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World's 1st female spacewalking team makes history
Protesters detained for breaking into U.S. ambassador's residence
Samsung to update software to prevent security flaw in Galaxy S10, Note 10
S. Korea, US to hold defense cost talks in Hawaii next week
Woori Financial signs MOU with SAP for digitalization of financial services
SK’s bio biz put to test as it waits for FDA approval for antiepileptic dr...
Korean pharmas eye China
S. Korea asks regional football body to consider punishing N. Korea over cr...
North Korean leader visits farm, calls for stable food supply
US to consider S. Korea’s stance on looming auto tariffs: Mnuchin

Oct 18, 2019 Social affairs

Protesters detained for breaking into U.S. ambassador's residence

The government requested Friday that law enforcement authorities beef up security around the US Embassy and the residence of the top American diplomat in Seoul after nearly 20 university students trespassed in his residence.Earlier in the day, 17 students and members of a progressive civic group broke into the residence of US Ambassador Harry Harris in central Seoul by climbing over its wall using a ladder. They staged a surprise protest criticizing Washington's demand for a hefty rise in S

S. Korea, US to hold defense cost talks in Hawaii next week

South Korea and the United States plan to hold a new round of negotiations on sharing the cost of the upkeep for the 28,500-strong US Forces Korea in Hawaii next week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.Seoul's top negotiator, Jeong Eun-bo, and his US counterpart, James Dehart, will meet in Honolulu on Wednesday and Thursday. The last round of talks took place in Seoul last month. "Based on the stance that our government will shoulder the fair share of defense costs at a reasonable l

Oct 18, 2019
Defense
S. Korea asks regional football body to consider punishing N. Korea over crowdless World Cup qualifier

South Korea's national football federation said Friday it has asked the sport's continental governing body to consider penalizing North Korea for hosting a recent World Cup qualifier behind closed doors.The Korea Football Association said it sent a letter to the Asian Football Confederation on Thursday, expressing its regrets over North Korea's lack of cooperation in staging the inter-Korean World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang on Tuesday.North Korea shunned South Korea's repeated inquiries regardin

Oct 18, 2019
North Korea
North Korean leader visits farm, calls for stable food supply

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un visited a greenhouse farm, stressing the need to actively introduce advanced cultivation technique to improve food supply, according to the North’s state media Korean Central News Agency. It said Kim gave field guidance to the Jungphyong Vegetable Greenhouse Farm and Tree Nursery under construction in Kyongsong County.“It is essential to meticulously operate and manage the farm so as to show our success in the production the vitality of a highly intensi

Oct 18, 2019
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Trial begins for ex-justice minister's wife

Court proceedings for recently resigned Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s family began Friday. The trial preparation hearing for Cho’s wife, Chung Kyung-shim, 57, was held at the Seoul Central District Court at 11 a.m.The pretrial hearing is intended to allow defendants to clarify their positions on the charges pressed against them. As defendants are not obliged to attend, Chung did not appear. Chung, a professor at a private university, was indicted on Sept. 6 over charges of fabricat

Oct 18, 2019
Politics
Prosecution was independent under ex-President Lee: chief prosecutor

At a parliamentary audit Thursday, Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl said the prosecution was independent during former President Lee Myung-bak’s administration. Asked by the Legislation and Judiciary Committee to pick the government’s -- of Moon Jae-in, Park Geun-hye and Lee -- that most favored an independent prosecution, Yoon singled out Lee’s term.“When Lee was president, I served as director at the prosecution’s special investigation unit,” he said.

Oct 18, 2019
Politics
NSC reviews strategy on defense cost talks with US

South Korea's National Security Council on Friday reviewed issues related to defense cost-sharing talks with the United States, Cheong Wa Dae said.Seoul and Washington are expected to hold another round of Special Measures Agreement negotiations in Hawaii next week.It would be the first bargaining session since the Moon Jae-in administration appointed Jeong Eun-bo, a veteran finance official, as its new top negotiator. The US is calling for a sharp increase in Seoul's contribution to the presenc

Oct 18, 2019
Defense
President Moon to send letter to Abe via PM

President Moon Jae-in is expected to send a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe through Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon as part of efforts to improve bilateral relations that have plummeted over wartime history and trade restrictions.Lee will be making a three-day trip to Tokyo from Oct. 22 to attend Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement ceremony. He is likely to hold talks with Abe on Oct. 24, according to Japanese news reports citing government sources. The prime minister said in

Oct 18, 2019
Foreign Affairs
S. Korea elected to 5th term on UN Human Rights Council

South Korea was elected Thursday to a fifth term on the United Nations Human Rights Council.In a vote by the UN General Assembly in New York, South Korea was elected to serve a three-year term starting in 2020.From the Asia-Pacific group, Japan, Indonesia, and the Marshall Islands were also elected to the panel. "As a member of the Human Rights Council, we plan to take the initiative in international discussions on human rights and actively participate in international efforts to respond to

Oct 18, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Trial procedures for wife of ex-justice minister to start over forgery allegations

Trial procedures for the wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk will be launched Friday over allegations that she forged a school award to help her daughter gain admission to medical school.A preparatory court hearing will be held for Chung Kyung-sim, a professor at Dongyang University, at 11 a.m. at the Seoul Central District Court.Cho's family is under a prosecution probe into allegations about forgery of a document, financial wrongdoings and education favors.Chung may not appear at the prepa

Oct 18, 2019
Social affairs
Korea Foundation to kick off second ‘Public Diplomacy Week’

The Korea Foundation, a public diplomacy arm of Seoul’s Foreign Ministry, will host its second Public Diplomacy Week, kicking off at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in central Seoul on Oct. 24. Open to the public for free, the three-day event brings together public diplomacy experts and foreign diplomats posted in Seoul for people to learn more about South Korea’s public diplomacy, which invites the government cooperation with the private sector to enhance foreign people’s understandin

Oct 18, 2019
Social affairs
US urges S. Korea to renew intel pact with Japan: Pentagon

The United States continues to call on South Korea to renew its military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a US defense official said Thursday.David Helvey, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, made the remark at a security forum as he reiterated Washington's concern with Seoul's decision to end the General Security of Military Information Agreement with Tokyo amid a bilateral dispute over wartime history and trade."We strongly believe in th

Oct 18, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Korea-US alliance is 'linchpin' for regional security: Harris

US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris on Thursday hailed the alliance between the two countries as a linchpin for Northeast Asian security and called for its further development to tackle new challenges in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.Harris made the remarks in his congratulatory speech during the ROK-US Partnership Dinner event in Seoul co-organized by the Korea-U.S. Alliance Foundation and the Korea Defense Veterans Association."A secure environment is essential to create condit

Oct 17, 2019
Foreign Affairs
S. Korea raises travel alert for Catalonia

South Korea on Thursday advised its citizens to refrain from visiting Catalonia, northern Spain, due to growing separatist protests.The foreign ministry raised its travel alert for the region, which includes Barcelona, from blue, or travel caution, to yellow, or travel restraint. Riots have continued in several Catalan towns after lengthy prison sentences were handed down to nine leaders of the region's drive for independence from Spain. Protesters have clashed violently with riot police in Barc

Oct 17, 2019
Social affairs
9th case of African swine fever found in wild boar near inter-Korean border

Two wild boars found dead near the border with North Korea tested positive for African swine fever on Thursday, bringing the number of cases to nine in South Korea, a state-run institute said.The confirmation came a day after the two wild boar carcasses were found in the border towns of Paju and Yeoncheon, said the National Institute of Environmental Research controlled by the Ministry of Environment."The area where new cases were found is near where previous cases were confirmed," an

Oct 17, 2019
Social affairs

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