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Trump under fire for linking NK to domestic politics

Political risks high as second NK-US summit approachesBy Lee Min-hyungU.S. President Donald TrumpU.S. President Donald Trump is facing domestic criticism that he is using the upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to tackle the political crisis surrounding his plan to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall, according to U.S. experts and politicians.Starting from his party's defeat in mid-term elections in early November, Trump has experienced more and more political setbacks in the domestic arena.The latest conflict between Trump and the Democratic Party came last week when he declared a national emergency to fund his plan to build the wall.Democrats and some Republicans, however, are expressing serious concerns over this and stepping up their criticism of the president.According to U.S. media, Trump is seeking to change the atmosphere in domestic political circles by “making as much noise as possible” over the two-day summit with Kim.“Even some harsh critics of Trump's foreign policy hold open the possibility that the president might find it easier to deal w

Feb 18, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Trump under fire for linking NK to domestic politics
  • 'Only North Korea can dismantle its own nuclear facilities'

LKP's approval rating continues to drop

Rep. Na Kyung-won, left, floor leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP), speaks during a party meeting at the National Assembly, Monday. The LKP's approval rating dropped to 25.2 percent, down 3.7 percentage points from a week earlier due to a controversy caused by three LKP lawmakers' defamatory remarks against citizens participating in the May 18 Gwangju Uprising in 1980. / YonhapBy Park Ji-wonThe approval rating of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) dropped precipitously from a week earlier amid an escalating controversy over its members' defamatory remarks against citizens participating in the May 18 Gwangju Uprising in 1980. A survey of 2,513 adults conducted by Realmeter between Feb. 11 and 15 shows the support rate of the LKP plunged 3.7 percentage points to 25.2 percent while that of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) increased 1.4 percentage points to 40.3 percent.The decline is likely attributable to the controversy caused by three LKP lawmakers, the poll agency said, failing to attract support for the LKP's election campaign to elect a lea

Feb 18, 2019By Park Ji-won
LKP's approval rating continues to drop

Japanese PM lambasted for politicizing sex slavery issues

National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang walks out of the Incheon International Airport after arriving from a trip to the U.S., Monday. / YonhapBy Kim Bo-eunNational Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's response to his remarks over sex slaves were “politically motivated.”Earlier this month, Moon called for the Japanese Emperor to make an apology for Japan sexually enslaving Korean women for its military before and during World War II.This triggered an angry response from Japan, with Abe calling for Moon to apologize and take back his words.“What am I to make of this situation in which those who should apologize don't and instead tell me to apologize?” Moon said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency in Los Angeles before returning to Seoul Friday.He attributed the current situation to “Abe, who is cornered in his country, making politically motivated moves.”Moon said Abe making the remark on sex slaves an issue was a political move considering “domestic” circumstances.The Japanese leader has made nati

Feb 18, 2019By Kim Bo-eun
Japanese PM lambasted for politicizing sex slavery issues

'Only North Korea can dismantle its own nuclear facilities'

Moon Chung-in, President Moon Jae-in's special adviser for unification, diplomacy and security affairs, speaks during an interview with The Korea Times last Oct. 24. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulBy Kim Yoo-chulOnly North Koreans can dismantle nuclear and missile facilities in North Korea, not international experts, according to President Moon Jae-in's security adviser, Moon Chung-in.Moon said Washington should offer some substantial concessions beyond opening a liaison office in Pyongyang to make the upcoming second Washington-Pyongyang summit successful.He made the remarks in an interview with Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun.“Only North Korean technicians are able to disband its nuclear warheads safely and completely,” said Moon, special adviser for unification, diplomacy and national security.“This is because the North Korean experts designed and outlined core specifics of its nuclear facilities and entirely handled the nuclear development. It's required for the United States to offer a rewards programs to help the regime remain cooperative in the ongoing collective

Feb 18, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
'Only North Korea can dismantle its own nuclear facilities'
  • 'Undeclared' missile bases in North Korea remain threat to US and South Korea: CSIS
  • Trump under fire for linking NK to domestic politics

Moon expects 'big progress' at Kim-Trump summit

President Moon Jae-in holds a meeting with religious leaders at Cheong Wa Dae, Monday. Moon said he sees encouraging signs for big progress in terms of denuclearization and normalizing relations between North Korea and the United States at next week's summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. YonhapBy Kim Yoo-chulPresident Moon Jae-in said Monday he expects to see “big progress” at the upcoming summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to be held later this month in Hanoi, Vietnam.“Thanks to your sincere concern and support, we've made big process for lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula. I expect big process will be made in terms of advancing denuclearization in North Korea and normalizing relations between North Korea and the United States at next week's U.S.-North Korea summit,” Moon said at the start of his meeting with the leaders of seven religions at Cheong Wa Dae, according to press pool reports.“I also expect Washington and Pyongyang to accelerate efforts to actually implement detailed action plans for agreements that they

Feb 18, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
Moon expects 'big progress' at Kim-Trump summit

North Korea, US fine-tuning details for 2nd summit

Kim Chang-son, de facto chief of staff to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, leaves Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi luxury hotel in Vietnam’s capital after finishing a field inspection on its facility, Saturday (local time). The ranking North Korean official led a 12-member working-level delegation to Vietnam to discuss with U.S. officials a detailed schedule for the upcoming two-day Washington-Pyongyang summit, which kicks off on Feb. 27. / Yonhap Kim Jong-un to visit Vietnam on Feb. 25: reportBy Lee Min-hyungThe United States and North Korea will embark on their second pre-summit working-level talks in Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi this week to decide summit agendas and travel routes leaders of the two sides will take during their planned two-day meeting there.Kim Chang-son, who serves as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's de facto chief of staff, will lead its 12-member delegation for talks with a U.S. delegation possibly headed by Daniel Walsh, a White House deputy chief of staff for operations.Detailed schedules for their meeting have yet to be unveiled. But with the hi

Feb 17, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
North Korea, US fine-tuning details for 2nd summit
  • Will Kim Jong-un inspect Samsung factory in Vietnam?

Moon, Trump to discuss N. Korea over telephone this week

By Lee Min-hyungPresident Moon Jae-inPresident Moon Jae-in is likely to have a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump sometime this week to exchange views on the upcoming Washington-Pyongyang summit, according to Cheong Wa Dae.The presidential house said the planned dialogue between Moon and Trump will take place before the summit, scheduled for two days from Feb. 27, but did not pinpoint the exact date.South Korea has so far played a mediating role in the ongoing denuclearization talks between the U.S. and North Korea.President Moon will deliver his firm determination to support Trump, with a view to making the second Washington-Pyongyang summit more successful than the previous one.Last year, President Moon held three summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. In every summit, Moon served as a “peacekeeper” by communicating Kim's determination for denuclearization to Trump, and vice versa.Cheong Wa Dae also did not leave out the possibility that President Moon and Trump may hold a telephone talk early next week.“Leaders of the two Koreas and th

Feb 17, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Moon, Trump to discuss N. Korea over telephone this week

Opposition leadership contenders slam Moon's N. Korea policy

From left, Oh Se-hoon, Kim Jin-tae and Hwang Kyo-ahn ― the candidates in the Feb. 27 chairmanship election for the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP), join hands together before their live TV debate in Seoul, Sunday. YonhapCandidates call for sanctions, pressureBy Yi Whan-wooAll three candidates in the chairmanship election for the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) next week criticized President Moon Jae-in's dovish North Korea policy.During a live TV debate, Sunday, the three ― Hwang Kyo-ahn, Oh Se-hoon and Kim Jin-tae ― said the government should focus on sanctions and pressure in accordance with the U.N. Security Council's measures on Pyongyang.A former Seoul mayor, Oh even cited a need to redeploy U.S tactical nuclear weapons to South Korea.The LKP candidates' criticism came in the lead-up to the second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump scheduled for Feb. 27 and 28 in Hanoi. The LKP chairman election will be held on Feb. 27, during the summit.“We need a North Korea policy based on principles,” Hwang, a former

Feb 17, 2019By Yi Whan-woo
Opposition leadership contenders slam Moon's N. Korea policy

'Kim-Trump summit will determine S. Korea's fate'

National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang, center, arrives at Incheon International Airport, Sunday, after wrapping up an eight-day visit to the U.S. with floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties. YonhapAssembly leaders return from US visitBy Yi Whan-wooThe second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, Vietnam, will have a huge effect on South Korea's fate, according to National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang.He was interviewed on Fox 11 TV in Los Angeles, Friday (local time), before he ended his eight-day U.S. visit with the leaders of South Korea's ruling and opposition parties. The delegation returned home on Sunday.“I understand there is a level of skepticism with regards to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and changes the second summit will bring,” Moon said.The tour included meetings in Washington, D.C., with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Eliot Engel, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, U.S. Special Representative for North

Feb 17, 2019By Yi Whan-woo
'Kim-Trump summit will determine S. Korea's fate'
  • Will Kim Jong-un inspect Samsung factory in Vietnam?

Growing number of people accept homosexuality: survey

In this July 15 file photo, a Seoul Queer Parade participant who claims to support the Rael movement ― a UFO religion that teaches life on Earth was created by an extraterrestrial species ― offers a free hug at Seoul Plaza. Korea Times fileBy Jung Hae-myoung The ratio of people opposing homosexuality has dropped below 50 percent for the first time, a survey showed, Sunday, indicating Korean society is becoming more accepting of sexual minorities.According to the survey conducted by the Korea Institute of Public Administration of 8,000 people aged from 19 to 69 in September and October, 49 percent of respondents said they do not accept homosexuality.It was the first time for less than half of the respondents to say so: the ratio of people against homosexuality was 62.1 percent in 2013, 56.9 percent in 2014, 57.7 percent in 2015, 55.8 percent in 2016 and 57.2 percent in 2017.For other minority groups, 12.6 percent people said they cannot accept North Korean refugees, 5.7 percent are against immigrants and foreign workers, and 6.7 percent against ex-convicts.By gender, men were less acc

Feb 17, 2019
Growing number of people accept homosexuality: survey
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