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Deputy nat'l security adviser to visit US ahead of Yoon's state visit

Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo gives a press briefing at the presidential office in Seoul, March 6. YonhapPrincipal Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo will visit Washington this week to prepare for President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to the United States, the presidential office said Monday.Kim will visit Washington from Tuesday to Saturday to meet with U.S. government officials and discuss preparations for a "successful state visit" by the president on April 26, the office said.In the meetings, Kim will also exchange views on various issues, including North Korea, economic security, and cooperation on regional and global issues, it added. (Yonhap)

Apr 10, 2023
Deputy nat'l security adviser to visit US ahead of Yoon's state visit

DPK calls on presidential office to immediately verify US eavesdropping report

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, speaks during the party meeting at the National Assembly, April 10. Yonhap The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) on Monday urged the presidential office to immediately demand "clear information" from Washington on reports about alleged attempts by the United States to eavesdrop on top Korean officials.Rep. Park Hong-keun, floor leader of the DPK, made the remarks in response to a New York Times report that claimed the Central Intelligence Agency eavesdropped on Seoul's internal debates about providing weapons to the U.S. for use in Ukraine."If the report is true, it would be an action that can never be acceptable between allies of 70 years, and an infringement of sovereignty and diplomatic foul play that breaks the bilateral trust head-on," Park said.The presidential office said Sunday it will hold necessary discussions with the U.S. and review precedents involving other countries to come up with

Apr 10, 2023
DPK calls on presidential office to immediately verify US eavesdropping report

Police tracking down writer of internet message threatening to kill Yoon

President Yoon Suk Yeol presides over the fourth meeting on cooperation between the central and regional governments at the Bexco Exhibition Center in the southeastern city of Busan, April 6. YonhapPolice are tracking down the writer of an internet message threatening to kill President Yoon Suk Yeol, officials said Monday.In the message posted on an online community Sunday night, the writer claimed he or she brought a pistol with cryptocurrency and threatened to "kill the president to save the country." The photo of a pistol was included in the message.Police in the central city of Cheongju, 112 kilometers south of Seoul, were tracing the Internet Protocol address of the posting to identify the writer, officials said. (Yonhap)

Apr 10, 2023
Police tracking down writer of internet message threatening to kill Yoon

Baseball helps North Korean defectors' children heal from trauma

Players and coaching staff of the baseball team, the Challengers, pose at a baseball park in Seoul's western district of Yangcheon on March 31. Korea Times photo by Kang Hyun-kyungThis is the fourth in a series of interviews with North Korean defectors and their assimilation into South Korea―ED. Teens develop social skills through team sport, learn how to adapt to South KoreaBy Kang Hyun-kyung“Catching a ball is like eating food. You need to get something in your mouth and then chew it until you swallow. Likewise, you need to know how to catch a ball in your glove first before you throw it.”Park Yoon-soo, the head coach of the baseball team, the Challengers, uses the food analogy as he teaches Choi Ha-eun, a 12th grader at Yeomyung School in Seoul, about ball catching at a baseball park off Anyangcheon River in Seoul's western district of Yangcheon on March 31.He tries to help his student understand what baseball is by teaching her patiently.After missing the ball several times, Choi finally mastered how to catch a ball in her glove. The head coach grins at her, revealing

Apr 10, 2023By Kang Hyun-kyung
Baseball helps North Korean defectors' children heal from trauma

Yoon vows to build 'warm society' in Easter message

President Yoon Suk Yeol during the second meeting to check the progress of his administration's key policy tasks at the former presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae, in Seoul, April 5. YonhapPresident Yoon Suk Yeol issued an Easter message Sunday, saying he will work hard to make Korea a warmhearted society."Jesus' resurrection is a message of salvation that mankind can be reborn by practicing love," Yoon said in a Facebook post. "I wish the love of Jesus will fill the entire world. Our government will work hard to build a warm society." (Yonhap)

Apr 9, 2023
Yoon vows to build 'warm society' in Easter message

Access to abortion pill in US in limbo after competing rulings

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. A federal judge in Texas on Friday, April 7, ordered a hold on the U.S. approval of the abortion medication mifepristone, throwing into question access to the U.S.' most common method of abortion in a ruling that waved aside decades of scientific approval. AP-Yonhap Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years.For now, the drug the Food and Drug Administration approved in 2000 appeared to remain at least immediately available in the wake of two separate rulings that were issued in quick succession by federal judges in Texas and Washington.U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, ordered a hold on federal approval of mifepristone in a deci

Apr 8, 2023
Access to abortion pill in US in limbo after competing rulings

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Apr 7, 2023

Yoon taps ambassador to Russia for first vice foreign minister

Chang Ho-jin, first vice foreign minister /YonhapPresident Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday tapped Ambassador to Russia Chang Ho-jin for first vice foreign minister, his office said.Yoon also nominated current First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong to be ambassador to the United States, according to presidential spokesperson Lee Do-woon.The nominations come after the sudden replacement of National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han last week over alleged lapses in planning for Yoon's state visit to Washington later this month.Kim was replaced by Ambassador to the U.S. Cho Tae-yong.Both Chang and Cho are career diplomats. Chang previously served as ambassador to Cambodia, while Cho Hyun-dong served as minister at the South Korean Embassy in Washington, among other posts. (Yonhap)

Apr 7, 2023
Yoon taps ambassador to Russia for first vice foreign minister

Seongnam City Hall raided in bridge collapse probe

Police investigators examine the site of a collapsed sidewalk on Jeongja Bridge over a stream in Seongnam, south of Seoul, April 7. Yonhap Police raided the Seongnam City Hall and other locations Friday as part of an investigation into the collapse of a bridge sidewalk that killed one person.On Wednesday, a section of the guardrail and an adjacent sidewalk lining the outer edge of Jeongja Bridge over a stream in Seongnam collapsed, killing one pedestrian and injuring another.Investigators from the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police seized relevant documents from Seongnam City Hall and the ward office building of Bundang, as well as five other sites.Police are looking into the exact cause of the accident, whether there were any defects, and records of inspection and maintenance.The accident initially left one woman in her 30s in cardiac arrest and another man in his 30s with an injured back. The two fell off the bridge onto a walking trail about 5 meters below. (Yonhap

Apr 7, 2023
Seongnam City Hall raided in bridge collapse probe

Rep. Yun Jae-ok elected new floor leader of ruling party

Ruling People Power Party Rep. Yun Jae-ok speaks at a general meeting of lawmakers at the National Assembly, April 7. YonhapThree-term lawmaker Yun Jae-ok was elected new floor leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Friday.Yun defeated four-term lawmaker Kim Hack-yong by winning 69 votes out of the PPP's 109 lawmakers.Both Yun and Kim are considered close to President Yoon Suk YeolYun will serve as floor leader for one year, taking on the mission to help the PPP win back a majority in the opposition-controlled National Assembly in the parliamentary elections scheduled for April next year."In next year's parliamentary elections, I will win together with you lawmakers to complete the change of government and broadly open a road heading to a new Republic of Korea," Yun said in his acceptance speech. Yun takes over from his predecessor Rep. Joo Ho-young. (Yonhap)

Apr 7, 2023
Rep. Yun Jae-ok elected new floor leader of ruling party
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