The Korea Herald

Crimes against humanity in N.K., U.N. panel finds

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.N. panel has found crimes against humanity have been committed in North Korea and will call for an international criminal investigation, the Associated Press has learned.The report, to be released Monday, is the most authoritative account yet of rights violations by North Korean authorities, and is bound to infuriate its unpredictable leader. But justice remains a distant prospect, not least as North Korea's ally, China, would be likely to block any referral to the Interna

North Korea Feb. 15, 2014

S. Korea, U.S. partnership has become 'value alliance: foreign minister

LOS ANGELES (Yonhap News) -- The long standing close partnership between South Korea and the United States has moved beyond the security and economic realms and has evolved into an alliance of shared values, Seoul's top diplomat said Friday.In a speech given at the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said the two countries should now work together on how best to ha

Foreign Affairs June 16, 2012

Japan OKs restart of 1st reactors since tsunami

The No. 3 (right) and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.`s Ohi nuclear power plant in western Japan. AP TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's government on Saturday approved bringing the country's first nuclear reactors back online since last year's earthquake and tsunami led to a shutdown of reactors nationwide. Despite lingering safety concerns, the restart could speed the resumption of operations

World June 16, 2012

Japan OKs restart of 1st reactors since tsunami

Obama halts deportations of young illegals

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in the White House, Washington, on Friday. AFPU.S. President Barack Obama suspended the threat of deportation against hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants Friday, delighting crucial Hispanic voters ahead of November's election."These are young people who study in our schools, they play in our neighborhoods... they are Americ

World News June 16, 2012

Obama halts deportations of young illegals

Obama slaps down heckler at immigration remarks

In an unusual incident, U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday slapped down a heckling journalist who was furious over his move to stop deporting young illegal immigrants.The reporter, Neil Munro, of the conservative Daily Caller website, broke into Obama's remarks as he outlined plans to defer deportations of illegal immigrants between the ages of 16 to 30 brought to America by their parents."Excu

World News June 16, 2012

Mystery grows over Asiana cargo plane crash

Maritime police have yet to find a crashed Asiana Airlines cargo plane and its pilot and co-pilot, police officials said Sunday. Mobilizing 10 army and police vessels, three aircraft and underwater sonar, police and the navy have for three days searched the waters off Jeju, where the Boeing-747 aircraft, operated by Asiana Airlines Co., went down early Thursday. “We found nothing special yet, exce

Social Affairs July 31, 2011

Umyeon landslide victims to seek legal action

Claim local authorities’ neglect led to disaster which killed 18Residents of mountainside villages hit by multiple landslides from Mount Umyeon may sue local authorities, claiming that their neglect led to the calamity which claimed 18 lives. Kwak Chang-ho, who represents tenants of Raemian Art Hill Apartment in Bangbae-dong, in Seoul’s southern ward of Seocho, said Sunday that he will work to for

Social Affairs July 31, 2011

Umyeon landslide victims to seek legal action

Rain triggers more landslides, flash floods

Death toll rises to 53, while 14 missingHeavy rains, which drenched Seoul and the central regions from Tuesday, continued Thursday, triggering more deadly landslides and flash floods. The official death toll reached 53 as of 4 p.m., while 14 others were reported missing, the National Emergency Management Agency said. The tally is likely to climb as rescuers search for the victims and reports conti

Social Affairs July 28, 2011

Rain triggers more landslides, flash floods

Policeman dies in river rescue

A conscripted policeman was found dead in Dongducheon, north of Seoul, early Thursday after being swept away in flash floods while trying to rescue a drowning civilian. Jo Min-su, 21, was lost in the rapids at around 9:35 p.m. Wednesday while trying to save a man hanging onto a fence of a U.S. army base in the swelled waters of Shincheon Stream. Jo Min-suHis body was found about 5 hours later, so

Social Affairs July 28, 2011

Lee warns Japan lawmakers against visit to Ulleung-do

President Lee Myung-bak said Wednesday that Korea could not guarantee the safety of Japanese lawmakers if they visit Ulleung-do, the closest they can get to Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo, over which Japan claims sovereignty.Lee made the remarks in a Cabinet meeting after he was briefed by the Foreign Ministry about the controversial plan of four Japanese lawmakers, according to presidential

Foreign Affairs July 27, 2011

Letter from U.K. urges passage of N. Korea rights bill

Some members of the U.K. Parliament have sent letters to major political parties in Korea, urging them to work together to pass a long-delayed bill on North Korean human rights, a North Korea watcher here said. “Twenty U.K. MPs sent the letter on July 20, directed to four major political parties of Korea,” Ha Tae-keung, who runs Open Radio for North Korea, a Seoul-based radio station that broadcas

Politics July 26, 2011

DNA database law may infringe rights

Panel cites too broad sampling scope, need for presumption of innocenceA law permitting the collection and storage of DNA samples from those convicted of or arrested for violent crimes may infringe on their human rights, the nation’s top human rights watchdog said Tuesday. “The commission ruled that the law on the use and preservation of personal genetic information may infringe upon the affected

Social Affairs July 26, 2011

Seoul proposes talks on Geumgang tour

The government proposed to North Korea a meeting of working-level officials to discuss how to handle issues related to tourism on Mount Geumgang, a joint project between the two Koreas which has been suspended for three years, officials here said Monday. “We have delivered North Korean authorities a notice proposing a meeting of working-level officials at the Mount. Geumgang resort on July 29,” a

North Korea July 25, 2011

Ex-U.S. soldier: I helped bury drums

Testimony runs counter to findings so far of joint investigation into Agent Orange burialSteve House, a U.S. veteran who first alleged the burial of Agent Orange by U.S. forces at one of their army bases here, said Monday that he clearly remembered where he helped bury drums believed to be containing the highly toxic defoliant decades ago. His testimony, made before several members of the Korean p

Social Affairs July 25, 2011

Lee Jae-oh likely to quit Cabinet

Minister for Special Affairs Lee Jae-oh is likely to quit his Cabinet post next month and return to party politics, sources close to him said Friday. “Minister Lee has long before made up his mind about departure from the Cabinet,” Yonhap News quoted an unidentified source at the ruling camp as saying. “I understand he plans to tender his resignation around Aug. 15, by which the parliament’s confi

Politics July 22, 2011

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