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- Moon and Abe open path to “dialogue-based resolution” on export control, forced labor issues
- South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for a swift rollback of the Japanese government’s export controls to their levels before July 1 in a Dec. 24 summit with Japanese Prime...
- Dec.25,2019 12:16 KST
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- Japan to either dump contaminated water into ocean or release it as steam
- The Japanese government is narrowing down its plans for the disposal of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to two possible approaches: an ocean du...
- Dec.24,2019 18:10 KST
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- Busan resumes administrative exchange with Japan after 6-month hiatus
- The city of Busan, which had been the first metropolitan or provincial government in South Korea to fully cut off administrative exchange with Japan to protest its economic reta...
- Dec.24,2019 18:08 KST
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- S. Korea, Japan arrange foreign ministers’ meeting ahead of Chengdu summit
- South Korea and Japan appear to be leaning into dialogue, arranging a meeting between their respective foreign ministers shortly before the summit between South Korean President...
- Dec.24,2019 18:05 KST
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- USFK holds briefing to address allegations of biochemical experimentation at its Busan base
- US Forces Korea (USFK) held an on-site briefing on Dec. 20 to address allegations of biochemical experimentation at its Busan Port Pier 8 base. Residents were up in arms demandi...
- Dec.23,2019 18:02 KST
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- [Photo] S. Korea acquires first Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned aircraft
- The South Korean Air Force acquired its first advanced high-altitude unmanned aircraft on Dec. 23. The RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), referred to sim...
- Dec.23,2019 17:40 KST
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- [Photo] Civic groups protest Japan’s discrimination against Chosen Gakko in New York
- Civic groups gathered outside the Japanese Consulate General in New York to protest Japan’s discriminatory policies toward the Chosen Gakko (Korean schools within Japan financia...
- Dec.23,2019 17:37 KST
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- S. Korea rejects paying for US troops stationed outside Korea
- South Korea’s chief negotiator in its defense cost-sharing talks with the US said on Dec. 19 that Seoul cannot pay for American troops based in other countries. Jeong Eun-bo als...
- Dec.20,2019 16:58 KST
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- 2019 S. Korea-US defense cost-sharing negotiations end without agreement
- This year’s last round of negotiations over South Korea and the US’ defense cost-sharing arrangement, which is supposed to take effect next year, ended without an agreement. The...
- Dec.19,2019 18:10 KST
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- S. Korea reportedly considering expanding Cheonghae Unit’s operational scope to Strait of Hormuz
- The Hankyoreh learned on Dec. 18 that the South Korean government is strongly considering the option of expanding the operational scope of its Cheonghae Unit, an anti-piracy nav...
- Dec.19,2019 17:59 KST