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Queer festival in Seoul

Pedestrians walk under a rainbow flag that was carried through central Seoul, Saturday, as part of the Seoul Queer Culture Festival. / Yonhap

Jun 2, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Queer festival in Seoul

Bad conditions hamper Hungary boat victims search

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, center, meets members of a South Korean rescue team participating in rescue operations to find victims of a boat accident in Budapest, Hungary, Friday. AP-YonhapFrantic efforts to search for 21 missing victims of this week's tourist boat sinking in Hungary are still being impeded by high waters, strong currents and poor underwater visibility, officials said Saturday.On Monday morning, divers from Hungary and South Korea plan to determine whether to launch full-scale underwater operations in the Danube River in Budapest where the boat sank, leaving seven Koreans dead and 21 people missing, including 19 Koreans. But they plan to conduct surface-level searches up to 50 kilometers down the river, from the site of the sinking, starting Saturday.The sinking occurred Wednesday night when the sightseeing boat carrying 33 Koreans and two Hungarian crew members collided with a larger Switzerland-registered sightseeing boat, causing it to capsize and sink. In response to a request from Seoul, Austria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia, Romania and

Jun 1, 2019
Bad conditions hamper Hungary boat victims search
  • PHOTOS Fading hopes for survivors from Hungary ferry disaster
  • Families of Hungary disaster victims leave for Budapest
  • Tour agency to sue cruise ship owner
  • Korea joins Hungary in search operations after boat disaster
  • South Korean, Hungarian teams to begin full operations after boat sinking

North Korea officials, diplomats purged: report

'They were held responsbile for Hanoi summit breakdown'By Lee Min-hyungKim Yong-cholKim Hyok-cholNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un is carrying out a large-scale purge of officials and diplomats dealing with the United States, holding them responsible for the failure of his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi, according to a media report, Friday.Responding to the report from the conservative Chosun Ilbo, Cheong Wa Dae said it could not confirm whether it was true.“It is not proper for us to make any rash comments on the report,” a presidential aide told reporters, asking not to be named. “We have nothing to say, even though we keep track of any unusual signs from the North.”The unification ministry declined to comment. The newspaper reported that Pyongyang has executed Kim Hyok-chol ― who headed working-level talks for the Hanoi summit in February ― and four other ranking officials by firing squad for espionage, citing unnamed sources.“Kim Hyok-chol and the four officials from the North's foreign ministry were executed in March at the Mirim Air

May 31, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
North Korea officials, diplomats purged: report

Korea joins Hungary in search operations after boat disaster

A diver prepares to dive to the wreckage under Margaret Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, Friday. Seven people are confirmed dead and seven have been rescued, while 21 people remain missing in the waters. AP-YonhapKorea seeks collaboration with countries along riverBy Lee Min-hyungKorea joined Hungary in search and rescue operations, Friday, for Korean tourists missing from the capsized sightseeing boat Hableany on the Danube River in Budapest, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.This comes two days after the boat carrying 33 Koreans sank after a collision with a larger sightseeing vessel. However, little progress has so far been made due to harsh weather conditions.“I asked for an early raising of the sunken boat, and the expansion of the scope of search operations to neighboring countries along the river,” Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said during a press conference with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto after arriving at the site.Kang headed for Budapest to coordinate with the Hungarian authorities' search and rescue efforts there, and seek collaboration

May 31, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Korea joins Hungary in search operations after boat disaster
  • PHOTOS Fading hopes for survivors from Hungary ferry disaster
  • Families of Hungary disaster victims leave for Budapest
  • Captain detained in Hungary boat sinking after 7 Koreans killed
  • Bad conditions hamper Hungary boat victims search

LKP keeps members who disparaged Sewol victims

Liberty Korea Party (LKP) lawmaker Chung Jin-suk, left, and former LKP lawmaker Cha Myung-jin. Korea Times fileBy Jung Da-minThe main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) has announced punitive measures against its two members who prompted public anger recently by making disparaging remarks against victims of the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster and  their family members.The party’s ethics committee decided on Wednesday to impose a three-month suspension of party membership on former lawmaker Cha Myung-jin. The incumbent four-term lawmaker Chung Jin-suk received only a “warning.”This contradicts its earlier pledge to punish them harshly in consideration of the public anger over their remarks. The other political parties have demanded the LKP expel them.The decision came six weeks after the two used Facebook to accuse the bereaved family members of “taking advantage” of the people's sympathy over their children's deaths. The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and the minor opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) and Justice Party criticized the

May 30, 2019
LKP keeps members who disparaged Sewol victims

Risk management exercise

Korea Deposit Insurance Corp. (KDIC) CEO Wi Seong-bak, second from right, participates in an exercise to calculate the sum of money deposited at local banks at KDIC headquarters in Seoul, Wednesday. The state-run KDIC held the crisis scenario exercise to boost risk management at financial companies. Courtesy of KDIC

May 30, 2019By Lee Kyung-min

Diplomat dismissed for leaking Moon-Trump secret talk

By Lee Min-hyungThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided Thursday to dismiss a diplomat, working in the Korean Embassy in Washington, D.C., for leaking confidential diplomatic information to a lawmaker, according to the ministry's internal disciplinary committee, Thursday. “After conducting an hours-long review on the case, the committee decided to dismiss the official for a breach of secrecy,” a ministry official said. Members of the committee, headed by the ministry's First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Sei-young, included four external experts.The dismissal is the highest-level of discipline from the ministry.This came a few weeks after the official leaked the content of a telephone conversation between President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump to his high school senior, Rep. Khang Hyo-shang from the main opposition Liberty Korea Party.Another diplomat also received a pay cut for three months for helping the dismissed official access the information.Meanwhile, the foreign ministry filed criminal complaints against the diplomat and Khang with the Supreme Prosecut

May 30, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Diplomat dismissed for leaking Moon-Trump secret talk

Disaster in Hungary puts Seoul in emergency mode

President Moon Jae-in chairs an emergency meeting at Cheong Wa Dae the day after a sightseeing boat collided with another larger vessel, capsized and sank on the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday (local time). Yonhap President Moon asks Hungarian PM for 'continuous updates' By Kim Yoo-chulPresident Moon Jae-in ordered “full-scale” efforts and the mobilization of “all available resources and measures” to help support rescue work in Budapest, Hungary, after a sightseeing boat carrying South Korean tourists capsized on the Danube River, Wednesday (local time).“The government should respond to the accident swiftly and quickly. Time is what matters the most. All options in assisting rescue operations should be considered in collaboration with the authorities in Hungary,” presidential spokeswoman Ko Min-jung said in a statement quoting President Moon, Thursday. The statement added the President held an “emergency meeting” from 11:45 a.m. at Cheong Wa Dae to exp

May 30, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
Disaster in Hungary puts Seoul in emergency mode
  • 7 Koreans dead, 21 missing in boat accident in Hungary
  • PHOTOS Fading hopes for survivors from Hungary ferry disaster

7 Koreans dead, 21 missing in boat accident in Hungary

UPDATE Rescuers search for victims along the river bank early Thursday, after a tourist boat crashed with a river cruise boat, overturned and sank in River Danube in Budapest, Hungary, late Wednesday. APPresident orders all-out rescue measures; foreign minister, search teamsdispatchedBy Lee Min-hyung, Park Si-sooUPDATE Seven Korean tourists died and 21 are still missing after a sightseeing boat named the Hableany (Mermaid in English) collided with a bigger cruise vessel and capsized on the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, at 9:05 p.m. Wednesday evening (local time) according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Seven more Koreans were rescued and taken immediately to nearby hospitalsOut of 35 people on board, 33 people were Korean tourists and tour guides. Two Hungarian crew members are alsomissing following the incident.Heavy rainfall swelled waters of the river at the time of the accident, hampering rescue activities the foreign ministry said.“Rescue operations underway are difficult due to the month-long rainfall there,” a ministry official said. “The river is fl

May 30, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
7 Koreans dead, 21 missing in boat accident in Hungary
  • VIDEO 6-year-old among Koreans on capsized boat
  • PHOTOS Ferry disaster in Hungary
  • 'Danube cruise tour lacked safety measures'
  • Disaster in Hungary puts Seoul in emergency mode
  • VIDEO Boat 'rear-ended' by bigger sightseeing boat: travel agency
  • PHOTOS Fading hopes for survivors from Hungary ferry disaster

Moon orders use of 'every possible means' to help Hungary rescue

President Moon Jae-inSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in instructed the government Thursday to use every possible means to rescue South Korean tourists whose boat capsized in Budapest, Hungary, in cooperation with the local authorities, his office said.Moon received a briefing on the incident from Chung Eui-yong, head of the National Security Office, according to Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Ko Min-jung.The president told the government to deploy "all available resources" to rescue them, she said.He "postponed" a luncheon meeting with nearly two dozen civil servants, which he had planned to have at Cheong Wa Dae in recognition of their accomplishments at work.The president also ordered the formation of a government-level response team, headed by Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, she added.The government plans to dispatch a team of 18 officials at Kang's ministry and the National Fire Agency to Hungary as well. (Yonhap)

May 30, 2019
Moon orders use of 'every possible means' to help Hungary rescue
  • 7 Koreans dead, 21 missing in Hungary cruise sinking
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