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USFK Commander: S. Korea, US Signed New Joint Wartime Operations Plan Last Year
The commander of U.S. Forces Korea(USFK) said South Korea and the United States signed a new joint wartime operations plan last year to counter evolving military threats from ...
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KOSPI Jumps more than 6%, Surpassing 2,440 Mark, after 90-Day Pause on US Tariffs
The benchmark KOSPI jumped more than six percent on Thursday, soaring above the two-thousand-440 mark, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 90-day grace period on ...
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Japanese Top Diplomat Expresses Regret over Statue of Peace in 2 German Cities
Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi expressed deep regret over the presence of statues in the German cities of Cologne and Kassel to honor the victims of Japanese military ...
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USFK Chief: US Presence on Korean Peninsula Plays Essential Role
Amid a review of U.S. troop realignment around the world under the new Trump administration, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea(USFK) has stressed what he called the positional ...
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Taekwondo Instructor Gets 30 Years in Child Murder Case
The director of a taekwondo studio who killed a five-year-old child by placing him upside down in a rolled-up mat for almost half an hour has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.The ...
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Gov’t Vows Support Measures for Chip Industry ahead of US Tariffs
The government has promised to swiftly devise support measures for the local semiconductor industry to mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs on semiconductor imports.Industry ...
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Constitutional Court Rejects Impeachment of Justice Minister Park
The Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected the National Assembly’s motion to impeach Justice Minister Park Sung-jae, immediately reinstating him.The eight justices ...
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Acting President Calls for Efforts to Make Progress in Tariff Negotiations with US
Acting President Han Duck-soo says the nation must make more efforts to achieve progress in all negotiations with the United States over the next 90 days so it can be free from ...
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Former People Power Party Chief Han Declares Presidential Bid
Former People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon officially declared his presidential bid on Thursday.Han made the announcement at a ceremony at the National Assembly, ...
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People Power Party to Select 4 Presidential Candidates in First Primary
Amid public announcements that several People Power Party(PPP) representatives intend to run in the snap presidential election on June 3, the conservative party has revealed ...
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Trump Pauses Reciprocal Tariffs for 90 Days for Most Nations, including S. Korea
Anchor: U.S. President Donald Trump announced a three-month pause on all the reciprocal tariffs that went into effect Wednesday, with the exception of the ones on China. In ...
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Adoptees Urge Truth Commission to Uncover Violations before Mandate Ends
Hundreds of South Korean adoptees who were sent abroad from the 1960s to the 1990s are urging the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate further and uncover human ...