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East Asia
20th Jeonju Int’l Film Festival closes with record numbers
South Korea’s largest festival of independent and art films came to a close on Saturday, having set records for attendance and the number of sold-out screenings. The 20th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) wrapped up its 10-day run in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, 240 kilometers south of…
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Half of S. Koreans say gov’t should pursue dialogue with N. Korea: poll
About half of South Koreans think the government should seek dialogue with North Korea, a survey showed Monday, as inter-Korean ties remained stalled amid the deadlocked nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Of the 1,003 adults surveyed last month, 51.4 percent said the government should pursue talks and compromise with…
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S. Korea seeking new infrastructure to exploit 4th Industrial Revolution
South Korea is building up the necessary infrastructure to position itself to better take advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the government said Monday. Under the Moon Jae-in administration, Asia’s fourth-largest economy has made meaningful strides such as launching the world’s first commercial 5G network service and in such areas…
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East Asia
Moon offers talks with opposition parties on extra budget, N. Korea food aid
President Moon Jae-in appealed to opposition parties Monday to reopen three-way dialogue with the government and the ruling party on supplementary budgets and other pending issues. He was effectively turning down calls by the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP). Its leader, Hwang Kyo-ahn, has demanded one-on-one talks with the…
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N. Korea says it conducted long-range strike drills under oversight of leader Kim
North Korea has conducted long-range strike drills, state media reported Friday, a day after the communist state launched what were presumed to be two short-range missiles into the East Sea. “At the command post, Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un learned about a plan of the strike drill of various long-range strike…
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East Asia
Yonhap News TV to run job information channel until 2022
Yonhap News TV, the all-news cable channel of Yonhap News Agency, said Wednesday that it will operate a public job information channel through 2022. Owned by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, the Korea Work TV is a cable TV channel aimed…
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East Asia
Biegun discusses N.K. missile launches, food aid at ‘working group’ talks with S. Korea
U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun held a series of meetings with South Korean officials in Seoul on Friday, a day after the North launched two missiles, the second such military move in less than a week. Biegun and his counterpart, Lee Do-hoon, presided over a meeting of…
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East Asia
Belt and Road development becomes steady, extensive as second forum closes
The Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF), which was held in Beijing on 25-27 April 2019, will serve as a new starting point for joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. During the forum, leaders of countries and heads of international organizations conducted in-depth discussions under…
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East Asia
China develops unique heat-resistant material for hypersonic aircraft
Chinese scientists have developed a new heat-resistant material for hypersonic aircraft which can endure over 3,000 C from friction caused by a Mach 5-20 flight within the atmosphere. The lead scientist on the project said the material outperforms all similar foreign-made ones with its high melting point, low density, and…
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East Asia
China sets up special passages at 18 ports to fast track exit-entry procedures for BRI-related people
Starting from April 28, 12 Chinese airports including those in Beijing and Shanghai, six road ports in Manzhouli in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Khorgas in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, will set up special Belt and Road passages to facilitate exit-entry procedures for people involved in…
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