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- Filipina comfort women survivors attend their first Wednesday demonstration
- At noon on Nov. 20, the 1,414th Wednesday Demonstration was held in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Seoul’s Jongno District by the Korean Council for Justice and Remembr...
- Nov.21,2019 16:54 KST
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- Remembering the civilian massacres of the Vietnam War
- Kim Nak-young, 71, a South Korean writer, Gerald Waite, 72, an American anthropologist, and Quoc Quang Thuy, 69, a Vietnamese writer, sat down together for a talk at 4 pm on Nov...
- Nov.21,2019 16:45 KST
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- [Reporter’s notebook] The US ambassador who sees only what he wants to see
- An ambassador is a diplomatic envoy sent to represent a state, a bridge that links two countries. An ambassador is the diplomat par excellence. Their occupational mantra is embr...
- Nov.21,2019 16:34 KST
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- US defense minister responds vaguely to questions on potential USFK withdrawal
- US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper responded vaguely on Nov. 19 to questions about the possibility of US Forces Korea (USFK) reductions if defense cost-sharing negotiations with...
- Nov.21,2019 16:31 KST
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- [Photo] S. Korea, Japanese attorneys release joint statement calling forced labor a human rights issue
- A coalition of South Korean and Japanese attorneys have signed a joint statement calling the forced labor issue a human rights issue. Holding a press conference in Tokyo on Nov....
- Nov.21,2019 16:27 KST
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- [Interview] How has Abe stayed in power for so long?
- “The Shinzo Abe administration is quite adept at handling controversy. During elections, they don’t come out with policies that might draw an outcry from the public.”Yu Uchiyama...
- Nov.20,2019 18:03 KST
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- Did US plan halt in negotiations in advance?
- At 11:30 am on Nov. 19, in the middle of South Korea and the US’ third round of negotiations about updating their defense cost-sharing agreement, the American team of negotiator...
- Nov.20,2019 17:55 KST
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- [News analysis] US halts defense cost-sharing negotiations to increase pressure on S. Korea
- The US’ lead negotiator in defense cost-sharing talks with South Korea cut short the negotiations on Nov. 19 and declared that South Korea’s “proposals [. . .] were not responsi...
- Nov.20,2019 17:52 KST
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- US unilaterally halts 3rd round of defense cost-sharing negotiations
- After pushing South Korea to assume an unprecedented financial burden of US$5 billion for stationing US troops on the Korean Peninsula, American representatives walked away from...
- Nov.20,2019 17:44 KST
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- Moon says GSOMIA termination won’t end security cooperation with Japan
- “Even if GSOMIA comes to an end, we’ll continue to cooperate with Japan on security matters,” South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Nov. 19. Moon was referring to the two c...
- Nov.20,2019 17:40 KST