Korean-Americans have the most unfavorable view of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump among Asian-American voters in the U.S., a survey showed Tuesday.About 80 percent of Korean-Americans had negative views of Trump, followed by Japanese-Americans with 76 percent and Filipino-Americans with 62 percent, according to the survey of 1,212 Asian-American voters released by Asian Americans Advancing Justice.In total, 61 percent of the respondents had unfavorable views of Trump while only 1

International May 25, 2016

Prospects for progress in global nonproliferation efforts are not bright due to North Korea's continued pursuit of its nuclear program, the U.S. think tank Council on Foreign Relations said Tuesday.In a report on global cooperation, the CFR said that global nonproliferation efforts received a boost from the Iranian nuclear deal last year, but suffered a setback from the North's nuclear program."North Korea continued to threaten the international nonproliferation regime and global peace and stabi

North Korea May 25, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is expected to seek protectionist trade policies that could include invoking the powerful "Super 301" trade sanctions against foreign countries, a report said Tuesday.The Super 301 tool, which authorizes the president to take retaliatory measures against countries engaged in unfair trading practices, is among a series of options Trump could take without consent from Congress, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency said in a report.Under his "Am

International May 25, 2016

A U.S. Senate defense budget bill for next year calls for setting aside US$7.5 million to strengthen the Air Force's seismic technologies program to better detect nuclear tests, congressional records showed Tuesday.The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 authorizes the fund for the Air Force Research Laboratory's seismic technologies program, saying the program is a key component in efforts to identify and monitor nuclear activity."The committee notes with concern the continu

Defense May 25, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is dealing with friends and allies with a tactic best suited to bargaining with enemies, a renowned U.S. foreign policy scholar said.Harvard University professor Joseph Nye, considered a key Asia policy adviser to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, made the point in a recent article contributed to the Project Syndicate, expressing concern that Trump is taking a "disastrous approach" to allies."Weakening America's alliances, the likel

International May 25, 2016

South Korea's unification ministry said Tuesday that a small number of North Korean restaurant staff have recently escaped their workplace in China.The confirmation comes a day after local media reported two or three North Koreans are moving to a third country after fleeing a Pyongyang-run restaurant in China, according to local media reports. The reports claimed the North Koreans may have escaped from a restaurant in either Xian or Shanghai.The case is the second escape by North Korean restaura

North Korea May 24, 2016

South Korea's opposition parties on Tuesday urged the presidential office to support a controversial bill that will enable parliament to open hearings more often, adding that the move will not lead to disruptions in state affairs as claimed by the government.The remarks came amid speculation that President Park Geun-hye may veto the controversial bill. Park is expected to determine whether or not to endorse the bill after she returns home from her overseas trip.The revision to the National Assem

Politics May 24, 2016

China's imports of North Korean goods nosedived 22.3 percent on-year in April, data showed Tuesday, after tightened U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang started to bite. The Chinese customs data was compiled by the Beijing unit of South Korea's Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency.The plunge in the imports of North Korean goods suggested that China, the North's economic lifeline, has been strictly implementing the latest U.N. sanctions, which were adopted in early March following the North's

North Korea May 24, 2016

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a saltworks in an apparent move to encourage salt production to better meet the country's demand for the key mineral, the North's official news agency reported Tuesday.The North's Korean Central News Agency said that Kim visited the Kwisong Saltern to learn about salt production from underground ultra-saline water. The plant is run by the Korean People's Army.Kim's latest visit to the salt works is the fifth in his inspection of industrial sites following

North Korea May 24, 2016

The Seoul metropolitan government on Tuesday said it will conduct a full-scale investigation to see if any city-run preschools and nursing homes have used a set of allegedly toxic humidifier disinfectants, as part of its efforts to assuage growing public health concerns.The municipality said it will look into city-run or public preschools, nursing homes and welfare institutions for the physically challenged to check their past records of using humidifier disinfectants, and call on victims to rep

Social Affairs May 24, 2016