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South Korean to head Interpol

Interpol announced Wednesday that Kim Jong-yang of South Korea had been chosen as its new president, beating a Russian official whose candidacy had unnerved Western nations.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-11-21 16:22

Abe upset about Korea's plan to dissolve 'comfort women' foundation

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his displeasure Wednesday with South Korea's decision to dissolve a foundation for "comfort women."

Foreign Affairs | 2018-11-21 14:59

Korea to shut down 'comfort women' foundation

Seoul-Tokyo rift deepens over 'comfort women' issue

Often-prickly relations between South Korea and Japan suffered another serious setback Wednesday, as Seoul made public its decision to dissolve a Tokyo-funded foundation on wartime sexual slavery. The Moon Jae-in administration's move represents an effective nullification of a controversial accord in 2015 signed by the government of then President Park Geun-hye, who was later...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-11-21 14:11

Korea to shut down 'comfort women' foundation

Korea to shut down 'comfort women' foundation

South Korea announced Wednesday that it will close down a Japan-funded foundation working to support domestic victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, which governs the foundation, made the announcement in a press release that it will carry out a legal process to dismantle the Reconciliation and Healing Foundation.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-11-21 14:08

Seoul-Tokyo rift deepens over 'comfort women' issue

US endorses South Korean candidate to lead Interpol

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the United States supported Kim Jong Yang of South Korea to lead the international police agency Interpol, pitting Washington against the Kremlin's candidate for the job, Alexander Prokopchuk.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-11-21 09:31

Pompeo: Inter-Korean cooperation should not outpace NK denuclearization

Canadian school takes down 'Rising Sun' flag after student petition

A Canadian school has removed a “Rising Sun” flag - an emblem seen by many Asians as a symbol of the country's wartime aggression - from a history classroom after students complained about it.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-11-20 20:16

Korean students up in arms over 'Rising Sun' flag in Canadian classroom

South Korea to shut down Japan-funded 'comfort women' foundation

The South Korean government is expected to announce a decision this week to dismantle a controversial foundation related to Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, an official said Tuesday.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-11-20 16:28

Government plans legal action against defaulters on charter flight

The government is considering taking legal action against those who have been refusing to pay for a charter flight that evacuated them during a volcanic eruption in Indonesia last year, according to the foreign ministry, Tuesday.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-11-20 15:40

Korean students up in arms over 'Rising Sun' flag in Canadian classroom

Korean students in Canada are demanding that their teacher remove Japan's “Rising Sun" flag - a symbol of the country's wartime aggression - from their classroom wall. According to the Columbia Valley Pioneer, a local paper, Monday (KST), a ninth-grade student at Walnut Grove Secondary School in Langley, British Columbia, is leading a campaign against a history teacher's deci...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-11-19 15:12

Canadian school takes down 'Rising Sun' flag after student petition

Korean student found dead in London

A Korean college student has been found dead in London after being missing for a week. British media reported Saturday (local time) that the student, 21, surnamed Chang, who lived at Goldsmiths in New Cross, was found on Wapping Beach on Nov. 13 after she disappeared on Nov. 6.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-11-19 13:41

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