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Actor Jung Woo-sung admits to being father of model Moon Ga-bi’s child
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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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Opposition chief acquitted of instigating perjury
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Seoul city opens emergency care centers
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Jung's paternity reveal exposes where Korea stands on extramarital babies
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[Exclusive] Hyundai Mobis eyes closer ties with BYD
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[Herald Review] 'Gangnam B-Side' combines social realism with masterful suspense, performance
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Why S. Korean refiners are reluctant to import US oil despite Trump’s energy push
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Agency says Jung Woo-sung unsure on awards attendance after lovechild revelations
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Prosecutors seek 5-year prison term for Samsung chief in merger retrial
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S. Korea, Japan to reopen finance ministers' talks on weekend
South Korea and Japan plan to resume their finance ministers' talks this weekend to seek ways to expand economic ties amid growing global uncertainties, the government said Thursday. The meeting between Choi Kyung-hwan and his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso, set for Saturday in Tokyo, is the first since the November 2012 meeting held in Seoul, the finance ministry said. Choi's visit marks the first time that a deputy prime minister level official is visiting Japan since relations soured. The t
May 21, 2015
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S. Korea, Japan to hold defense ministers' talks next week
South Korean and Japanese defense chiefs will meet next week for the first time in four years amid soured ties over history rows, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. Defense Minister Han Min-koo "is scheduled to meet with his Japanese counterpart Gen Nakatani on May 30 in Singapore on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue," the ministry said in a release, citing the three-day regional security forum slated to start May 29. If held, it will be the first bilateral talks between the top defens
May 21, 2015
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Ruling party chief urges N. Korea to allow Ban's N.K. tour
The head of the ruling Saenuri Party called on North Korea Thursday to allow U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to the communist country as the North abruptly canceled the planned visit the previous day. Ban was to cross over to North Korea from the South on Thursday to visit an inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border town of Kaesong as part of peace-promoting efforts. One day ahead of the planned visit, however, the North called off the visit without explanation.
May 21, 2015
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S. Korea urges N. Korea to resume reunion of separated families
South Korea called on North Korea on Thursday to make efforts to resume the reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean war as the North blamed the South for soured inter-Korean ties. Earlier in the day, the North rebuked President Park Geun-hye for calling on Pyongyang to be sincere in holding the reunion of the separated families, saying that she "politicized" the humanitarian issue. South Korea is claiming that it would "try to do something to substantially settle the issue of reuni
May 21, 2015
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S. Korea, Japan to hold talks over UNESCO row
South Korea and Japan will hold talks this week to resolve a row over Japan's attempt to win world heritage status for industrial facilities linked to wartime Korean slave labor, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Choi Jong-moon, South Korean ambassador for cultural and UNESCO affairs, will meet with Jun Shimmi, director-general for cultural affairs at Japan's foreign ministry, in Tokyo on Friday, along with relevant diplomatic and culture officials from both sides, the ministry said in a pres
May 21, 2015
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S. Korea, Australia to discuss N. Korea, regional security
South Korea and Australia will hold foreign ministerial talks Thursday to discuss North Korea and broader regional security issues, officials said. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for a three-day stay. She plans to meet with Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se for their eighth round of bilateral talks, according to a Foreign Ministry official here. "They will focus consultations on the North Korean issue and security affairs in the Asia-Pacific region," he sai
May 21, 2015
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Park voices against Japan's world heritage bid
President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday condemned Japan's bid to list its wartime industrial facilities as world heritage sites, saying the move creates conflict between it and the nations that suffered under Japanese colonial rule. Park made the remark in a meeting with UNESCO chief Irina Bokova as Japan was campaigning to win UNESCO world heritage status for several industrial facilities where Koreans were taken to toil away as slaves during World War II. "Japan ignoring the history of forced
May 21, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Educating girls ‘way to end poverty’
U.N. Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka does not mince words when she talks about the education of young girls. “It is the right thing to do,” she said emphatically during an interview with The Korea Herald at a hotel in southern Seoul on Monday. Mlbambo-Ngcuka is in Korea to attend the World Education Forum 2015 being held in Incheon May 19-22.For the developing and underdeveloped countries around the world, investing in women brings about fundamental changes in society, Mlbambo-Ng
May 20, 2015
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[Herald Interview] ‘Korea-Japan-U.S. ties no zero-sum game’
Despite the strained ties between Seoul and Tokyo and other challenges, the South Korea-U.S. alliance is “more resilient, deeper and broader than ever,” former U.S. ambassador to Korea Kathleen Stephens said. Concerns persist over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s drive for a “normal state” and ongoing attempts to undercut the country’s imperial past and previous apologies for wartime atrocities such as its sexual enslavement of Korean women on frontline brothels.This has created tension as S
May 20, 2015
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CICI members revel in patchwork, traditional Korean cookies
Members of Korea’s diplomatic community had an opportunity to participate in various Korean traditional experiences this month, including a baking class for traditional Korean cookies in Pocheon City, northeast of Seoul.The cooking event, held on May 9, was part of the Korea CQ Forum organized by the Corea Image Communications Institute and held at the Hangwa Culture Museum in Pocheon. Cultural attache of the Swiss Embassy Doris Walchli Giraud, the husband of Irish Ambassador Peter Bullen, the p
May 20, 2015
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N. Korea slams South over wage row at Gaeseong complex
North Korea rebuked South Korea on Wednesday for refusing to raise wages for North Korean workers at their joint industrial park, claiming that the North has a legal right to decide the issue. The North's criticism came as it rescinded its approval of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's planned visit to the Gaeseong Industrial Complex this week. Many expected the U.N. chief's trip to help resolve stand-offs between the two Koreas, including the wage row at the complex, where about 53,000 Nort
May 20, 2015
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Missile defense dispute reignited
Controversy over Washington’s alleged push to station an advanced U.S. missile defense unit on the peninsula was reignited when U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry raised the issue for the first time during his trip to Seoul. At a meeting with U.S. troops and Foreign Service officers late Monday, the top diplomat cited North Korea’s ongoing creation of a nuclear arsenal and other “extraordinarily provocative activities” to stress the significance of the deployment of ships, forces and other asset
May 19, 2015
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‘Eurasia Express’ to link Korea, Europe
South Korea on Tuesday unveiled plans to introduce a special express train this summer linking Asia and Europe as part of its efforts to boost economic and sociocultural cooperation between the two continents. Under the slogan, “One Dream, One Eurasia,” some 250 people from the political, economic, academic and cultural circles and ordinary citizens will gather in Seoul on July 14 before flying to Vladivostok and Beijing for a 20-day journey. In Vladivostok, about 200 of them will take the main
May 19, 2015
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Jeju Forum to discuss path to Asian trust
A three-day international conference on a wide range of regional and global issues including security, education and environment will begin on Jejudo Island on Wednesday, its organizers said.Under the main theme of “Towards a New Asia of Trust and Harmony,” the 10th Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity is expected to bring together some 4,000 experts, government officials and politicians from some 50 countries.Among the participants are former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, former Indones
May 19, 2015
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[Herald Interview] ‘Abe unlikely to apologize in August speech’
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is unlikely to make any apology for his country’s wartime atrocities in a much-anticipated speech to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in August, a Japanese expert said.Yoshihide Soeya, political science professor at Keio University, said that based on Abe’s personal belief that Tokyo’s past apologies were “excessive,” he may refuse to accept Seoul’s repeated calls to express its sincere contrition.“I think if you expect that, you will be dis
May 19, 2015
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[Herald Interview] ‘U.S. may not need Japan’s consent to deploy forces to Korea’
The U.S. may not need Japan’s consent to deploy its forces from Japan to the Korean Peninsula in case of a contingency, a Japanese scholar said, noting that Washington has never sought Tokyo’s agreement for a troop dispatch overseas.The issue emerged as another source of diplomatic friction after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said last July that Washington is required to secure “Tokyo’s understanding” should it want to send its marines to handle a peninsular crisis.Speculation has since bee
May 19, 2015
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S. Korea urges close talks with U.S., Japan over defense guidelines
South Korea urged the United States and Japan on Tuesday to continue close consultations with it as they implement their new defense guidelines. In April, Washington and Tokyo announced they had upgraded their 1978 defense cooperation guidelines, which allows Japan to play a greater military role aboard. It came amid concerns over Japan's possible amendment of its pacifist Constitution and a regional arms race. "I think the U.S. and Japan need to continue close consultations with our governmen
May 19, 2015
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S. Korea to bring N. Korea to U.N. sanctions panel for SLBM
South Korea plans to refer North Korea to a U.N. sanctions committee for its recent test-launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, a diplomatic source here said Tuesday. The government will soon send a letter to the North Korea Sanctions Committee established under the U.N. Security Council after the communist nation's nuclear test in 2006, according to the source. The committee submits a report to the council every three months. It would represent the beginning of a formal process to
May 19, 2015
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USFK chief calls for stronger Seoul-Washington alliance against N.K. threats
The chief of United States Forces Korea vowed Tuesday to boost Washington's alliance with South Korea to deter evolving security challenges from North Korea's asymmetric capabilities. "In recent years, the North Korean threat has changed and it will continue to change, highlighted by its claimed SLBM development," Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti said during the Far East Forum in Seoul hosted by the Far East Broadcasting Co. Earlier this month, the North said it held a successful test-firing of a subm
May 19, 2015
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THAAD should top Park-Obama summit agenda: lawmaker
Whether to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea should top the agenda when President Park Geun-hye meets with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington next month, the ruling party floor leader said Tuesday. Park is scheduled to fly to Washington in mid-June for her fourth one-on-one summit with Obama, which will likely focus on their alliance, North Korea's nuclear threats, and other issues of mutual and global concern. The call by Rep. Yoo Seong-min of the Saenuri Pa
May 19, 2015
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