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Vice foreign ministers of Korea and Japan held talks on Wednesday in Seoul in an apparent attempt to mend the two countries’ relations frayed by the Shinzo Abe government’s increasingly hawkish poli...
Updated : 2014.03.12 21:17
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Spy chief Nam Jae-joon is coming under mounting pressure to step down as the prosecution’s investigation into the National Intelligence Service’s alleged evidence forgery expands. On Wednesday, the ...
Updated : 2014.03.12 21:16
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China on Wednesday welcomed the decision by Japan to send military aircraft to help locate a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner, with multinational search operations still having found no trace of the jet carrying 239 people days after it vanished.The Japanese government is set to dispatch...
Updated : 2014.03.12 20:56
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South Korea will upgrade its present PAC-2 air defense system and buy PAC-3 missiles next year to improve its anti-ballistic missile capability against North Korea, the state arms procurer said Wednesday.South Korea currently operates 48 PAC-2 missiles imported from Germany, and seeks to a...
Updated : 2014.03.12 20:54
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Korea is a country of connections. Connections through geographical origin, school and even military service play a significant role in Korean society. Some people even consider church as a place to m...
Updated : 2014.03.12 20:53
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South Korea and Japan held vice ministerial level talks on Wednesday to discuss their strained relations, but not much progress was made despite hopes for a diplomatic thaw, a government official here said.In the meeting between South Korea's newly named Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong ...
Updated : 2014.03.12 20:53
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Two exhibitions in Seoul cast new light on some of the flashpoints in the tumultuous Korea-Japan relations: the East Sea and comfort women. The East Sea is the Korean name of the body of water between...
Updated : 2014.03.12 20:52
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Interest is growing in the two mysterious black rocks found at Korean farms, with early analysis results indicating that at least one may be a meteorite.On Wednesday, a second rock suspected of being ...
Updated : 2014.03.12 20:51
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Doctors and the government are likely to return to the negotiation table over new medical policies ahead of a nationwide strike planned later this month.The Korean Medical Association, the country’s largest group of physicians, said Wednesday afternoon that they would accept the governmen...
Updated : 2014.03.12 20:49
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A Korean-made K-11 airburst assault rifle exploded during a demonstration live-fire session on Wednesday, leaving three soldiers with minor injuries. The explosion came just three months after the military resumed its procurement of the rifle, which went through rigorous tests and readjust...
Updated : 2014.03.12 20:49
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U.S. Forces Korea said Wednesday it will continue to pay its South Korean employees despite a delay in Seoul‘s parliamentary approval of a bilateral defense cost-sharing pact. Seoul and Washington renewed in January their Special Measure Agreement on sharing the cost of stationing U.S. fo...
Updated : 2014.03.12 20:49
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For Barry Welsh, an English teacher from the United Kingdom, getting his TESOL certification at Sookmyung Women’s University was one of the best decisions he’s ever made.“It improved my teaching im...
Updated : 2014.03.12 20:47
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For Australian teacher Lauren Price, teaching English in Korea was not just about living abroad for a few years. She fell in love with the country after a two-week homestay here as a high school stude...
Updated : 2014.03.12 20:47
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South Korea will upgrade its present PAC-2 air defense system and buy PAC-3 missiles next year to improve its anti-ballistic missile capability against North Korea, the state arms procurer said Wednesday. South Korea currently operates 48 PAC-2 missiles imported from Germany, and seek...
Updated : 2014.03.12 18:10
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North Korea has joined hands with a Hong Kong-based company to develop the country's northwestern border city of Sinuiju into a special economic zone, a North Korean official said.Sinuiju, which borders China's Dandong city, has drawn much attention from foreign investors for its geographi...
Updated : 2014.03.12 14:16
