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Hometown of popular football coach Park Hang-seo pushes to create Vietnam-style village
SANCHEONG, South Korea -- Sancheong County in southeastern South Korea, which has gained fame as the hometown of Park Hang-seo, the popular South Korean head coach of Vietnam‘s national football team, will push to build a Vietnam-friendly village to attract more tourists from the Southeast Asian country, officials said Saturday.The South Gyeongsang Province county, about 360 kilometers southeast of Seoul, said it has mapped out a basic plan this year to create a Vietnamese village in
Soccer Nov. 30, 2019
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US set to press S. Korea, NATO over burden-sharing next week
WASHINGTON -- Next week promises to underscore the Trump administration‘s demands that allies pay more for their defense, with a new round of negotiations over South Korea’s contributions to the upkeep of American troops in the country and President Donald Trump‘s attendance at a meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders.In Washington, negotiators from South Korea and the United States will hold a fourth round of talks on renewing a cost-sharing deal, known as the S
Defense Nov. 30, 2019
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US calls on N. Korea to avoid provocations, return to nuclear talks
WASHINGTON -- The United States calls on North Korea to avoid provocations and return to negotiations on dismantling its nuclear weapons program, the State Department said Friday.The comment comes after North Korea fired two projectiles from a super-large multiple rocket launcher on Thursday in its 13th major weapons test this year.The top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan spoke by phone following the launch to share their assessments and coordinate future steps, Seoul&l
North Korea Nov. 30, 2019
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S. Korea to build memorial inside DMZ to honor fallen Korean War heroes
A memorial to honor men in uniform killed during the 1950-53 Korean War will be built inside the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas next month, the defense ministry said Saturday.The plan comes as the military officially wrapped up its eight-month project to retrieve remains of the deceased soldiers on Arrowhead Ridge in Cheorwon, some 90 kilometers northeast of Seoul. “To honor the sacrifice of deceased soldiers and to let the people better feel the changing DMZ from a zone of c
Defense Nov. 30, 2019
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N. Korea calls Abe 'most stupid man' for mistaking projectiles from super-large launcher for ballistic missiles
North Korea fired verbal shots at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday for mistaking Pyongyang's recent test-fire of its super-large multiple launch rocket system for a ballistic missile launch.In a statement released by the Korean Central News Agency, a vice director general of the Department of Japanese Affairs at the North Korean foreign ministry also said Abe "may see what a real ballistic missile is in the not distant future and under his nose. North Korea claimed Friday that
North Korea Nov. 30, 2019
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Tennis star Chung Hyeon eyes first Olympics appearance at Tokyo 2020
South Korean tennis player Chung Hyeon said Friday he hopes to compete at his first Olympic Games next summer in Tokyo."All athletes want to play at the Olympics," the tennis star said at a press conference held after a fan event in Seoul. "If I were given a chance, I hope to make the national team and win a game at the Olympics." For the 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifications, players are required to play in the Davis Cup, a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Bas
More Sports Nov. 29, 2019
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S. Korean firm sues BAT over alleged trademark infringement
Vitabon, a South Korean venture firm, said Friday it has launched a trademark infringement suit against tobacco giant British American Tobacco.Vitabon claims that its nicotine-free aromatherapy device, named Sense, and BAT's hybrid e-cigarette product, glo sens, confuse consumers due to their similar names. Vitabon said it has filed the lawsuit with the Seoul Central District Court, demanding 110 million won ($93,000) in compensation and that manufacturing and sales of glo sens be banned i
Industry Nov. 29, 2019
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S. Korea, US to resume defense cost-sharing talks next week after breakdown
South Korea and the United States will resume negotiations next week on sharing of the cost of stationing American troops here after their latest talks broke down due to differences over how much Seoul should pay for its share. Jeong Eun-bo, South Korea's chief negotiator for the defense cost-sharing talks, will meet with his US counterpart, James DeHart of the State Department, in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday (US time), Seoul's foreign ministry said in a release.The previous negotiations
Foreign Affairs Nov. 29, 2019
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Chinese warplane violates Korea's air defense zone again
A Chinese military plane violated South Korea's air defense identification zone again Friday, prompting the Air Force to deploy its fighters to drive it out, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.The plane, presumed to be its Y-9 surveillance aircraft, first entered the KADIZ at 10:05 a.m. from an area west of Ieodo, a submerged rock south of Jeju Island, and exited the zone at 10:53 a.m. It later reentered the zone two more times before its last exit at 1:36 p.m.A country declares an air defense i
Defense Nov. 29, 2019
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Main opposition to stage filibuster to prevent vote on key reform bills
The main opposition Liberty Korea Party said Friday it will launch a filibuster to prevent a parliamentary vote on contentious reform bills, effectively putting to a halt the ongoing regular session.The conservative LKP approved a filibuster drive with a plan to have its lawmakers take turns speaking for four hours until the ongoing parliamentary regular session ends on Dec. 10, according to party officials.A filibuster involves lawmakers speaking for extended periods as way to prevent a parliam
Politics Nov. 29, 2019
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Block B member faces lawsuits after raising music chart fixing accusations
Park Kyung, a music producer and a member of K-pop boy band Block B, is facing a chain of lawsuits from fellow music artists after accusing them of music chart manipulation. This past Sunday, the 27-year-old rapper named five fellow singers and a duo on his SNS account, saying, "I wish I could do music hoarding like these people." Park was alluding to his suspicion that they had their music downloaded and purchased in large quantities to boost their numbers on sales charts. The six nam
Social Affairs Nov. 29, 2019
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NK's latest weapons test intended to warn it can return to past behavior: Seoul
North Korea appears to have tested a super-large multiple rocket launcher as a warning sign that it can return to its past behavior of resorting to provocations if it fails to get what it wants during talks with the United States, Seoul's spy agency said Friday.The National Intelligence Service also assessed as "premeditated" the North's recent artillery firing drills on an inter-Korean border island in the Yellow Sea.On Thursday, the North fired two short-range projectiles in a row fr
North Korea Nov. 29, 2019
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Top nuclear envoys of S. Korea, US, Japan hold phone talks on NK firing
South Korea's chief nuclear envoy has held telephone talks with his counterparts of the United States and Japan and discussed North Korea's latest firing of projectiles, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday. Lee Do-hoon, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, spoke by phone with Steven Biegun, special representative for North Korea, early Friday (Seoul time). He spoke to Shigeki Takizaki, head of the Japanese foreign ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau l
North Korea Nov. 29, 2019
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No info shared between Seoul, Tokyo via GSOMIA over N. Korea's missile test: officials
South Korea and Japan did not exchange military information with each other regarding North Korea's weapons test this week under the framework of their bilateral intelligence-sharing pact, officials said Friday.On Thursday, North Korea fired two short-range rockets into the East Sea in a test of its super-large multiple rocket launcher. It was the North's first weapons test since Seoul decided last week to conditionally renew the General Security of Military Information Agreement."Japan did
Defense Nov. 29, 2019
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Opposition leader declares end to hunger strike
South Korea's opposition leader has decided to terminate his hunger strike of more than a week but vowed to toughen his struggle against the Moon Jae-in administration over contentious reform bills, his party said Friday.Hwang Kyo-ahn, chairman of the conservative Liberty Korea Party, ended his eight-day fast Thursday afternoon on the recommendation of doctors, party officials and family, party spokesperson Jun Hee-kyung said in a press release.Hwang lost consciousness and was rushed to Severanc
Politics Nov. 29, 2019
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