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Massive Protest Heaps Pressure on S. Korea President

Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children joined one of the largest anti-government protests ever seen in Seoul on Saturday, demanding South Korean President Park Geun-Hye’s resignation over a snowballing corruption scandal. Police put the turnout at 260,000, while organizers said one million people took to the streets for ...

November 12, 2016

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S. Korea Says Trump Pledged Commitment to Its Defense

US President-elect Donald Trump pledged his commitment to defending South Korea under an existing security alliance during a phone call with South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday, her office said. Trump had said during the election campaign he would be willing to withdraw US military stationed in South Korea ...

November 10, 2016

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S. Korea President Takes Fresh Hit over PM Nominee

South Korea’s scandal-hit president Park Geun-Hye suffered a fresh blow Tuesday as she effectively agreed to withdraw her chosen nominee for prime minister in the face of parliamentary opposition. Park had sought to replace her prime minister as part of an extensive cabinet reshuffle aimed at restoring public trust in ...

November 8, 2016

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South Korea President Says Scandal ‘My Fault’

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Friday agreed to be questioned in a formal corruption probe, portraying herself as an over-trusting, “lonely” leader who dropped her guard with a close friend arrested for fraud. In a highly personal televised address to the nation, Park said the scandal involving her long-time ...

November 4, 2016

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Scandal-Rocked S. Korean President Replaces PM

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye replaced her prime minister and finance minister Wednesday, as she scrambled to contain a damaging scandal over a close friend accused of meddling in state affairs The top-level reshuffle, which also saw a new public safety minister, was the latest attempt to appease growing public ...

November 2, 2016

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N. Korea Embassy Official Defects in Beijing

A ranking North Korean embassy official in Beijing has defected, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said Wednesday, while a separate report suggested two embassy staff had sought asylum with the Japanese mission there. If confirmed, it would mark the latest in a recent series of high-profile North Korean defections that ...

October 5, 2016

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South Korean President Urges N. Koreans to Defect

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye called on North Koreans to abandon their country Saturday and defect, just a day after a soldier walked across the heavily fortified border into the South. In a rare message directly addressed to rank-and-file troops and North Korean citizens, the president invited North Koreans to ...

October 2, 2016

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N. Korean Soldier Defects to S. Korea Across Demilitarized Zone

A North Korean soldier on Thursday defected to South Korea across the demilitarized zone between the two countries, local media reported, citing a South Korean military’s statement. “He crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) in the middle eastern sector at around 10 a.m. and defected to the South,” the Joint ...

September 29, 2016

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US Bomber Lands in S. Korea in Show of Force against North

An American strategic bomber landed in South Korea on Wednesday to remind Pyongyang of its powerful military assets in the region, US official sources said. The move comes a day after North Korea claimed it had successfully tested a new, high-powered rocket engine which the South said was designed to ...

September 21, 2016

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US Bombers in Show of Force against N. Korea

Two huge US strategic bombers flew over South Korea on Tuesday in a show of force against North Korea following Pyongyang’s fifth and largest-ever nuclear test. The supersonic B-1B Lancers reached airspace over the US Osan Air Base at Pyeongtaek, 64 kilometres (40 miles) south of Seoul, at around 10:00 ...

September 13, 2016