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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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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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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 alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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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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S. Korea, China to launch joint research in Yellow Sea
South Korea and China have agreed to conduct a joint environment research in the Yellow Sea as part of efforts to help develop and protect marine resources in the waters shared by the countries, the Seoul government said Thursday.The research will mark a resumption of joint efforts to better understand the environment of waters between the two countries that had lasted for 12 years since 1997, according to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries."Through the joint research that will be resumed this
April 30, 2015
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Abe offers condolences for WWII dead in U.S. speech
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring ``history is harsh,'' Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan offered solemn condolences Wednesday for the Americans who died in World War II as he became the first Japanese leader to address a joint meeting of Congress.``My dear friends, on behalf of Japan and the Japanese people, I offer with profound respect my eternal condolences to the souls of all American people that were lost during World War II,'' said Abe.But as he did at a news conference Tuesday with President
April 30, 2015
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‘U.S.-Japan cooperation takes aim at China’s assertiveness’
The U.S.’ and Japan’s stepped-up moves to keep an assertive China in check are expected to pose fresh regional tensions and delicate diplomatic tasks among the neighboring countries, analysts said Wednesday.
김종훈 의원, 미 의사당 앞서 아베 규탄 (워싱턴=연합뉴스) 심인성 특파원 = 새누리당 국제위원장인 김종훈 의원이 28일(현지시간) 워싱턴 정신대대책위원회 주관으로 미 의사당 앞에서 열린 시위에 참석, 아베 신조 총리의 과거사 왜곡을 규탄하고 있다. 김 의원은 이날 아베 총리가 2013년 5월 일본의 생체실험 부대인 731부대를 연상케 하는 731 편명의 전투기 조종석에 앉아 엄지손가락을 치켜들며 찍은 기념사진이 담긴 플래카드를 들어보이며 아베 총리의 그릇된 역사관을 비판했다. 20 April 29, 2015
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S. Korean ambassador says deeper 'emotional solidarity' with China
South Korean Ambassador to China Kim Jang-soo said Wednesday that an "emotional solidarity" between Seoul and Beijing is deepening as more people visit each other's country. Kim made the remarks at a meeting with about 100 Chinese bloggers after naming them civilian delegates to promote South Korea's image in China. "An emotional solidarity between the people of the two countries has been deeper than ever before as the number of the two nations' visitors to each other's country surpassed 10 m
April 29, 2015
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S. Korea bans labor unions' visit to N. Korea for football match
South Korea Wednesday rejected an application by the two local umbrella labor unions to visit North Korea to discuss a football friendly in Pyongyang, citing its political nature. The Federation of Korean Trade Unions and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions are seeking to hold a football game between workers of the two Koreas in May, hoping that the event could help promote peace on the divided peninsula. The Unification Ministry said that it has decided not to allow the heads of the two
April 29, 2015
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S. Korea seeks UNESCO's help against Japan's wartime slave labor
South Korea asked a U.N. organization Tuesday to help foil Japan's attempt to list facilities served by wartime slave laborers as world heritage sites. The Shinzo Abe administration is pushing to win UNESCO's recognition for 23 coal mines, shipyards and other early industrial sites. The candidates include seven facilities where nearly 60,000 Koreans were coerced into slave labor during World War II. Japan colonized Korea from 1910-45. Seoul's new ambassador to UNESCO, Lee Byeong-hyun, delivere
April 29, 2015
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S. Korea, Japan to resume finance ministers' talks
South Korea and Japan will resume talks between their finance ministers next month to discuss economic and fiscal issues, despite strained diplomatic ties, the Seoul government said Wednesday. The meeting, set for May 23 in Tokyo, will be the first of its kind since November 2012, when both nations suspended such talks due to frayed relations, the finance ministry said. It comes after South Korean Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan and his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso agreed to separate economi
April 29, 2015
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[Newsmaker] Victim at forefront of sex slavery crusade
Young and cheerful albeit poor, 16-year-old Lee Yong-soo was taken to a Kamikaze unit in Taiwan by a Japanese man in what appeared to be a military uniform during World War II. She did not know she would be raped, repeatedly, and face electric torture if she disobeyed. Now frail, diminutive and wheelchair-bound, the 86-year-old Korean flew to Cambridge, the U.S., to stage a silent vigil against Tokyo’s unbridled attempts to whitewash the appalling chapter of history at Harvard University, where
April 28, 2015
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Civic groups call for U.S. action over Abe’s speech
Four civic groups here on Monday called for top U.S. policymakers and politicians to induce Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to sincerely apologize for his country’s sex slavery and other wartime atrocities in a joint letter. The dispatch is designed to request the members of U.S. Congress, where the premier is scheduled to deliver an address on Wednesday, to urge him to “voice clearly and publicly” and offer a “heartfelt apology” for Tokyo’s colonial rule and aggression. The text was written
April 28, 2015
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Abe urged to clarify his view on WWII sex slaves
South Korea pressed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tuesday to clarify his perceptions on wartime sex slaves. The essence of the "comfort women" issue is that the Japanese military established and operated brothels against the will of the victims during World War II, Foreign Ministry spokesman Noh Kwang-il said at a press briefing. They were forced to work there, which is stated in Japan's 1993 Kono Statement, he pointed out. On a visit to the United States, Abe again characterized the wo
April 28, 2015
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S. Korea not mulling massive food aid to N. Korea
South Korea said Tuesday it is not considering approving massive food aid to North Korea, although it is "desirable" to prop up the quality of civilian groups' aid to the North. The Ministry of Unification said that Seoul is not expected to allow civilian organizations to provide large amounts of food aid to North Korea such as rice or flour for the time being, compared with its recent approval for fertilizer aid. "But the Seoul government believes that it is desirable to boost humanitarian as
April 28, 2015
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Seoul should monitor Abe's intent, not wording: Steinberg
South Korea should place more emphasis on whether Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to apologize over Japan's wartime atrocities, rather than the "nuance" of the words for his upcoming speech, a former top U.S. official said Tuesday. South Korea is closely watching whether Abe will sincerely apologize for Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean and other Asian women during his expected speech at a joint session of the U.S. Congress slated for Wednesday. James Steinberg, a former
April 28, 2015
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Inter-Korean tension worsens in Q1: survey
Inter-Korean tension has heightened in the first quarter of the year, but local experts anticipate bilateral relations to improve down the road this year, a survey showed Tuesday. According to the survey of 69 experts by Hyundai Research Institute, the peace index measuring Seoul-Pyongyang relations came to 33.6 for the January-March period, compared with the 44.7 tallied in the fourth quarter of 2014. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with higher numbers indicating better inter-Korean ties. A
April 28, 2015
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S. Korea seeks more assurance in new U.S.-Japan defense rules
South Korea urged the United States and Japan Tuesday to assure the security of South Korea in implementing the U.S-Japan defense guidelines, which expand Japan's military role abroad against possible threats from China and North Korea. "The government expects the U.S. and Japan to continue close consultations with South Korea on issues related to the security of the Korean Peninsula and our national interests," Foreign Ministry spokesman Noh Kwang-il said in a statement. Foreign Ministry spoke
April 28, 2015
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U.S. envoy highlights S. Korean role in TPP
South Korea's global economic network of free trade deals with many other countries will be a strong selling point for participation in a U.S.-led regional trade pact, known as the Trans Pacific Partnership, the top U.S. envoy to Seoul said Tuesday. "We realize (South) Korea plays a role in the regional economy and has free trade agreements with many countries in the Pacific," Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea, said in a Seoul forum. "Korea is already a high standard, high perfo
April 28, 2015
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Abe offers no apology for wartime sexual slavery
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered no clear apology Monday for Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean and other Asian women, sticking to a previous vague statement on the issue that has stymied Tokyo's relations with Seoul. "When it comes to the comfort women issue, my heart aches when I think about those people who were victimized by human trafficking and who were subject to immeasurable pain and suffering beyond description," Abe said during a visit to Harvard University in Bost
April 28, 2015
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AIIB members hold meeting in Beijing
Senior government officials from 57 members of the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) began a two-day meeting in Beijing on Monday to discuss the articles of agreement and other pending issues, a diplomatic source said. This week's meeting is aimed at finalizing the articles before holding the final round of preparatory meetings in Singapore next month, the source said on the condition of anonymity. South Korea sent a deputy finance minister as a chief negotiator to the meet
April 27, 2015
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Korea sends rescue team, aid to Nepal
South Korea said Monday it would dispatch search and rescue staff and medical personnel to Nepal as relief assistance pours into the country, following a massive earthquake that has left thousands dead and others injured. An advance team of 10 members from the 119 rescue squad and four government officials were scheduled to fly to the South Asian nation late Monday evening to inspect the situation and help the ongoing rescue efforts for 10 days, alongside a Foreign Ministry official who departed
April 27, 2015
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Upgraded U.S.-Japan ties pose dilemma for Seoul
The strengthening U.S.-Japan alliance is posing a strategic dilemma for South Korea as its relations with Tokyo show no signs of improving, while the need for security cooperation over North Korea’s military threats rises.Capitalizing on the U.S. backing, Tokyo has been striving to carve out an advantageous position in the changing contours of regional security, raising calls for Seoul to move beyond the historical animosities and pursue what better serves its practical interests.Seoul has remai
April 27, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. to push for 'meaningful' nuke talks: official
South Korea and the United States agreed Monday to make efforts to resume the multilateral talks on North Korea's denuclearization, which have been stalled for years due to the North's failure to abide by a past nuclear deal, a Seoul official said. Kim Gunn, director-general for North Korean nuclear affairs of the Foreign Ministry, met with Sydney Seiler, U.S. special envoy for the six-party nuclear talks with North Korea. The two had a "in-depth" discussion on the North Korean nuclear issue, i
April 27, 2015