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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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FM Kang vows continued enforcement of sanctions on NK
WASHINGTON -- South Korea remains committed to enforcing sanctions on North Korea to pressure the regime to give up its nuclear weapons program, Seoul's top diplomat said Thursday.Speaking to the United Nations Security Council in New York, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Seoul will also continue to improve relations with Pyongyang to ease tensions on the peninsula."We are committed to continuing to work with the international community to ensure that the council's sanctions ar
Sept. 28, 2018
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Moon hints at disbanding Japanese-funded group for ‘comfort women’
Moon Jae-in directly addressed the issue of Japan’s wartime use of “comfort women” at the United Nations General Assembly, as he hinted at the possibility of disbanding a Japanese-funded foundation created to help South Korean victims of Japanese military sex slavery during World War II. South Korea has a “direct experience of suffering from the Japanese military’s mobilization of comfort women,” Moon said during his speech at the UN General Assembly, using a euphemism for the victims forced to
Sept. 27, 2018
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Kang holds bilateral talks with Chinese, Japanese counterparts over peninsula peace
South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has held bilateral talks with her Chinese and Japanese counterparts over Seoul's drive for inter-Korean rapprochement and peace, her office said Thursday.Kang held the separate meetings with Chinese and Japanese foreign ministers, Wang Yi and Taro Kono, respectively, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday (local time).The talks followed the inter-Korean summit earlier this month where Pyongyang agreed to take additional
Sept. 27, 2018
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Korean president discusses peace, joint Olympics with IOC chief
NEW YORK -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in discussed a joint Korean bid for the 2032 Summer Games with the world's top Olympic official Wednesday, emphasizing the need for an early dialogue on the issue.Moon met with Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, prior to his keynote speech at the UN General Assembly.Their meeting came a week after Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed to pursue a joint bid for the 203
Sept. 27, 2018
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Prime Minister Lee pays tribute to late Vietnamese president
HANOI -- South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon paid tribute to late Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi on Wednesday. Vietnam began a two-day national mourning that day for Quang, who died of illness Friday at age 61. "We Koreans will remember the deceased's extraordinary interest and friendship with Korea and will uphold his will with continuous efforts to advance the friendly relationship between the two countries," Lee said at the state funeral. (Yonhap)Lee held a meeting earlier
Sept. 26, 2018
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Leaders of S. Korea, Japan hold summit on bilateral ties, N. Korea
NEW YORK -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Tuesday in New York for talks on ways to improve their countries' ties and enhance their joint efforts to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons.The meeting came five days after Moon returned from his three-day trip to North Korea, where he and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reaffirmed their commitment to full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.Moon highlighted the importance of improved relations be
Sept. 26, 2018
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South Korean FM meets Ivanka Trump, invites her to Seoul again
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has met with Ivanka Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump‘s daughter and a White House adviser, in New York and invited her to visit Seoul again, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Tuesday. Their meeting was held at the South Korean mission to the United Nations on Monday (New York time), to which Ivanka Trump paid a visit, the ministry said in Facebook and Twitter postings. “Minister Kang expressed thanks (to Ivanka Trump) for coming to the PyeongChang Wint
Sept. 25, 2018
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BTS at UN: Find your name and voice by speaking about yourself
Addressing a United Nations session as the first ever South Korean artists, the boy band BTS urged young people to find their own inner voice and see themselves through their own eyes by speaking about themselves.The septet was invited to give a short opening speech at an event during the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday (New York time) to launch UNICEF's new partnership "Generation Unlimited."K-pop band BTS speaks during a meeting focused on youth issues at the Unit
Sept. 25, 2018
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Moon, Abe to hold bilateral summit this week
NEW YORK -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold a bilateral summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week, Moon‘s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday.The Moon-Abe meeting will be held early Tuesday here in New York. South Korean President Moon Jae In (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Reuters)Moon arrived here earlier in the day for the UN General Assembly.The South Korea-Japan summit will come one day after Moon meets with US President Donald Trump for
Sept. 24, 2018
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S. Korea’s Moon arrives in New York for Trump summit, UN meeting
NEW YORK -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in New York on Sunday for a bilateral summit with US President Donald Trump that is partly aimed at brokering a second US-North Korea summit.The Moon-Trump summit is set to be held Monday, four days after the South Korean president returned home from a three-day trip to North Korea for talks with leader Kim Jong-un. (Yonhap)Moon has said the North Korean leader hopes to hold a second US-North Korea summit with Trump in the near future, and t
Sept. 24, 2018
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Key points of Kim’s commitments explained by Moon
Upon his return to Seoul after a three-day visit to Pyongyang for an inter-Korean summit, South Korean President Moon Jae-in offered details on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s commitments. One of the major outcomes of this week’s summit was that Kim agreed to dismantle his country’s long-range missile testing site in the presence of international inspectors, and to close its main Yongbyon nuclear complex if the US takes corresponding measures. Here are some of the key points of what North Kore
Sept. 21, 2018
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Inter-Korean summit kick-starts stalled nuclear talks
The US said it is prepared to resume talks with North Korea after the North agreed to dismantle its key missile facility and potentially its main nuclear complex at this week’s inter-Korean summit, kick-starting stalled denuclearization negotiations. At his third meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Kim agreed to permanently dismantle the Tongchang-ri missile testing site in the presence of international experts, and suggested the North would permanently destroy the Yongbyon nuclear
Sept. 20, 2018
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Looking back on its communist legacy, Romania supports inter-Korean peace
As the two Koreas join hands to forge lasting peace on the peninsula, achieving security and peace is impossible without dialogue, said former Romanian President Emil Constantinescu in Seoul, urging the two sides to communicate about how the people can take ownership of society.“It is impossible to achieve peace without dialogue. It’s important for the two leaders of North and South Korea to sit down at a table and communicate,” he said during a lecture titled “Korean Peninsula’s Peace and Visio
Sept. 20, 2018
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Trump praises Korean summit, cites progress on North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trumphailed Wednesday‘s summit between North Korean leader Kim JongUn and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and said there had been “tremendous progress” with North Korea on several fronts, including Pyongyang’s denuclearization. (Yonhap)Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said agreements reached between the two Korean leaders at the meeting, in which North Korea said it would permanently abolish its key missile facilities with witnesses, was “very good news.
Sept. 19, 2018
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Moon, Kim watch ‘largest show on Earth’
For the first time in 11 years, the two Koreas’ leaders Wednesday sat together and watched North Korea’s massive choreographed performance -- commonly known as the Mass Games -- to celebrate the third inter-Korean summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. According to Cheong Wa Dae, the two leaders watched the Mass Games in late night at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang. The show lasted for about an hour and some 150,000 people packed the stadium. Moon delivered a sh
Sept. 19, 2018
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NK commitment keeps denuclearization momentum alive
North Korea said Wednesday it would permanently dismantle a key missile facility, a gesture experts say will keep alive the momentum for dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington but falls short of a major denuclearization step. In a joint statement signed by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, North Korea said it would “permanently” dismantle its Dongchang-ri missile engine test site and a launch pad in the presence of international experts. North Korea als
Sept. 19, 2018
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[Breaking] Moon to hold summit with Trump in New York next week: official
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will head to the United States next week for talks with President Donald Trump following his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a Seoul official said Wednesday.Moon will head to New York on Sunday for a meeting with Trump the following day on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Moon's chief press secretary Yoon Young-chan told a press briefing.Moon is expected to brief Trump on the result of his third summit with North Korea's Kim in Py
Sept. 19, 2018
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Pompeo to chair UN meeting on N. Korea
WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will chair a United Nations Security Council meeting next week to address efforts to dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons program, the State Department said Tuesday.Pompeo plans to chair the ministerial meeting in New York on Sept. 27 after accompanying US President Donald Trump there to attend the UN General Assembly. (AP)"That meeting will give the secretary a chance to update the Security Council on our efforts toward the final, fully verifie
Sept. 19, 2018
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Kim Jong-un credits Moon Jae-in for NK-US summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gave credit to South Korean President Moon Jae-in for his “tireless effort” in bring together Pyongyang and Washington to the negotiations table, as he met with Moon for a meeting Tuesday. (Joint Press Corps)“There was big progress, and it is thanks to Moon’s tireless effort. North Korea-South Korea relations, and North Korea-US relations saw an improvement,” Kim said at an opening speech before the first official meeting of the third inter-Korean summit. “Presi
Sept. 18, 2018
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[Herald interview] ‘Denuclearization efforts on peninsula opportunity for nuclear free world’
Ahead of the inter-Korean summit this week, all eyes are again on the Korean Peninsula, as South Korea, the US and major powers strive to achieve denuclearization. If the ongoing negotiations to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons succeeds, it would boost the decades-old campaign to make the world nuclear-free, according to Alyn Ware, global coordinator for Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament. “Here, we have an opportunity in Northeast Asia,” Ware said during an interv
Sept. 17, 2018