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[News Focus] Will K-pop singer Steve Yoo be allowed into South Korea?

Once a K-pop icon, Steve Seung Jun Yoo, also known as Yoo Seung-jun, is ever closer to entering South Korea again for the first time in more than 16 years. With the exception of a brief sojourn in 2...

Nov 13, 2019
Social affairs
GSOMIA to be discussed at top Korea-US commanders’ meeting

The top military commanders of South Korea and the US will meet in Seoul on Thursday to discuss the allies’ military readiness and the security situation on the Korean Peninsula at the 44th Military ...

Nov 13, 2019
Defense
Nightclub rejects NHRCK’s recommendation on racism

A South Korean club accused of denying foreigners entry has rejected the recommendation by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea that the club not discriminate against customers based on race...

Nov 13, 2019
Social affairs
Man claiming wrongful conviction in rape, murder of child requests new trial

SUWON, Gyeonggi Province -- A man surnamed Yun on Wednesday filed a request for a retrial in hopes of overturning his conviction for the 1988 rape and murder of a child, for which he served nearly 20...

Nov 13, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Opposition floor leader appears for questioning on 'fast-track' scuffling

The floor leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party appeared at a prosecution office Wednesday for long-delayed questioning over parliamentary scuffles related to the fast-tracking of major r...

Nov 13, 2019
Politics
US issues financial advisory against NK

The US Treasury Department issued another advisory against financial dealings with North Korea on Tuesday. In its latest advisory, the department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network reminded fina...

Nov 13, 2019
North Korea
Terminating GSOMIA may send ‘wrong’ message to adversaries: Abrams

Wartime OPCON transfer is contingent upon conditions being met, says top US military official stationed in Korea

Nov 13, 2019
Defense
US, N. Korean officials had meeting during Moscow forum last week: VOA

US and North Korean officials had a meeting during last week's international nonproliferation conference in Moscow, a former American diplomat was quoted as saying. Thomas M. Countryman, former assi...

Nov 13, 2019
North Korea
US pressure expected to intensify on Seoul over GSOMIA this week

The United States is expected to use a series of high-level defense meetings with South Korea in coming days to intensify pressure on Seoul to reconsider its decision to end a military information-sh...

Nov 13, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Trump again cites questionable numbers related to Korea trade deal

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump again cited questionable numbers on Tuesday as he touted his administration's renegotiated free trade agreement with South Korea. Trump told the Economic Club...

Nov 13, 2019
Foreign Affairs
S. Korea to offer $100,000 in aid for flood-hit Central African Republic

South Korea plans to provide Central African Republic with $100,000 in emergency humanitarian assistance, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday, as tens of thousands of local residents have been left...

Nov 12, 2019
Social affairs
Man test-parachuting from skyscrapers under investigation

Police said Tuesday they are questioning one of two men, identified as Russians, who performed a parachute glide from a 155-meter-tall, 42-story hotel in the Haeundae district of Busan last Sunday. ...

Nov 12, 2019
Social affairs
[Graphic News] Over 800 North Koreans have defected to S. Korea this year

Over 800 North Koreans have defected to South Korea so far in 2019, government data showed, indicating their annual figure will be similar to that recorded a year earlier. A total of 828 North Kor...

Nov 12, 2019
North Korea
Parliamentary inquiry into N. Korean deportation an option

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party on Tuesday said the parliament could open an investigation into what really happened when Seoul deported two North Korean fishermen last Thursday. “The commit...

Nov 12, 2019
Politics
US military chief voices hope for resolution of Seoul-Tokyo intel-sharing pact

US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley expressed hope Tuesday of finding a way for South Korea and Japan to renew their military information-sharing pact before it expires next week, a ne...

Nov 12, 2019
Foreign Affairs

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