties and promote bilateral cooperation, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.As part of his first summit diplomacy in the new year, Moon met with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a two-day official visit. The monarch is Qatar’s head of state. President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, ahead of their s
Jan. 28, 2019
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Japan's minister repeats Dokdo sovereignty claim in parliamentary speech
Japan's top diplomat stated again Monday that Dokdo, a pair of rocky islets in the East Sea over which Seoul maintains effective control, belongs to his country, a remark Koreans regard as reckless. "(The government) will stand firm in its response (to the issue), delivering Japan's claim over Takeshima, which is Japan's indigenous territory, with patience," Foreign Minister Taro Kono said in his new year's speech in the Japanese parliament, using the Japanese name for Dokdo.Dokdo (Yonhap) J
Jan. 28, 2019
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Abe vows 'decisive' approach toward N. Korea to normalize ties
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday made public his determination to have talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a bid to normalize bilateral diplomatic relations.In a policy speech to the Diet, Abe said he will "act decisively without losing any opportunity" to settle the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by the communist nation decades ago and its nuclear and missile programs. (Yonhap)"(We) should break the shell of mutual mistrust in order to resolve the North Korean nuclear
Jan. 28, 2019