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Jeju April 3 victims confirmed innocent 70 years after incident
Eighteen living victims of the April 3rd massacre in Jeju island, who had been imprisoned without proper legal procedures were cleared of charges Thursday, some 70 years after the incident. The Jeju District Court overturned the military rulings handed down during the massacre, declaring them "invalid"...
2019-01-18 18:01:32 KST -
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Prosecutors seek arrest warrant for former Supreme Court chief justice over power abuse scandal
Just a week after first summoning Korea's former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae for questioning, prosecutors have now filed an arrest warrant against the former head of the judiciary. The team of prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office sought a warrant against Yang on Fri...
2019-01-18 17:59:10 KST -
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Moon welcomes NY state's designation of March 1st Independence Movement as memorial day
President Moon Jae-in welcomed a declaration by the legislature of New York state designating a memorial day to mark Korea's March 1st Independence Movement, in which citizens rose up in protest against Japanese colonial rule. On Twitter and Facebook,… the South Korean leader wrote that he is "very plea...
2019-01-18 17:59:10 KST -
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S. Korea's defense ministry 'open to dialogue' with Japan to resolve radar dispute
South Korea's defense ministry said it is open to future dialogue with Japan to resolve the radar issue. A ministry official said Friday that South Korea is willing to participate in further discussions with Japan that are based on facts as well as understandings of weapons systems and the international law. ...
2019-01-18 17:59:10 KST -
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S. Korea orders another Japanese firm to compensate forced laborers
On Friday, the Seoul High Court upheld a ruling by a lower court ordering Japanese manufacturer Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation to pay up to about ninety-thousand U.S. dollars to each victim. The victims were tricked into joining the Korean Women's Volunteer Labor Corps and were told they would be able to st...
2019-01-18 17:59:09 KST -
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Head of National Defense Committee demands Japan's apology for flying toward S. Korean warship in threatening manner
The head of the National Defense Committee, Ahn Gyu-back released a statement today, demanding Japan's apology for flying its patrol aircraft towards a South Korean warship in a threatening manner. He said the nature of the incident in the East Sea in December is that Seoul's naval vessel was on a humanitarian miss...
2019-01-18 15:08:26 KST -
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S. Korea to provide more support for defense industry to boost exports
Seoul plans to cut the technology fees collected by the government from defense industry exports. According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, technology fees will be reduced to a rate of one-percent from the current two-percent. The arms procurement agency also said this year's support budget for...
2019-01-18 15:00:04 KST -
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S. Korea's intelligence chief reportedly visited Washington last week to meet with CIA chief ahead of N. Korea-U.S. working-level talks
South Korea's intelligence chief Suh Hoon reportedly went to Washington last week, ahead of this Friday's talks between North Korea and the U.S. Diplomatic sources familiar with the matter say that the director of Seoul's National Intelligence Service was in the U.S. capital last Sunday and met with CIA chief Gina...
2019-01-18 12:14:12 KST -
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S. Korea to expand subsidies for hydrogen, electric vehicles
The government will expand subsidies to consumers who buy hydrogen or electric cars. According to the environment ministry, that means nearly 60-thousand vehicles will be eligible. An increase of 25 thousand from a year ago. The subsidies are worth about 30-thousand U.S. dollars depending on the car. It'll...
2019-01-18 10:00:16 KST -
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President Moon pledges to establish 'Hydrogen Economy'
A golden opportunity for South Korea to fundamentally shift away from fossil fuels and build the new growth engines that are the "Hydrogen Economy." According to President Moon Jae-in, this revolutionary change is a must. (KOREAN) "At the dawning of the era of the hydrogen economy, it is crucial...
2019-01-18 10:00:13 KST -
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S. Korea's defense ministry summons Japanese military attache to convey its strong protests
South Korea's defense ministry summoned Japan's military attache on Thursday to convey strong protests over Tokyo's actions over their ongoing radar spat. Seoul stressed all the facts used by its spokesperson were correct regarding a press conference on Monday's working-level discussions held i...
2019-01-18 07:19:21 KST -
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Nuclear envoys of South Korea and China meet to discuss developments on North Korea's denuclearization
The South Korean and Chinese delegates of the six-party talks met in Seoul on Thursday to discuss the latest developments surrounding the Peninsula. South Korea's foreign ministry says Special representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, Lee Do-hoon told his Chinese counterpart Kong Xuan...
2019-01-18 04:22:28 KST
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