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Actor Jung Woo-sung admits to being father of model Moon Ga-bi’s child
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Wealthy parents ditch Korean passports to get kids into international school
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Man convicted after binge eating to avoid military service
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First snow to fall in Seoul on Wednesday
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Final push to forge UN treaty on plastic pollution set to begin in Busan
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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Job creation lowest on record among under-30s
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NK troops disguised as 'indigenous' people in Far East for combat against Ukraine: report
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Opposition leader awaits perjury trial ruling
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Obama visits border amid N. Korea tensions
U.S. President Barack Obama peered deep into North Korea Sunday, as he contemplated Pyongyang's planned rocket launch and his first showdown with untested leader Kim Jong-Un.Obama stood behind bulletproof glass at the tense inter-Korean border scanning the wooded hills of the Stalinist North, then g
March 25, 2012
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Korean, New Zealand leaders urge N. Korea to drop rocket launch plan
Leaders of South Korea and New Zealand urged North Korea on Sunday to scrap its plan to launch a long-range rocket, calling the move a serious threat to regional peace and stability, and a clear violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution.President Lee Myung-bak and New Zealand Prime Minister Jo
March 25, 2012
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Obama to have broader diplomatic issues in mind during DMZ trek
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- Staring at North Korea through binoculars at the heavily fortified land border with South Korea, U.S. President Barack Obama will attempt to send a message not only to Pyongyang but also to Teheran, another recalcitrant regime in the eyes of western officials, a U.S. news
March 25, 2012
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Korea, Thailand urge N.K. to call off rocket plan
Leaders of South Korea and Thailand urged North Korea on Saturday to call off its plan to launch a long-range rocket, saying the move hurts regional peace and violates a U.N. Security Council resolution.The appeal came after summit talks between President Lee Myung-bak and Thai Prime Minister Yinglu
March 25, 2012
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Korea, Thailand sign defense cooperation accord
South Korea and Thailand on Saturday signed a defense cooperation agreement, agreed to deepen all-around cooperation and upgrade their relations to a "strategic partnership" in the near future, a joint statement said.The statement came after a summit between South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and
March 25, 2012
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Obama in Seoul for summit with Lee, nuclear conference
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Seoul on Sunday for talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and a global anti-nuclear terrorism conference amid heightened tensions over North Korea's planned long-range rocket launch.U.S. President Barak Obama (right) waves upon his arrival at Osa
March 25, 2012
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Obama leaves on trip to Asia
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- U.S. President Barack Obama left for Asia early Saturday, in a trip that will include a visit to the tense and fortified border zone between the two Koreas.Air Force One carrying the president and his aides took off from Andews Air Force Base outside Washington at 00:07 am local
March 24, 2012
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Korean-American physician tapped as World Bank leader
President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Dr. Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-born physician, to lead the World Bank, citing his tireless efforts to improve the lives of people in developing nations and promote global health."Jim has spent more than two decades working to improve conditions in developing co
March 24, 2012
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After Chernobyl, Ukraine seeks atom’s ‘peaceful service’
His nation suffered the worst nuclear disaster in history, but the Ukrainian ambassador said his country now wishes to promote the safe use of nuclear power at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Ambassador Vasyl Marmazov said the catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl nuclear power station’s reactor 4 on April 26, 1986 has well-placed his country to contribute to nuclear security and safety talks at the summit on March 26-27. The United Nations has estimated that 9,000 cancer-related deaths could s
March 23, 2012
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Seoul Nuclear Security Summit to open Monday
The two-day Nuclear Security Summit kicks off Monday in Seoul, bringing together leaders of 53 countries and four international organizations for discussions on how to combat nuclear threats and enhance nuclear security and safety.Event organizers said Friday they had almost finalized preparations for Korea’s largest-ever diplomatic event, completing the establishment of facilities at COEX in southern Seoul to accommodate some 10,000 summit participants.U.S. President Barack Obama, who initiated
March 23, 2012
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‘Summit will agree on specific actions’
Minister Kim: North Korean nuclear issue will be raised in bilateral talksParticipatingWith the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit coming up in a few days, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said he expected participating countries to individually announce specific action plans to strengthen nuclear security.“Whereas the Washington Nuclear Security Summit in 2010 served mainly as a venue to proclaim a shared awareness of the need for nuclear security, the upcoming Seoul summit is expected to produce
March 23, 2012
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After Chernobyl, Ukraine seeks atom’s ‘peaceful service of mankind’
His nation suffered the worst nuclear disaster in history, but the Ukrainian ambassador said his country now wishes to promote the safe use of nuclear power at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Ambassador Vasyl Marmazov said the catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl nuclear power station’s reactor 4 on April 26, 1986 has well-placed his country to contribute to nuclear security and safety talks at the summit on March 26-27. The United Nations has estimated that 9,000 cancer-related deaths could s
March 23, 2012
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U.N. chief urges ‘new efforts’ on global nuclear security governance
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday the world should strengthen the rule of law to address challenges of nuclear terrorism, calling for “new efforts” on a global nuclear security governance.Ban, who is on a four-nation tour through Asia that will highlight the second Nuclear Security Summit set for next week in South Korea, made the remarks in a written message for a nuclear academic forum held on Friday in Seoul. “We know from the tragic events at Fukushima and Chernobyl that nuclear
March 23, 2012
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Lee celebrates 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Azerbaijan
President Lee Myung-bak and Azerbaijan President exchanged celebratory letters Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, pledging to further improve all-round cooperation, the presidential office said.Both leaders appreciated the steady improvement in relations between the two countries in political, economic, cultural and other sectors since the 1992 establishment of diplomatic ties, and agreed to work together to further boost cooperation, the offic
March 23, 2012
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At Seoul summit, U.S. to prioritize fight against nuclear smuggling
Leaders of more than 50 nations and international organizations will focus on crafting measures to secure nuclear and radioactive materials that could pose a danger to the world if handled improperly when they meet in Seoul next week, the U.S. said Thursday.The State Department made clear that its main aim is to tackle nuclear smuggling.“The goal of the United States Government’s nuclear security programs is the prevention of the illegal possession, use or transfer of nuclear material or other r
March 23, 2012
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Nuke summit may help stop terrorism: Thai P.M.
BANGKOK (Yonhap News) ― Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said that next week’s nuclear summit to be hosted by South Korea will present a good opportunity to help countries around the world prevent the threats of nuclear terrorism.Yingluck also said that, in a joint interview with Korean correspondents on Wednesday ahead of the second biennial Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, Thailand wants to learn South Korea’s know-how and skills on water-management projects following devastating flood
March 22, 2012
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EU chief eyes commitments at Seoul summit
BRUSSELS (Yonhap News) ― European Council President Herman Van Rompuy called for “concrete commitments” to prevent threats of nuclear terrorism and tighten control of atomic safety at next week’s Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. In a written interview with Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday, Van Rompuy also said “synergies” between nuclear security and the safety of atomic energy are important following Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, backing calls for the United Nations nuclear watchdog to ha
March 22, 2012
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‘Seoul nuke summit to be point where political will turns into practical action’
Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said Thursday the upcoming Seoul Nuclear Security Summit will be a major turning point for countries in putting their political aims into action.“To define the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit in a nutshell, it will be an opportunity to develop the political will discussed in the 2010 Washington summit into detailed actions,” Kim told reporters in Seoul.“As host, Korea will put in every effort to make sure that enhancing nuclear security can be established as an inter
March 22, 2012
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U.N.'s Ban to raise N. Korea launch at Seoul summit
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he would raise North Korea's planned rocket launch at a Seoul nuclear summit next week, expressing "deep concern" over the issue."I am going to discuss the issue with the president of the Republic of (South Korea) in Seoul and I will also engage with
March 22, 2012
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Obama to visit heavily fortified Korean border
Amid new tension with North Korea over a planned rocket launch, President Barack Obama plans to visit the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea at the start of an international trip next week, the White House said Tuesday.Sunday’s trip to the most heavily defended border in the world carries obvious Cold War symbolism as Obama tries to foster new nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea. Although U.S. officials regularly go to the DMZ, the presidential visit is likely to be read
March 21, 2012
