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Lee Jae-yong’s fate to be decided Friday

By Ock Hyun-ju

After five months of trial, a Seoul court will determine Friday the fate of Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong. Lee’s final court session, which will not be televised in accordance with the court’s decision Wednesday, will begin at 2:30 p.m. Judges will deliver the verdict on Lee and four other former or incumbent executives of Samsung and if they are found guilty, will issue a sentence. This is a lower-court trial and either side could appeal. Competition for the 30 audience seats a

Foreign, Unification ministries to lead Moon’s two-track approach on NK

By Choi He-suk

President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday reiterated his policy of Seoul taking the lead in resolving North Korean issues and stressed the roles of the foreign and unification ministries in the two-track approach to inter-Korean issues. Speaking at a briefing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Unification, Moon said that South Korea is facing grievous diplomatic challenges and that Seoul must take the lead, and approach such issues from the point of view of national interests. “(North K

Today
Politics
[Newsmaker] Former PM Han released after 2-year sentence

By Jo He-rim

Former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook was released from prison Wednesday, after completing her two-year sentence over bribery. Han was convicted of receiving some 900 million won in illicit political funds from a local businessman in 2007, during her stint as prime minister. Han, the country’s first woman to become prime minister and the first former premier to serve a prison term, was long considered a heavyweight within the liberal camp.As she came out from prison in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Provin

Today
Politics
[Herald Interview] Ahn Cheol-soo stresses path of ‘radical centrism’

By Jo He-rim

Ahn Cheol-soo’s political fortunes seem to have reached a low point lately. The party that he founded, chaired and represented during the presidential election in May is now battling record-low popularity, after a disappointing third-place finish at the presidential race and a humiliating scandal involving some of Ahn’s loyal supporters fabricating a smear campaign against then-presidential candidate Moon Jae-in. Ahn Cheol-soo (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)But in an interview with The Korea He

Today
Politics
Moon urges S. Korea's active role in efforts to denuclearize N. Korea

By Yonhap

President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday called for South Korea's greater role in diplomacy to denuclearize North Korea and directed the government to step up efforts to improve relations with the communist state."Our foreign policy is facing various challenges. And the largest challenges and threats of all, of course, are the North Korean nuclear and missile issues," the president said in a policy meeting with officials from the foreign and unification ministries."Establishing peace on the Korean Pen

Aug 23, 2017
North Korea
PM meets with Bulgaria's parliamentary speaker

By Yonhap

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon met with Bulgaria's parliamentary speaker Wednesday and discussed ways to deepen substantial cooperation between the two countries and move their relations further forward, his office said.During the meeting with National Assembly President Dimitar Borisov Glavchev, Lee expressed hope that cooperation between the two countries will expand beyond trade and investment into areas of defense, energy and agriculture, according to a statement from Lee's office.Lee also said

Aug 23, 2017
Foreign Policy
Thousands of Taiwanese tourists to visit Seoul for incentive trips

By Kim Da-sol

Some 2,000 employees from a dining franchise company in Taiwan will visit Seoul on incentive overseas tours, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday.Groups of up to 90 employees on 21 separate occasions will tour Seoul for five days from late August to November, the city government said. In May last year, the Seoul Metropolitan Government offered an experience of tasting Korean traditional ginseng chicken soup by Han River to 8,000 employees from a Chinese health care company Joymain Sc

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Social affairs
Kim Jong-un’s orders for more ICBMs raise alarms

By Jung Min-kyung

Concerns are rising that North Korea may be planning more missile provocations over reports Pyongyang has ordered the production of intercontinental ballistic missile components to be increased.According to Pyongyang’s state media, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un placed more orders for solid-fuel rocket engines and warhead tips for ICBMs during his visit to a state chemicals institute. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Chemical Material Institute of the Academy of Defense Science in th

Today
North Korea
IT company apologizes for sex slavery ‘emojis’

By Lim Jeong-yeo

China’s IT-giant Tencent on Tuesday apologized for the controversial emojis featuring wartime sex slaves on its instant-messaging platform, QQ. The emojis, made with images taken from the Chinese documentary film “Twenty Two,” show the distraught　“comfort women” survivors of World War II with Chinese phrases “I am lost” and “I am wronged” comically placed next to them. Online users have heavily condemned Tencent for the emojis’ insulting nature towards the surviving victims. (Yonhap)Tencent, als

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Social affairs
Opposition lawmaker sentenced to fine that could cost parliamentary seat

By Yonhap

An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a penalty against an opposition lawmaker for illegal electioneering, which is heavy enough to cost him his National Assembly seat. The Seoul High Court confirmed a lower court's conviction of Rep. Choi Myung-gil of the minor opposition People's Party for hiring an unregistered election campaigner ahead of last year's parliamentary elections. (Yonhap)It maintained the sentence of 2 million won ($1,766) in fines. By law, lawmakers lose their parliamentary seats

Aug 23, 2017
Social affairs
Remains of ex-commandos from 684 unit enshrined

By Yonhap

The Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday observed a memorial service to enshrine the remains of 20 former South Korean commandos who were trained to infiltrate North Korea but instead killed themselves in revolt against the government decades ago.At the ceremony held at an Army facility in Byeokje near Seoul, the soldiers' families and military officials paid tribute in front of urns containing the remains of the 20 former agents and memorial tablets for two others whose remains have not be

Aug 23, 2017
Defense
Moon urges full defense readiness against N. Korean provocations

By Yonhap

President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday called on his country's military and allied US forces here to be fully ready to counter any possible provocations from communist North Korea, partly reiterating the defensive nature of their ongoing joint exercise here."Thanks to you, all our people can live their daily lives, and we deeply trust and take pride in your sacrifice to the nation," the president said during a visit to the wartime command center earlier in the day, according to his spokesman Park So

Aug 23, 2017
North Korea
Drug trafficking hits major cities in North Korea: report

By Kim Min-joo

North Korea faces growing problems linked to drug trafficking, Japanese news media reported Wednesday. According to the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, about 500 people were apprehended in the month of May last year for drug trafficking in an unidentified North Korean city and nearby areas. (Yonhap)The reclusive regime’s crackdown suggests drug trafficking, which initially emerged along its Chinese border, is now spreading across other major cities. The Japanese daily based its report on a lecture

Today
North Korea
Kim Jong-Un starting to respect US: Trump

By AFP

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday his aggressive rhetoric towards North Korea was beginning to bear fruit and that Kim Jong-Un had started to "respect" the United States. "Some people said it was too strong. It's not strong enough," he told a gathering of thousands of supporters at a campaign style rally in Phoenix, Arizona. "But Kim Jong-Un, I respect the fact that I believe he is starting to respect us. I respect that fact very much." (Yonhap)"And maybe, probably not, but maybe something

Aug 23, 2017
North Korea
Prosecutors raid 30 locations in investigation into spy agency‘s alleged election meddling

By Yonhap

Prosecutors raided 30 locations Wednesday as they stepped up an investigation into allegations that the state intelligence agency secretly hired outside people to write Internet comments in an effort to sway voters ahead of the 2012 presidential election.An internal probe of the National Intelligence Service found that the agency ran 30 such "cyber teams" involving Internet-savvy civilians for election-meddling operations. The agency has referred the 30 team leaders to the prosecution for invest

Aug 23, 2017
Social affairs

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