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Rep. Chung’s arrest motion rejected
Saenuri faces criticism for protecting one of their own; Park Geun-hye skips vote Rep. Chung Doo-un of the ruling Saenuri Party survived a parliamentary motion Wednesday to have him arrested on charges of receiving money from the head of a troubled savings bank together with President Lee Myung-baks elder brother,…
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Lawmakers express concern over Korea-Japan military pact
Bipartisan lawmakers of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee Wednesday expressed concern over the intelligence-protection agreement with Tokyo. Some of them urged the need to sign an equivalent military pact with China, the nation’s biggest trading partner, to sweep away the allegation that the Korea-Japan pact aims to counter Beijing’s military…
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NK mystery lady prompts media swirl
Rampant speculation over a young woman seen with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un showed no sign of abating, Wednesday, with a wave of reports reflecting international curiosity over her emergence and its implications for the regime. Foreign and domestic media outlets and officials have pored over images released by Pyongyang…
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S. Korea missile range to increase
Seoul and Washington are nearing a compromise to extend the former’s ballistic missile range which is now restricted to 300 kilometers, sources said Tuesday. The South Korean government reportedly asked to increase the missile range to at least 800 kilometers or to scrap the range-restriction agreement made with Washington. Seoul…
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Are Koreans ready for woman president?
Park’s victory would be comparable with Obama’s election over color divide Rep. Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party pledged to put the people first, if elected president in December, in a speech to launch her presidential bid at an outdoor gathering in Seoul, Tuesday. Seeking to be the ruling…
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China, DPRK mark 51st anniversary of milestone treaty
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) — Senior political advisor Bai Lichen on Monday attended a celebration banquet to mark the 51st anniversary of signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The banquet was hosted by Ji Jae Ryong,…
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If Rep. Park Geun-hye wants to be president
There is no question that Rep. Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party is the most viable presidential candidate at the moment as she consistently has the strongest showing in public opinion surveys. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the Dec. 19 presidential poll is hers to win. The 60-year-old needs…
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Row erupts over lawmaker’s poetry
Textbook publishers instructed to remove Rep. Do’s poems A government-funded educational institute has recommended that textbook publishers remove poems written by a poet-turned-opposition lawmaker from middle school textbooks to be published next year. The move drew fierce protests from the lawmaker, Do Jong-hwan of the main opposition Democratic United Party…
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USFK offers apology for handcuffing of Koreans
The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) apologized Sunday for the handcuffing of three Korean civilians by American troops during a dispute over parking outside a U.S. Air Force base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. USFK Deputy Ccommander Lt. Gen. Jan-Marc Jouas, said in a news conference, “I have ordered a full investigation…
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Russia-Japan territorial row flares up following Medvedev’s second visit to disputed islands
MOSCOW, July 3 (Xinhua) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has braved both unpredictable weather and quite predictable reactions from Tokyo by visiting for the second time the disputed Southern Kuril archipelago in the Far East. Analysts here say his trip on Tuesday to Kunashir (called Kunashiri in Japan) islet…
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