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US official to visit Seoul for defense cost-sharing deal before official negotiations begin

Timothy Betts, acting deputy assistant secretary and senior adviser for security negotiations and agreements, will visit Seoul this week to discuss the defense cost-sharing pact, sources said Sunday....

Aug 18, 2019
Defense
National Assembly staffers call for gender parity in Yeouido

Women who work at the National Assembly are holding a monthlong campaign to promote gender equality within the legislative arm of the government. According to National Assembly Feminists, a feminist...

Aug 18, 2019
Social affairs
Liberty Korea Party to stage anti-govt. rally

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) will stage an anti-government rally in Seoul this week in what would be the first such move outside the parliament in three months, its officials said Su...

Aug 18, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Suspect in case of dismembered male torso on Han River turns himself in

Authorities have arrested a 39-year-old motel employee suspected of killing a man whose dismembered torso was found in Han River on Aug. 12. An arrest warrant was granted after a hearing for the sus...

Aug 18, 2019
Social affairs
First hearing in Holt lawsuit by Korean adoptee deported from US highlights fight for transparency, adoptee rights

The presiding judge in the Seoul Central District Court opened session Tuesday by noting the unusual audience as the small courtroom overflowed with over 60 South Korean-born international adoptees a...

Aug 18, 2019
Social affairs
S. Korea commemorates 10th year of ex-President Kim Dae-jung's death

South Korea on Sunday commemorated the death of former liberal President Kim Dae-jung 10 years ago, as the nation remembers his dedication to democracy and efforts to improve ties with North Korea an...

Aug 18, 2019
Politics
Senior military officials of N. Korea, China hold talks over bilateral ties

Senior military officials of North Korea and China have held talks in Beijing to discuss their countries' "friendly" relations and cooperation, Pyongyang's state media reported Sunday. Kim Su-gil, t...

Aug 18, 2019
North Korea
N. Korea again raps Seoul over joint military exercise

North Korea again blasted South Korea and the United States for their joint military exercise Saturday, one day after it said it has no intention to talk with South Korea again. In a signed commenta...

Aug 18, 2019
North Korea
Moon expresses condolences as remains of 2 late climbers are returned home

President Moon Jae-in on Saturday expressed condolences over two late South Korean climbers whose remains were returned home after going missing in the Himalayas a decade ago. The bodies of Min Jun-...

Aug 17, 2019
Social affairs
NK vice sports minister cancels plan to visit Japan: report

North Korea's vice sports minister has canceled his plan to visit Japan this week to attend a 2020 Tokyo Olympics-related meeting, a Japanese news outlet reported Saturday. North Korean vice ministe...

Aug 17, 2019
North Korea
US cites close ties with S. Korea, Japan amid reports Pompeo sided with Tokyo

The United States is committed to maintaining close relationships with both South Korea and Japan, the State Department said Friday amid reports that Washington's top diplomat expressed his support f...

Aug 17, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Police raid YG Entertainment over ex-chief Yang's suspected gambling

Police raided the headquarters of YG Entertainment on Saturday over allegations that Yang Hyun-suk, former CEO and chief producer of the influential K-pop label, engaged in habitual gambling. Police...

Aug 17, 2019
Social affairs
N. Korea says it tested 'new weapon' under leader Kim's guidance

North Korea said Saturday that it has tested a "new weapon" under the guidance of its leader, Kim Jong-un, in the launch of two projectiles the previous day. Kim "guided the test-fire of (a) new wea...

Aug 17, 2019
North Korea
Foreign ministry voices regret over Kono's remarks on President Moon

South Korea's foreign ministry expressed regret Friday over the top Japanese diplomat's remarks calling for President Moon Jae-in to "exert his leadership" to address a rancorous row over Tokyo's war...

Aug 16, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Korea to commemorate 10th year of ex-president Kim Dae-jung's death

An official ceremony to commemorate the death of former President Kim Dae-jung 10 years ago will be held in Seoul on Sunday, organizers said. The Kim Dae Jung Peace Center said on Friday about 2,000...

Aug 16, 2019
Politics

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