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Signs point to N. Korean troops in Russia-Ukraine combat zone
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Rose's 'Apt.' redefines K-pop's global appeal
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Two years on, thousands mourn Itaewon tragedy, calling for accountability
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[Herald Interview] Love for K-drama, food defines 'Secret Ingredient'
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Hanwha, HD Hyundai vie for Poland’s $2.7b submarine program
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First lady’s controversies to top agenda at meeting of party leaders
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[Photo News] Rallying against LGBTQ+
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4 in 10 young South Koreans take up 'irregular' jobs: data
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'1 million' Christians join anti-LGBTQ+ marriage rally
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SM founder Lee Soo-man is back with A2O Entertainment
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Ex-dictator’s wife calls husband ‘father of democracy’
Lee Soon-ja hailed her husband and former South Korea dictator Chun Doo-hwan as the “father of democracy” during an interview Tuesday with a right-wing online publication, drawing criticism from political parties on both sides of the aisle. Chun ordered an armed crackdown on a pro-democracy demonstration in May 1980, known as the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement, resulting in an untold number of civilian deaths, the official toll of which remains disputed but was at least in the hundreds.
Jan. 2, 2019
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Moon says peace will open new horizons for Korean economy
President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday once again stressed the importance of peace on the peninsula, saying peace will lay the foundations for economic expansion for South Korea. “The peace that we have now is a tentative peace. In the new year, (I) will do my best to make the flow of peace an irreversible wave,” Moon said in his New Year’s speech at the Korea Federation of SMEs in Seoul. President Moon Jae-in (Yonhap)Saying that once peace and complete denuclearization are achieved, an era in whic
Jan. 2, 2019
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Incumbent, former PMs narrow gap in poll of prospective presidential candidates
The gap between Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn has narrowed in a new popularity poll of South Korea's prospective presidential candidates, a pollster said Wednesday.Realmeter's survey of 2,011 adults nationwide from Dec. 24-28 found that Lee and Hwang are the front-runners and within the margin of error among major liberal and conservative politicians who have been mentioned as candidates for the nation's next presidential election in 2022.(Yonhap)Lee, a liber
Jan. 2, 2019
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Moon highlights peace in New Year’s message
President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday vowed to establish “irreversible peace” on the Korean Peninsula and to improve quality of life for the Korean people.“(I) will make peace irreversible so that peace can be of help to the lives of each and every one,” Moon said in a New Year’s message that he posted on social media, saying it was the people who had cleared the path toward peace that he had followed. President Moon Jae-in addresses the people gathered to see the sunrise on Namsan in Seoul on Tuesd
Jan. 1, 2019
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President Moon vows 'irreversible' peace in Korea
South Korea President Moon Jae-in pledged efforts Tuesday for "irreversible" peace on the peninsula in 2019. (Yonhap)In his New Year's message, posted on a social networking site, Moon said he "walked on the path of peace, which the people have opened, with a very overwhelming heart" in the previous year."(I) will make peace irreversible so that peace can be of help to the life of each individual," Moon said.Moon's message came ahead of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's closely-watched New Year
Jan. 1, 2019
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2019, a year of challenges and uncertainties for Korea
For South Korea, 2019 is likely to be a year full of difficult tasks, involving issues ranging from diplomacy and North Korea to economic, social and political matters. The goals of achieving denuclearization in North Korea and peace on the Korean Peninsula also face critical events in the coming months.The most critical will be the second US-North Korea summit. (Yonhap)US President Donald Trump has stated a number of times that he plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a second time
Dec. 31, 2018
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No surveillance of civilians under Moon govt: presidential aide
President Moon Jae-in's secretary for civil affairs said Monday that the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae has not surveilled civilians for political purposes, shrugging off a former investigator's spying claim.Controversy has flared up after Kim Tae-woo, a former special investigator at the presidential office, made the revelation that he had collected information, including info about civilians and former bureaucrats who should not be subject to Cheong Wa Dae surveillance.Surveillance of civil
Dec. 31, 2018
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President Moon asks ministers to keep up hard work, emphasizes results
President Moon Jae-in on Friday asked his ministers to keep up their hard work and produce positive results for people next year as he congratulated their efforts in state affairs. Moon hosted a year-end dinner for his ministers and other ranking officials at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul. The presidential office said 18 Cabinet members and 14 other officials, including Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, attended the dinner. Before the supper, Moon said to his Cabinet members that producing results is also i
Dec. 28, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Moon Jae-in is ANN's Person of the Year
Moon Jae-in is Asia News Network's Person of the Year. For more on the finalists and runners up, please click this link here. In a few decades, when people look back on 2018, perhaps they will only remember one or two major headlines.In the field of diplomacy, they may remember the meeting between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un.If this were to happen it would be one of the biggest injustices of selective history and memory.Because without South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s ins
Dec. 28, 2018
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[Newsmaker] President Moon makes surprise visit to military camp
President Moon Jae-in made a surprise trip Friday to a military training camp near the inter-Korean border for lunch and a special meeting with new army conscripts."Thank you for welcoming me with applause when I should be the one to applaud you," the president said shortly before the start of lunch with some 200 new service members at the 5th Infantry Division based in Yeoncheon, located some 60 kilometers north of Seoul.The president's first trip to an Army boot camp came as he sought to perso
Dec. 28, 2018
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Former political leaders urge president to boost economy
Former leaders of the ruling Democratic Party called on President Moon Jae-in on Thursday to pay more attention to economic issues next year while also expressing hope for the success of Moon's peace initiative.The call came in a special luncheon held at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. President Moon Jae-in (Yonhap)The former leaders said "the progress made by President Moon in inter-Korean relations this year will be highly evaluated in history," a Cheong Wa Dae spokesman said in a relea
Dec. 27, 2018
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Parties deliberating over bill on contract workers' safety
Rival parties on Wednesday continued their deliberation over a revised bill aimed at better ensuring contract workers' on-the-job safety following the recent death of a young temporary worker at a thermal power plant.The ruling Democratic Party and two opposition parties discussed details about the bill, which calls for contractors to take measures to better ensure the safety of contract workers, and mandates stiffer punishments in the event of accidents. But they have yet to reach an agreement
Dec. 26, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Prosecution raids presidential inspection office
Investigators looking into allegations surrounding a former inspector with the presidential office on Wednesday searched related Cheong Wa Dae facilities.According to the presidential office, investigators from the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office conducted the search as part of an investigation in response to a criminal complaint filed by the main opposition Liberty Korea Party. (Yonhap)“Today, Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office prosecutors and investigators executed a search
Dec. 26, 2018
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[News Focus] Firebrand politician Hong Joon-pyo returns as YouTuber
Hong Joon-pyo, the firebrand conservative politician who is often compared to US President Donald Trump for his outspoken, hard-line rhetoric, is once again causing a stir, this time as a YouTuber. On Dec. 18, the former chairman of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party launched a YouTube channel called TV Hongka-Cola, and announced his return to politics, saying he believes it is his last chance to “end the crazy wind of the liberals” and “to save the country.”(Captured from TV Hongka-cola Yo
Dec. 24, 2018
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Govt. to levy emission charge for nitrogen oxides to reduce fine dust
A new emission charge will be imposed for nitrogen oxides, also known as NOx, starting in 2020, as part of the government's effort to fight the causes of hazardous fine dust, the Ministry of Environment said.The Cabinet meeting on Monday approved a revision of the Enforcement Decree of the Clean Air Conservation Act to introduce a new levy on nitrogen oxides emitted from domestic factories and other places from Jan. 1, 2020, said the ministry.The revised decree calls for imposing an emission cha
Dec. 24, 2018
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Biegun says allies' cooperation can help end hostility, bring in brighter future
Top United States nuclear envoy Stephen Biegun said Friday that cooperation between Seoul and Washington on North Korea can help end the longstanding hostility on the Korean Peninsula and usher in a "brighter" chapter" for all people here. Biegun made the remarks during a meeting with South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon in Seoul. He was in Seoul to hold a second "working group" meeting with top South Korean officials handling North Korean issues. (Yonhap)"The work we do together i
Dec. 21, 2018
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Tax collectors seize former President Chun's properties due to unpaid taxes
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Thursday seized properties belonging to former President Chun Doo-hwan, who has about 980 million won ($870,000) in unpaid taxes, informed officials said.Fourteen tax collectors from the municipal government's 38 Tax Collection Division searched Chun's house in Yeonhui-dong, western Seoul, early in the morning, they said. (Yonhap)During the three-hour search that began at 8:30 a.m., the tax collectors seized nine items, including a television, refrigerator, f
Dec. 20, 2018
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Blue House takes legal action against alleged whistleblower
Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday filed a criminal complaint against Kim Tae-woo, accusing the former investigator with the presidential office of raising false accusations and spreading information gained as part of his official duties. Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Kim Eui-kyeom. YonhapKim Tae-woo was removed from the Cheong Wa Dae post last month and sent back to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, from which he had been dispatched, for allegedly violating regulations. Kim was found to have attempted to
Dec. 19, 2018
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Korea, UAE agree to boost parliamentary ties
The parliamentary leaders of South Korea and the United Arab Emirates signed a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation to strengthen parliamentary ties on Monday, according to Seoul officials. Korean National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang and Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, speaker of the UAE’s Federal National Council, met in Abu Dhabi to discuss the bilateral relationship of the two legislatures. South Korean National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang (left) shakes hands with his United
Dec. 18, 2018
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Blue House hits back at claims of unlawful intelligence gathering
Cheong Wa Dae on Monday hit back at a former investigator of the special inspection team, requesting the Ministry of Justice take further action against the individual.In the latest response to claims made by Kim Tae-woo, a former member of Cheong Wa Dae’s special inspection team, Cheong Wa Dae said he is spreading false information and breaking security regulations by revealing intelligence reports. Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Kim Eui-kyeom. Yonhap“(Kim) disclosing intelligence reports he compi
Dec. 17, 2018