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At the very heart of bustling Tokyo, a surreally serene, spacious shrine greets hundreds of thousands of worshippers every year seeking to pay tribute to their ancestors and lost loved ones. Albeit ...
Updated : 2013.04.23 20:21
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South Korea scolded Japanese ministers and lawmakers Tuesday for paying homage at a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, saying such visits are evidence that Tokyo has never really repented for its war...
Updated : 2013.04.23 16:01
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Japan's security chief canceled a visit to Seoul, a day before he paid tribute to a controversial war shrine that glorifies Tokyo's wartime atrocities, a diplomatic source in Seoul said Tuesday. Kei...
Updated : 2013.04.23 09:40
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Japanese lawmakers visited controversial war shrine en masse Tuesday morning despite pouring criticism from South Korea and China. According to Kyoto News Agency, 168 members of the Japanese parliam...
Updated : 2013.04.23 09:08
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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) -- Worried that long-seething rifts could escalate over the South China Sea, Southeast Asian leaders are expected this week to press China to agree to start negotiati...
Updated : 2013.04.22 19:01
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Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Monday canceled his planned trip to Tokyo in protest against a visit by Japanese Cabinet ministers to a controversial war shrine venerating top World War II criminals...
Updated : 2013.04.22 18:02
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BEIJING (AFP) -- The top U.S. military officer told China's leaders on Wednesday that Washington is committed to defending Japan, as Beijing and Tokyo engage in intensified rhetoric over a territoria...
Updated : 2013.04.22 18:00
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South Korean foreign minister Yun Byung-se has canceled his trip to Japan this week in diplomatic protest against a series of visits by Japan's cabinet members to a controversial war shrine, a Seoul ...
Updated : 2013.04.22 09:55
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Korea and Brunei are increasing trade in food products by sharing industry expertise on product development and marketing. ASEAN-Korea Center held a seminar Thursday in Brunei’s capital city Bandar ...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:35
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A group of 12 Irish Veterans of the Korean War arrived in Seoul on Monday to participate in a special dedication of a war memorial. The group will take part in commemorations and other events with v...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:35
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Koreans and expatriates here can set off on a narrative adventure with the Danish tradition of storytelling in illustrated children’s books at five locations around the country this spring and summe...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:35
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The mayor of the French city of Nantes said on Wednesday that cooperation on gardening and urban sustainable development with sister city Suncheon in South Jeolla Province marks the start of even clo...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:34
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On the eve of President Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration in Caracas, the Venezuelan Embassy here celebrated with a toned-down reception Friday at the residence of the South American country’s Charge d...
Updated : 2013.04.21 20:33
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday dismissed a set of pre-conditions laid out by North Korea for talks as “unacceptable,” calling them an opening “gambit” from Pyongyang. The isolated N...
Updated : 2013.04.19 21:07
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The United States has agreed to actively support South Korea seeking to export its nuclear power plants, government sources here said Friday, though the countries have failed, at least for now, to re...
Updated : 2013.04.19 20:36
