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Thu, September 19, 2019 | 00:32

Ferries to Dokdo bar Japanese tourists

A YouTube video criticizing a ferry operator's ban on Japanese passengers to Dokdo Islets has caused a stir in Korea's online community this week. In the video, a young Korean man and a Japanese woman - a couple who run the One's Film YouTube channel - walk viewers through how they were barred recently from their trip to Ulleung Island, a pre-Dokdo stopover.

Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-09-05 11:58

Moon endorses Myanmar as trading hub in ASEAN

YANGON - President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday that his administration will help South Korean firms to win contracts in Myanmar as part of his New Southern Policy, aimed at diversifying the country's diplomacy.

Kim Yoo-chul | 2019-09-04 21:52

'Seoul needs to be clear about respecting 1965 treaty'

Two months have passed since Japan's series of trade restrictions on Korea, seen as “economic retaliation” for the 2018 Supreme Court ruling that ordered Japanese firms to pay compensation to the surviving South Korean victims of forced labor during the 1910-45 colonial rule. The two governments have been unable to make any visible headway in resolving the escalating disputes...

Do Je-hae | 2019-09-04 17:17

More suspicions growing over Cho's daughter's awards history

Suspicions surrounding the academic career of justice minister nominee Cho Kuk's daughter are not dying down despite his attempts to explain them away. Rather, they are continuing to grow with new allegations emerging.

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-09-04 17:13

Parties agree to hold one-day confirmation hearing for Cho

Parties agree to hold one-day confirmation hearing for Cho

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) agreed Wednesday to hold a National Assembly confirmation hearing for justice minister nominee Cho Kuk, Friday, after weeks of political wrangling.

Park Ji-won | 2019-09-04 17:08

More suspicions growing over Cho's daughter's awards history

Search in Cho scandal

A cameraman waits for prosecutors to finish their search and seizure operation, Tuesday, at Dongyang University in Yeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, where Justice Minister nominee Cho Kuk's wife works as a professor. Prosecutors confiscated her computer hard disk and documents over allegations that Cho's family made illicit investments in a private equity fund and helped hi...

Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-09-03 19:36

South Korea, Myanmar agree to enhance relations

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - President Moon Jae-in agreed with Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's current de facto leader, Tuesday, to make joint efforts to enhance economic and trade cooperation. At the invitation of Myanmar President Win Myint, Moon arrived here in the morning as part of his six-day visit to Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. Moon is the third Korean president to visit Myanmar s...

Kim Yoo-chul | 2019-09-03 17:09

Moon requests confirmation hearing report for Cho

President Moon Jae-in has requested a National Assembly confirmation hearing report by Friday in an apparent move to appoint nominee Cho Kuk as justice minister, according to the presidential office, Tuesday. The move is seen to reflect Cheong Wa Dae's intent to complete the appointment before the Chuesok holidays next week despite strong public calls to withdraw the nominati...

Park Ji-won | 2019-09-03 17:05

NK-US nuclear talks will be delayed until end of year

North Korea is unwilling to hold nuclear talks with the United States as of now, and will continue to delay the dialogue until the year-end deadline set by the North's young leader Kim Jong-un, experts said Tuesday. The negotiation between Washington and Pyongyang on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula has faced ups and downs this year following the failure of the Ha...

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-09-03 17:01

Prime Minister meets former Japanese chief cabinet secretary in Seoul

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon had a lunch meeting with former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura in Seoul on Monday amid lingering bilateral tensions over trade, security and history, according to Japanese media reports confirmed by the Prime Minister's Office of South Korea, Tuesday.

Jung Da-min | 2019-09-03 16:59

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