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A group of Japanese intellectuals on Tuesday rebutted their government’s territorial claim to Dokdo and urged Japan to have a correct understanding of history.During a press conference in Busan, they...
Updated : 2013.05.21 20:28
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President Park Geun-hye has recently asserted a need for striking a “grand bargain” on pending labor-related issues, using the tripartite consultative body of the labor, management and the government that has so far been lethargic but is slated for reform.During a meeting with senior sec...
Updated : 2013.05.21 20:19
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Prosecutors summoned a former head of the Seoul police agency Tuesday for questioning over suspicions that he had hampered a police probe into the nation's spy agency's alleged attempt to influence public opinion ahead of last year's presidential election.The summons came after a female de...
Updated : 2013.05.21 11:06
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President Park Geun-hye will meet with the leaders of the two major parties as early as this week to discuss her latest U.S. visit and other pending issues, sources said Monday.“Discussion is underwa...
Updated : 2013.05.20 21:06
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Prosecutors on Monday raided an office of the Seoul police in connection with a female detective's claims that high-ranking police officers hampered an investigation into the nation's intelligence agency's alleged attempt to influence public opinion ahead of last year's presidential electi...
Updated : 2013.05.20 10:52
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A magnitude 4.9 quake occurred near waters off of Baengnyeongdo Island in the Yellow Sea, marking the eighth time in a week that a tremor was reported in South Korea, the Korea Meteorological Administ...
Updated : 2013.05.19 21:19
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The upcoming extraordinary session at the National Assembly is expected to be a fierce battleground between the two main parties, both of which are starting afresh with new floor leaders and looking t...
Updated : 2013.05.19 21:14
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Park Young-sook, a pioneering women’s rights activist in Korea and former chairwoman of the Circle Foundation (formerly named the Ahn Cheol-soo Foundation), died of natural causes in Seoul, on Friday...
Updated : 2013.05.19 21:09
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WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― President Barack Obama plans to replace the top commander of U.S. forces in Korea, the Pentagon announced Friday, a move that comes as North Korea shows no signs of returning to dialogue aimed at easing military tensions and denuclearizing the peninsula.Defense ...
Updated : 2013.05.19 21:07
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President Park Geun-hye on Friday called for national unity, saying the country will be able to overcome any crisis if the people come together as one.Park made the remarks in a message marking Buddha's birthday, which this year fell on Friday under the lunar calendar."Buddha said that all...
Updated : 2013.05.17 15:05
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South Korea urged Japan Thursday to reflect on its World War II biological and chemical warfare unit responsible for some of its most notorious war crimes, after a militaristic photo of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe evoked the "painful memories of Unit 731." Unit 731 was the Japanese Imperial...
Updated : 2013.05.16 20:24
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U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Daniel Russel, a senior White House official, as his new point man on East Asia.Picking the career diplomat for the post, which requires a Senate confirmation hearing, was widely expected.If confirmed, Russel will serve as assistant secret...
Updated : 2013.05.16 14:04
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President Park Geun-hye pledged Wednesday to significantly bolster the government's personnel screening system in order to select the right people for important positions and make sure incidents, like the sexual abuse scandal involving her former spokesman, will not happen again."I will tr...
Updated : 2013.05.16 09:37
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Japanese nationalist politicians’ recent remarks and behavior underlining their unwillingness to atone for the country’s wartime crimes are raising the ire of South Korea and China, and posing hurdl...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:58
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The new floor leaders of the ruling and main opposition parties took office on Wednesday with the shared goal of highlighting the presence and role of their respective parties. The Democratic Party’s...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:54
