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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] Watchdog blasted over call for new Samsung control tower
“How can a control tower not have control?” An official at Samsung Electronics threw the question back to The Korea Herald when asked what Samsung executives and employees think of the latest comments by Kim Sang-jo, chairman of the Fair Trade Commission. Kim said in interviews with local media last week that Samsung needed a new control tower to coordinate all affiliates. He publicly urged Samsung heir apparent Lee Jae-yong to take action to overhaul the corporation’s governance structure acros
IndustryMay 15, 2018
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[Newsmaker] 'North Korea's CVID impossible' says former NK diplomat
A complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea is impossible, unless the regime collapses or changes, a former senior North Korean diplomat said Monday. Given the North’s political system that idolizes its leader, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will never give up the country’s nuclear arsenal, and the only option for the rest of the world is to accept North Korea disguising itself as nuclear-free nation, said Thae Yong-ho, North Korea’s former deputy ambassador to the U
Foreign AffairsMay 14, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Selective justice? Koreans file petition after female suspect gets arrested for leaking nude photo
More than 270,000 South Koreans have signed an online petition asking for the fair investigation of online and digital sexual violence cases, regardless of the perpetrators' gender, after a female suspect was arrested for secretly taking a photo of her male colleague while he was posing nude for university students, and then distributing it online without the victim’s consent. Those who signed the petition say that while the authorities’ treatment of the case has been just and ideal, the way th
Social AffairsMay 13, 2018
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[Newsmaker] How will review of Samsung BioLogics’ alleged accounting fraud go?
South Korea’s top financial regulator will embark on initial steps to review accounting fraud allegations involving contract drug manufacturer Samsung BioLogics this week, the outcome of which will largely sway the company’s future prospects and legal standing.The Financial Services Commission is set to review the closely-watched case on Thursday via an in-house accounting oversight panel, marking the first formal meeting on the issue. It will then refer the case to the Securities and Futures Co
IndustryMay 13, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Terror probe launched after deadly Paris knife attack
A knifeman shouting "Allahu akbar" was shot dead by police in central Paris late Saturday after he killed one person and injured four, prompting a terror probe.The attack took place near the city's main opera house in an area full of bars, restaurants and theatres which were brimming on a weekend night.French President Emmanuel Macron said: "France once again pays the price of blood."Saturday's assault is the latest to strike a nation rocked by a series of jihadist attacks in the last three year
World NewsMay 13, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Singapore excited about Trump-Kim summit
SINGAPORE – News that Singapore will host the historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next month made top headlines here, drawing attention to where on the island the two leaders will meet.Local experts say the most likely venue would be the Shangri-La Hotel, which has hosted the annual high-level Shangri-La security dialogue among 28 Asia Pacific states since 2002. The historic meeting between China’s President Xi Jinping and Taiwan’s President Ma Y
North KoreaMay 11, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Trump-Kim meeting expected to deliver initial results
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump's announcement Thursday of a date and location for his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un renewed cautious optimism for a deal to dismantle the North's nuclear weapons program.The key, however, will be whether the terms are implemented after the two leaders come out of their historic June 12 meeting in Singapore."Trump and Kim wouldn't meet unless certain things have already been agreed to," Frank Aum, senior expert on North Korea at the US Insti
North KoreaMay 11, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Shutting down NK nuclear test site presents numerous challenges
With North Korea pledging to close down its nuclear test site as a part of its own denuclearization efforts, the focus is on how the shutdown process will unfold. During his summit with South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in last month, The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he would invite experts and journalists from South Korea and the US to watch the dismantling of the Punggye-ri facility in North Hamgyong Province. But the condition of the site makes the shutdown a complicated task, analysts
North KoreaMay 10, 2018
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[Newsmaker] CIA seen engaging in behind-the-scenes coordination for Trump-Kim summit
The US Central Intelligence Agency appeared to be making last-minute behind-the-scenes efforts to finalize details of the summit between the US and North Korean leaders, with its Korea center chief playing a key ancillary role, observers here said Thursday.On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a former CIA director, made another visit to Pyongyang to put the finishing touch on the preparations for the talks between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as well as
North KoreaMay 10, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Korean Air staff to hold second rally against founding family
Hundreds of Korean Air Lines Co. employees plan to stage another rally this weekend against the founding family members accused of abuses and assaults on company staff, the organizing group announced Thursday.The rally will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the square in front of Seoul Station, the group said on its mobile group chat used by some 1,000 former and current employees at the top South Korean airline.Other workers from its affiliated companies and citizens may also join the protest.It i
Social AffairsMay 10, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Behind Kim Jong-un’s trip to China: NK seeks to involve China in peace push
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to China for the second time in less than two months signals Pyongyang’s desire for Beijing’s involvement in the denuclearization process ahead of his summit with US President Donald Trump, experts say. The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed Tuesday that Kim met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday and Tuesday in the northeastern Chinese city of Dailan, where he reiterated his commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The summit might
Foreign AffairsMay 9, 2018
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[Newsmaker] US-NK announcement delay raises concerns
With the United States and North Korea continuing to keep mum over the date and location of their summit, speculations are rampant over what may be causing the delay in the announcement. South Korea’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday that it had expected the summit announcement to be made earlier this week. It came days after US President Donald Trump said he had determined the location and date of the summit and would broadcast the news “soon.” However, the prolonged silence has
North KoreaMay 8, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Following the inter-Korean summit, South Korea’s main opposition party is in crisis
Following last month’s historic inter-Korean summit, South Korea’s main opposition Liberty Korea Party is embroiled in internal conflict, leading to one of its members quitting in protest against the conservative party’s controversial leader, Hong Joon-pyo.Rep. Kang Kil-bu, who had been openly demanding that Hong step down, mainly over controversial remarks he made regarding the results of the inter-Korean summit, officially left the party on Sunday. Kang said Thursday that if Hong did not resig
PoliticsMay 7, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Another reformative FSS nomination highlights pledge on financial reform
Even after the two previous leaders’ terms ended amid disputes, the next candidate tapped as chief of the financial market watchdog is, again, another reformative nonbureaucrat, reflecting the administration’s determination for financial reform.The Financial Services Commission said Friday that it had nominated Yoon Suk-heun as the new governor of the Financial Supervisory Service. He is a visiting professor of business administration at Seoul National University and chairman of the
MarketMay 4, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Ex-President Chun faces another trial over Gwangju uprising after 23 years
GWANGJU -- Former President Chun Doo-hwan will stand another trial over a brutal crackdown on the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southern city of Gwangju, more than two decades after he was charged with sedition and other crimes in connection with the bloodshed.The Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office said Thursday it has indicted the 87-year-old on the charge of defamation of the deceased. The former Army general, who was president from 1980-88, is accused of defaming the victims of the nin
PoliticsMay 3, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Moon Chung-in’s ‘personal views’ once again lands him in hot water
Moon Chung-in, a special national security and foreign affairs adviser to President Moon Jae-in, is once again making headlines. And again for all the wrong reasons. The latest controversy began with his contribution to the foreign policy magazine Foreign Affairs. In the article published online on April 30, Moon Chung-in outlined the Panmunjeom Declaration, which includes ending the Korean War and signing a peace treaty. Moon Chung-in, at a forum on April 26 at the inter-Korean summit media ce
PoliticsMay 2, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Korean Air heiress denies assault allegations in 'water rage' probe
Cho Hyun-min, a former senior executive of South Korea's largest airline and a daughter of its chief, has denied allegations that she physically assaulted an advertising agency official during a business meeting in March, police said Wednesday.Cho Hyun-min, an heiress to Korean Air Lines Co., is surrounded by reporters on her way back from the Seoul Gangseo Police Station on May 2, 2018, after undergoing police questioning over assault allegations. (Yonhap)The 35-year-old is under police investi
Social AffairsMay 2, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Police grill Korean Air chief's daughter over alleged assault
Police on Tuesday questioned a daughter of Korean Air's Chairman Cho Yang-ho over suspicion that she assaulted an advertisement agency's employee during a business meeting last month.The Seoul Gangseo Police Station brought in Cho Hyun-min, a former Korean Air senior executive, for questioning over the allegations of assault and obstruction of business in a case that has tarnished the image of the country's flag carrier."I am sincerely sorry for having caused concerns," Cho said repeatedly as sh
IndustryMay 1, 2018
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[Newsmaker] ‘Spycam porn’ victims support program launched in South Korea
The South Korean government’s first-ever measures to support victims of online and digital sexual violence, including those who have been affected by so-called “spycam porn” or “revenge porn,” took effect Monday. The measures include a government agency deleting, upon victims’ requests, spycam or revenge porn footage that has been illegally uploaded online. “We hope that victims of digital and online sexual violence can go back to their normal lives as soon as possible and no longer feel that th
Social AffairsApril 30, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Connecting railways: precursor for broader economic cooperation
With the two Koreas’ leaders pledging to restore now-defunct railways and roads during the summit, hopes are high that the initiative will prompt cross-border cooperation in the economy and logistics. President Moon Jae-in and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un agreed to adopt “practical measures” to connect and modernize the Gyeongui Line and East Coast Line. The former is between Seoul and Sinuiju, while the latter had connected the South’s coastal city of Busan and Wonsan of the North. The a
North KoreaApril 29, 2018