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East Asia
FM pledges greater efforts to ensure foreign cooperation in search for missing in Hungary boat sinking
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha pledged Monday to further strengthen cooperation not only with Hungary but also its neighboring nations, like Serbia and Romania, to make progress in efforts to search for the missing Korean victims in last week’s deadly boat sinking. She made the remark at a teleconference meeting with…
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East Asia
Main opposition party slams liberal gov’t’s N. Korea policy
The head of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) urged the liberal government on Monday to stop what he called a submissive stance on North Korea and to put pressure on Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear programs. LKP chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn also denounced the government for ignoring North Korea’s…
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East Asia
Top aide to N.K. leader appears in public despite rumors of purge
A top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watched an art troupe’s performance together with the leader, Pyongyang’s state media reported Monday, belying rumors that he was purged for the leader’s embarrassing no-deal summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. Kim Yong-chol, who served as Pyongyang’s chief interlocutor and counterpart…
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East Asia
Op-ed: ‘Clash of civilizations’ theory will come to no good end
By Zhong Sheng A senior American official from the State Department recently astonished the world with her racist comments portraying China-US relations as “clash of civilizations”. The Director of Policy Planning Kiron Skinner seems to be quite blunt about her deeply-rooted racism. She called US ties with China “a fight…
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East Asia
BTS hits front page of U.N. website
A one-minute YouTube video featuring world stars BTS’ partnership with UNICEF is on the front of the official homepage of the United Nations, giving a message of hope and happiness for young generations, the website showed Thursday. The short video shows the band engaging in the U.N. Children’s Fund’s campaign…
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East Asia
Foreign ministry decides to fire diplomat accused of leaking Moon-Trump talks
The foreign ministry decided Thursday to fire a diplomat for leaking the content of a phone conversation between President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump. The decision was made at the ministry’s disciplinary panel held earlier in the day, ministry spokesman Kim In-chul said. Another official who was also…
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East Asia
S. Korea’s aid to N.K. will be used for most vulnerable people: WFP Seoul chief
The humanitarian assistance South Korea promised to provide to the North via the World Food Programme (WFP) will be used for the most vulnerable populations in the impoverished country, including women and children, the agency’s Seoul bureau chief said Thursday. Lim Hyong-Joon made the remarks during a seminar in Seoul,…
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East Asia
7 South Koreans killed, 19 missing in Hungary cruise sinking: foreign ministry
Seven South Koreans were killed and 19 others went missing after a tourist boat sank in Hungary’s Danube River, the foreign ministry here said Thursday. A total of 33 Koreans and two Hungarian crew members were aboard the cruise when it collided with another vessel and sank in the river…
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Culture
Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ depicts a microcosm of Korean society
Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” tells a tragicomic story of two families, one rich and one poor, who become entangled in a string of mishaps. But there is more to this film than that. “Parasite” hooks its audience with laughs early on, then segues to fine-tuned suspense, mystery and horror. The gears…
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East Asia
Jeju peace forum begins amid stalemate in U.S-N.K. nuke talks
An international peace forum began on the southern resort island of Jeju on Wednesday, with a focus on ways to facilitate North Korea’s denuclearization and entrench a lasting peace on the peninsula, organizers said. The three-day Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity comes as Seoul seeks to create fresh momentum…
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