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Heavy snow alerts issued in greater Seoul area, Gangwon Province; over 20 cm of snow seen in Seoul
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Seoul blanketed by heaviest Nov. snow, with more expected
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Seoul snowfall now third heaviest on record
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Samsung shakes up management, commits to reviving chip business
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Heavy snow of up to 40 cm blankets Seoul for 2nd day
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How $70 funeral wreaths became symbol of protest in S. Korea
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Hybe consolidates chairman Bang Si-hyuk’s regime with leadership changes
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BOK makes surprise 2nd rate cut to boost growth
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Constructive Korea-Japan relations strategic priority for U.S.: State Department
Constructive relations between South Korea and Japan are a strategic priority for the United States, the State Department said Wednesday after the two American allies agreed to hold the first summit of their leaders in more than three years.The planned summit between South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would mark the first bilateral summit between the two countries in about three and a half years and could serve as a turning point in their long-frayed rela
Oct. 29, 2015
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Sweeping partnerships key to post-2015 development era
With a new development agenda taking off over the next 15 years, traditional and emerging donors should join forces alongside the private sector, civil society and other non-state actors to beef up financial sources and leverage inclusive growth, leading international policymakers said Tuesday. The Korea Herald brought together four officials from around the world to explore ways to better implement the Sustainable Development Goals set forward early this year by 193 countries at the U.N. They a
Oct. 28, 2015
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Seoul calls for peaceful resolution of disputed sea
Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday urged for a peaceful resolution to escalating tensions between the U.S. and China over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.“South Korea has been strongly calling for restraint of any action that affects peace and stability in the region through various channels including global forums,” a senior official at the presidential office told reporters. “Disputes should be resolved in accordance with international norms.”The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Lass
Oct. 28, 2015
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Expectations low for first Park-Abe summit
The leaders of South Korea and Japan will hold their first-ever bilateral summit Monday in Seoul, paving the way for improved ties that remained strained for years over historic and territorial disputes. (Yonhap)The summit will take place a day after trilateral talks among the two countries and China, Kim Kyoo-hyun, senior presidential secretary on foreign affairs said at Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday. The leaders will have an in-depth talk on a wide range of issues including sex slaves, but they w
Oct. 28, 2015
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Park to hold talks with Abe next week
President Park Geun-hye will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next week, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday, in the first bilateral summit between leaders of the two neighbors in more than three years.Park has so far shunned a bilateral meeting with Abe due to territorial and other historical disputes stemming from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.Park is set to meet with Abe next Monday, Kim Kyou-hyun, senior presidential secretary for foreign affairs, told reporters.
Oct. 28, 2015
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Regional powers gather to discuss peace, cooperation
Senior government officials from South Korea, the United States and other regional powers gathered in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss ways to promote peace and cooperation in a region fraught with historical and territorial disputes.President Park Geun-hye launched the Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative in 2013 with the aim of building regional peace by first cooperating on soft issues, such as nuclear safety, disaster management and the environment.The second government-level meeting
Oct. 28, 2015
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China to expand memorial hall honoring anti-Japanese Korean independence hero
China plans to double the size of a memorial hall honoring a revered Korean independence hero who assassinated a prominent Japanese colonial leader more than a century ago in China, the memorial hall's officials said Wednesday. Chinese railway authorities opened the memorial hall earlier last year honoring the Korean independence hero Ahn Jung-geun, who assassinated the Korean Peninsula's first Japanese governor-general, Hirobumi Ito, at a railway station in the northeastern Chinese city of Harb
Oct. 28, 2015
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Japan scholars urge Abe to address 'comfort women' issue during summit
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should address the thorny issue of wartime sex slavery when he holds summit talks with President Park Geun-hye next week, Japanese scholars said Wednesday.South Korea has proposed the two leaders hold a separate bilateral meeting in Seoul next Monday following a trilateral summit with China.Park and Abe have yet to meet one-on-one as bilateral ties have frayed over various historical and territorial disputes. If they meet next week, a key focus of public attent
Oct. 28, 2015
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KORUS FTA, TPP key part of Obama's rebalance to Asia: Russel
Concluding the free trade agreement with South Korea and negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership were key economic parts of U.S. President Barack Obama's "rebalance" to Asia policy, a senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday.Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel made the remark during an Atlantic Council discussion, saying that upon taking office, Obama recognized that the Asia-Pacific region was emerging as the driver of global economic growth and made the region a strategic priority.The rebala
Oct. 28, 2015
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'China, U.S. vie with visions for regional order’
This is the third installment in a series of interviews with renowned scholars and experts on China as a resurgent Asian power triggering shifts in the regional order. This installment looks into China’s vision for a regional order and the ongoing Sino-U.S. rivalry. -- Ed. China and the U.S. have been envisioning different regional orders with the former seeking one that encompasses Asians’ unique cultural aspects and the latter pursuing a strictly rule-based approach anchored in its alliance ne
Oct. 27, 2015
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‘5 IS members held in Korea for smuggling bomb ingredient’
A ruling party lawmaker said Monday that South Korean authorities have detained five members of the militant group Islamic State after they were caught trying to smuggle a key bomb-making ingredient out of the country.Rep. Lee Cheol-woo of the Saenuri Party said in a radio interview that they were held here as they tried to smuggle ammonium nitrate which cannot be easily obtained in their home country, Lebanon.“Our authorities blocked them from taking ammonium nitrate to their country,” Lee said
Oct. 27, 2015
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China urges Japan to face history ahead of 3-way summit
Japan must squarely face up to its "unbeautiful" past and learn lessons from its wartime aggression if it wants to ensure smooth cooperation with South Korea and China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Tuesday, ahead of a trilateral summit among the three nations in Seoul.President Park Geun-hye will host Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the weekend for the three-way summit that had been on hold since 2012 due to a bitter territorial dispute between Chi
Oct. 27, 2015
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Korea, Japan to discuss WWII sexual slavery issue before summit
South Korean and Japanese officials in charge of delicate talks on Tokyo's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women will meet in Seoul later Tuesday, ahead of next week's summit between the leaders of the two countries, a diplomatic source said.Kimihiro Ishikane, director-general of the Japanese foreign ministry's Asian and Oceanian affairs bureau, is visiting Seoul to attend a forum on ways to promote peace and stability in Northeast Asia.He is Japan's new point man on Korea, serving as chief
Oct. 27, 2015
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U.S. calls for stronger relations in Northeast Asia amid hopes for Korea-Japan summit
The United States called Monday for strong and constructive relations between countries in Northeast Asia as it reacted to South Korea's offer to hold a summit meeting with Japan for the first time in more than three years.The South made the proposal public earlier Monday, saying it recently suggested to Japan that President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold their first formal talks in Seoul on Nov. 2 on the sidelines of a trilateral summit between the leaders of South Ko
Oct. 27, 2015
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FM vows to step up efforts for stability in Middle East
South Korea's top diplomat pledged Monday to strengthen efforts to help the Middle East achieve stability.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said South Korea has joined international efforts to defeat the Islamic State militant group at an opening ceremony of a forum meant to boost cooperation between South Korea and the Middle East.Still, he did not elaborate on how South Korea will bring stability to the Middle East marred by conflicts for decades. Separately, Yun said South Korea can be an optimal
Oct. 26, 2015
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New Japanese nuclear envoy to visit Korea
Japan's new top envoy to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program will visit South Korea this week for talks with his counterparts and other senior officials from the region, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.Kimihiro Ishikane, director-general of the Japanese foreign ministry's Asian and Oceanian affairs bureau, will take part in a multilateral forum on the Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative on Wednesday, the ministry said in a press release.The initiative is one of Pres
Oct. 26, 2015
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U.S. diplomat calls for CTBT's ratification to hold defiant countries like N. Korea accountable
A senior U.S. diplomat has called for the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, saying a legally binding total ban on nuclear explosive testing is necessary to bring to account countries like North Korea that insist on testing.Rose Gottemoeller, under secretary of state for arms control and international security, made the remark in a speech in Alaska last week, stressing that it is in the interests of the United States to ratify the 1996 treaty, according to a transcript of
Oct. 26, 2015
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Sudan, Korea flesh out political dialogue
A delegation of Sudanese diplomats visited Korea last week to participate in the fifth round of policy consultations with Korean counterparts, where they discussed political relations, trade and investment, development cooperation and international collaboration. Daffalla El Haj Ali, the director general of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ bilateral and regional department, reached an agreement with Korea on exchanging ministerial and high-level visits, enhancing mutual support at inter
Oct. 26, 2015
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‘Syrian children need Korea’s compassion’
Syria is a killing field. The conflict that erupted 5 years ago between the people and President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has left over 250,000 people dead and uprooted 12 million more. To survive what has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, over 5 million children need food, water and shelter before the winter.A delegation from the United Nations Children’s Fund visited Korea last week to secure much-needed support from the government, companies and citizens. Members of UNICEF and
Oct. 25, 2015
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Pakistan, Korea seek more security cooperation
A delegation of top Pakistani military officials came to Korea last week to gauge the country’s defense capacities and potentially procure weapons and technologies. Pakistani Defense Production Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain, Lt. Gen. Syed Wajid Hussain and private sector representatives came on the invitation of Korea’s Ministry of National Defense. They attended the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2015, and visited the Doosan Defense Systems and Technology facilities in Cha
Oct. 25, 2015
