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Nearly 26,000 foreigners blocked from boarding flights to Korea

A passenger pre-checking system has prevented more than 25,000 foreigners, who are likely to commit crimes or terrorist attacks, from boarding planes bound for Korea, a report showed Wednesday. According to a Ministry of Justice report disclosed by Rep. Keum Tae-sup of the Democratic Party of Korea, 25,598 foreigners were banned from boarding planes headed to Korea from April...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-10-10 13:19

Korean missionary released from jail in Philippines

A Korean missionary has been released from jail in the Philippines after 126 days of detention on suspicion of carrying illegal weapons.The Regional Trail Court in Manila decided to free Baik Young-mo on bail on Tuesday, a day before his trial, according to an official at the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church, which has sponsored him in the country for missionary work over th...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-10-07 18:06

Presidential office will intervene in Korean missionary's arrest in Philippines

Diplomatic consensus needed to end dispute over “Rising Sun Flag”

Last week, Seoul and Tokyo engaged in a diplomatic battle, with both sides showing no signs of backing down from their positions over Japan's plan to join an international fleet review here with a vessel flying the “Rising Sun Flag.” As the flag is seen by some Koreans as a symbol of Japanese imperialism and its wartime atrocities, the move drew a strong public backlash here.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-10-07 17:12

Japan to skip naval event after rival Koreas' united opposition

Japan to skip naval event after rival Koreas' united opposition

Japan will skip an international naval event in South Korea next week after South and North Korea raised a united voice against Japan's plan to fly the Rising Sun flag.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-10-07 12:55

Diplomatic consensus needed to end dispute over “Rising Sun Flag”

Bereaved family finishes funeral procedures for Korean victim in Indonesian quake

The bereaved family of a South Korean man killed in last week's powerful earthquake in Indonesia has completed funeral procedures for the victim in the Southeast Asian country, a diplomatic source said Saturday.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-10-06 22:59

Moon? Kim? Trump? Nobel peace prize: Many names, few certainties

Donald Trump? Hardly. Reconciliation between the Koreas? Rather premature. Peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea? Probably missed the deadline. As the 2018 Nobel peace prize looms, it's easier to rule out names than guess who's going to win. This year the field of possibilities facing the five members of the Norwegian committee tasked with awarding the prize was pretty wide, wit...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-10-05 17:52

Japan to skip fleet review ceremony amid 'Rising Sun' flag row with Seoul

"This morning, Japan notified South Korea that it won't send a Self-Defense Forces warship to the Jeju International Fleet Review," the source said.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-10-05 13:55

Korean man found dead on quake-hit Indonesian island

A South Korean resident of Indonesia, who went missing after a powerful earthquake last week, was found dead Thursday, Seoul's foreign ministry said.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-10-04 17:26

Bereaved family finishes funeral procedures for Korean victim in Indonesian quake

USFK soldiers smuggle illegal drugs, firearms

Smuggling of illegal firearms and drugs by United States Forces Korea (USFK) soldiers into Korea is reaching a critical level, a ruling party lawmaker said Thursday. In the past three years, there were 269 cases in which illegal firearms and ammunition were confiscated after U.S. troops attempted to covertly bring them into the country, according to data released by the Korea...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-10-04 15:32

Ex-Japanese PM apologizes to Korean victims of atomic bombings

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama paid tribute Wednesday to the Koreans killed by the U.S. atomic bombings of two Japanese cities in 1945 and apologized for his country's failure to compensate surviving victims and their families.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-10-04 10:11

The forgotten survivors of atomic bombs

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Choking on worsening air pollution