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Signs point to N. Korean troops in Russia-Ukraine combat zone
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[Exclusive] Korean adoptee sisters meet for the first time in 39 years
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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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SM founder Lee Soo-man is back with A2O Entertainment
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[Newsmaker] Kim Yong-chol, a man of mixed past in inter-Korean relations
With Kim Yong-chol set to meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in New York, expectations are rising that the conclusion of the talks on arranging a US-North Korea summit is in sight. The role Kim is playing in inter-Korean and Pyongyang-Washington talks in recent months is in stark contrast to the role he has played in the past. Kim, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the North Korean Workers’ Party, has been central to the inter-Korean developments of recent months. Pyongyang was rep
North KoreaMay 30, 2018
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[Newsmaker] US 'very engaged' on NK human rights issue
WASHINGTON -- The United States is "very engaged" in efforts to end North Korea's human rights abuses as the two sides prepare for a potential meeting between their leaders next month, a senior US official said Tuesday.Sam Brownback, ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, told reporters the issue is being discussed at the highest levels ahead of the summit expected for June 12 in Singapore between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. North Korean leade
North KoreaMay 30, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Wife of Korean Air chief quizzed for 2nd time over assaults
Lee Myung-hee, the wife of the Korean Air Lines Co. chief, appeared for police questioning for a second time on Wednesday over multiple assault and abuse allegations.Her appearance at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency comes after she underwent a 15-hour interrogation by police on Monday.Police said the second questioning is to mainly supplement the ongoing investigation, as she has denied most of the charges and witnesses' statements show inconsistencies with hers.Police indicated Tuesday the
Social AffairsMay 30, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Dog meat dealer resumes business at Moran Market
A dog meat dealer resumed business at Seongnam’s Moran Market by bringing back its butchery equipment which the city government removed last week, continuing a legal battle to maintain its business.Under an administrative order, city officials on Friday dismantled the last remaining dog slaughter facility in what used to be Korea’s largest dog meat market amid much media attention. City officials dismantle the last remaining dog slaughter facility in what used to be Korea’s largest dog meat mark
Social AffairsMay 29, 2018
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[Newsmaker] BTS becomes first K-pop act to top Billboard 200
K-pop act BTS’ dream has become a reality, topping the Billboard 200 chart only a few days after the group named it as one of its goals.On Sunday, the group’s “Love Yourself: Tear” album, its third full-length album, ranked No. 1 on the Billboard main albums chart, making the seven-piece K-pop powerhouse the first K-pop act to do so. K-pop boy band BTS performs "Fake Love" at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards. (AP-Yonhap)“Love Yourself: Tear” album, performed mostly in Korean, is the first non-En
PerformanceMay 28, 2018
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[Newsmaker] N. Korea won't give up nuclear weapons: Victor Cha
A former US nuclear negotiator on Sunday cast doubt on the prospects of North Korea's denuclearization, saying the communist regime is unlikely to give up its nukes in a potential summit with the United States.Victor Cha, former Asia director on the White House National Security Council, tamped down expectations that a June 12 meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could lead to a breakthrough in the nuclear conundrum.Victor Cha (Left) (Yonhap)"In terms of
North KoreaMay 28, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Seoul’s pedestrian overpass gets mixed reactions one year on
For many cities, widening roads and building more flyovers can be a solution to traffic congestion. However, from the pedestrians’ point of view, it can lead to less walking space and missing links between buildings. When the Seoullo 7017 opened in Seoul last year, Mayor Park Won-soon’s goal was clear: making the city “more walkable” by creating bike paths, pedestrian-only roads and redesigned sidewalks to make them more pedestrian-friendly, all ways to reduce vehicle traffic. The former Seoul S
Social AffairsMay 27, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Wide US-North Korea gulf over nuclear deal terms
WASHINGTON -- Even if conciliatory rhetoric revives US-North Korea summit plans, President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un must overcome a gaping disconnect over what a deal on the North’s nuclear weapons would look like. Observers of the soap opera-style Trump-Kim summit drama could be forgiven for thinking that a fragile courtship is underway, where the tenor of each side’s statements will determine whether the two can agree to sit down together. At the heart of the North’s negative rhetoric that
North KoreaMay 27, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Mixed reactions in Singapore to Trump-Kim summit cancellation
SINGAPORE -- US President Donald Trump’s cancellation of his June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore threw cold water on civil servants and people in the hotel industry here who had been preparing for the historic event. Singapore had already begun press accreditation to register foreign journalists wishing to cover the summit.Hotels which had blocked off or taken back rooms that were allocated to tour agencies in anticipation of a hike in visitors around the summit peri
North KoreaMay 25, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Pompeo says dialogue efforts to continue: Seoul ministry
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday his country remains committed to dialogue with North Korea despite President Donald Trump's decision to call off his summit talks with the communist nation's leader next month, according to Seoul's foreign ministry.Pompeo made the remarks in his phone conversation with Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha to exchange views on related situations and coordinate a strategy.The secretary briefing Kang in detail on the background of Trump's move and also stres
North KoreaMay 25, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Opposition scuttles Moon’s Constitution amendment plan
President Moon Jae-in’s constitutional amendment bill was scuttled Thursday, after voting at the National Assembly was declared void as the quorum could not be reached due to the opposition parties’ boycott.Amid public calls to revise the Constitution that was last amended in 1987, the Moon administration announced and submitted its amendment bill to the National Assembly on March 26. Thursday was the legal deadline for lawmakers to decide whether to accept or reject the proposal.Empty seats at
PoliticsMay 24, 2018
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[Newsmaker] ‘Google thought Panmunjeom was in North Korea’
Over 300 Korea-related errors found in recent foreign media coverageWhile it is not uncommon for a foreigner to confuse South and North Korea, it appears that a number of foreign media outlets have also been dumbfounded by the complicated nature of the countries occupying the peninsula.The Korea Culture and Information Service announced Wednesday that it did an extensive study on news articles on Korea by foreign-based media published between April 2 and May 10 and found 312 errors in 253 storie
CultureMay 23, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Under pressure, Hyundai Motor heir pulls the plug, pursues plan B
Two months after proposing a grand reform plan on its corporate governance, Hyundai Motor Group, the nation’s second-largest chaebol, came with yet another unexpected choice Monday, ditching the plan it previously hailed as a pathway to modernize the 50-year-old conglomerate.And its crown prince, the chairman’s only son, vowed that he would come back with “an improved” version. What the company need now is “the speedy and drastic reform and change,” the automaker’s Vice Chairman Chung Eui-sun st
MobilityMay 22, 2018
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[Newsmaker] N. Korea-US summit will be held as scheduled despite tensions: Seoul official
WASHINGTON -- The upcoming summit between North Korea and the United States will go on as scheduled despite fresh tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul's top security official said here Monday.Chung Eui-yong, chief of the presidential National Security Office, made the remarks aboard Air Force One bound for Washington, where President Moon Jae-in is to hold a summit with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday."We believe there is a 99.9 percent chance the North Korea-US summit (set for June 12 i
North KoreaMay 22, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Reporters face hurdle as they head for NK nuclear test site
North Korea’s dismantling of its major nuclear test site will likely go ahead as planned this week, but it was unclear as of Monday evening whether South Korean reporters would be able to cover the event.North Korea declined to accept a list of South Korean journalists assigned to cover the dismantling of the Punggyeri nuclear site, which the North said will happen sometime from Wednesday to Friday, the Unification Ministry said in a regular briefing on Monday. The Unification Ministry attempted
North KoreaMay 21, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Parliament OKs bills on extra budget, special counsel probe
South Korea's parliament on Monday passed a 3.83 trillion won ($3.54 billion) extra budget bill and a proposal to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate an online opinion rigging scandal involving a former ruling party lawmaker.The passage came after the rival parties reached a compromise to break the long-running parliamentary impasse last week. Under the deal, the ruling Democratic Party agreed to an independent counsel probe into the scandal while the main opposition Liberty Korea Party
PoliticsMay 21, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Harry Harris: Top Navy commander with clear-eyed view on North Korea
With the nomination of Pacific Commander Adm. Harry Harris as the new US top envoy to South Korea last week, expectations are high about the role that he will play amid the fast-paced diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula. President Donald Trump on Friday nominated Harris as the new ambassador to South Korea, a post that has been vacant for 16 months since his predecessor Mark Lippert left the position in January last year. Harris had initially been nominated as US ambassador to Australia, but was
North KoreaMay 20, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Seoul to ‘wait and see’ as NK threatens to freeze talks
Seoul’s presidential office said on Friday it will “wait and see” as North Korea threatened to not hold talks with South Korea unless it stops the ongoing joint military drills with the US.Citing the Max Thunder exercise between South Korean and US air forces as the reason, Pyongyang called off high-level talks with Seoul on Wednesday, and threatened to cancel the summit talks with Washington scheduled to be held next month in Singapore. On Thursday, Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the North’s Committe
North KoreaMay 18, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Moon’s security adviser continues marching to a different beat
President Moon Jae-in’s special national security and foreign affairs adviser Moon Chung-in continues to voice views that fall short of being in tune with the government. Speaking at a forum Wednesday, special adviser Moon claimed that Seoul’s Defense Minister Song Young-moo had spoken with US Forces Korea commander Gen. Vincent Brooks to keep B-52 bombers out of the Max Thunder exercise. Moon Chung-in speaks at a lecture in Washington DC on May 4. YonhapMax Thunder is the joint South Korea-US
North KoreaMay 17, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Max Thunder exercise proceeds as planned: Defense Ministry
Despite North Korea’s decision to postpone high-level talks with South Korea in protest against a combined air drill with the US, the ongoing Max Thunder exercise will proceed as scheduled, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. About 100 aircraft from the allies’ air forces, including eight F-22 stealth fighter jets, are participating in the exercise that kicked off Friday, according to military officials. The annual drill is scheduled to continue until May 26. “The exercise will proceed as plann
North KoreaMay 16, 2018