South Korea
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South Korea to file WTO complaint over Japan’s export curbs
Sep 11, 2019South Korea said Wednesday it will file a complaint to the World Trade Organisation over Japan’s “politically motivated” export restrictions, upping the ante in an intensifying dispute with the neighbor. Seoul and Tokyo have been embroiled... -
U.S. says Japan, South Korea ‘soul searching’ needed over damaging row
Aug 8, 2019A senior U.S. official said on Wednesday Japan and Korea needed to do some “soul searching” about political decisions that have damaged relations between the two U.S. allies in recent months and called for calm words... -
Japan halts exhibit of S. Korea’s ‘comfort women’ statue
Aug 6, 2019A Japanese exhibition featuring a controversial South Korean artwork depicting a wartime sex slave has been canceled after threats of violence as bilateral ties between the countries fray. The cancellation comes as relations between Tokyo and... -
Moscow denies Russian aircraft violated South Korean airspace
Jul 23, 2019Moscow refused on Tuesday that its aircraft had dishonored South Korean airspace, saying its jets had sent out planned drills over international waters. “Two Tu-95 strategic bombers of Russia’s aerospace forces carried out a planned flight... -
South Korea hails Bong Joon-ho’s top prize win at Cannes
May 27, 2019South Korea on Sunday hailed Bong Joon-ho’s Cannes film festival win for “Parasite”, saying it had left a historic footprint as the first Korean film to win the Palme d’Or. The top prize win by “Parasite”,... -
Second S. Korean star quits as K-pop sex scandal spreads
Mar 13, 2019A burgeoning K-pop sex scandal claimed a second scalp as a singer who rose to fame after coming second in one of South Korea’s top talent shows admitted secretly filming himself having sex and sharing the... -
North Korea’s ‘socialist utopia’ needs mass labor. A growing market economy threatens that
Feb 19, 2019In January, thousands of North Korean students traveled to Mount Paektu, a sacred mountain where the ruling family claims its roots and where leader Kim Jong Un is building a massive economic hub at the alpine... -
No Uber or Airbnb in South Korea
Dec 18, 2018When Choi Ba-da pitched his car-sharing firm Luxi to Hyundai Motor officials in 2017, he told them there would be no future for South Korea’s top automaker if it failed to embrace emerging technologies. His pitch... -
Park returns to world No. 1 with LPGA Indy playoff win
Aug 21, 2018Park Sung-hyun is headed back to the world number one spot after a birdie at the first playoff hole lifted her to a US LPGA victory over Lizette Salas in Indianapolis. South Korean Park’s third victory... -
Tears as North and South Koreans meet after decades
Aug 21, 2018With tears and cries, dozens of elderly and frail South and North Korean family members met on Monday for the first time since the peninsula and their relationships were torn apart by war nearly 70 years...
