19th President of South Korea
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East Asia
South Korea submits letter on banned North Korean coal shipments to UNSC
South Korea has submitted to the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) a letter detailing the results of its recent probe into illegal shipments of North Korean coal, a diplomatic source said Monday. Last Friday, Seoul’s customs office said that three South Korean firms brought in 35,038 tons of North Korean coal…
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East Asia
2017 South Korea Presidential Election: the “Moon” and “Hong” Race
The ballots have been counted and the results announced—Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party has been selected as Korea’s 19th executive leader, winning with 41.1 percent of the votes. It took months of mass rallies, an impeached President, and a divided nation to come to this point and though the…
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