All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    China hopes S. Korea, Japan to improve ties after deal on wartime sex slaves

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China said Monday it hopes South Korea-Japan ties will improve after Seoul and Tokyo reached a landmark deal on the issue of Korean women forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese army during World...

    • Posted December 28, 2015
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  • A police officer stands guard Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo following an explosion in its public restroom. Police in Tokyo have arrested a South Korean man suspected of causing an explosion last month at the controversial shrine in Tokyo that honors Japanese war dead. The 27-year-old Jeon Chang-han was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 9 after he returned to Tokyo from South Korea for voluntary questioning, police officials said. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
    S. Korean man indicted over alleged Yasukuni bombing

    TOKYO (Yonhap) — Japanese prosecutors indicted a South Korean man for the suspected bombing of a public restroom at a Tokyo war shrine last month, news reports said Monday. The 27-year-old suspect, identified only by his surname...

    • Posted December 28, 2015
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  • Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, is shown the way by South Korean President Park Geun-hye prior to a meeting at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan said Monday they had reached a deal meant to resolve a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II, a potentially dramatic breakthrough between the Northeast Asian neighbors and rivals. (Chun Jean-hwan/Newsis via AP)
    Park calls for fresh ties with Japan over landmark deal on comfort women

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye expressed hope Monday that South Korea and Japan will build confidence and start bilateral relations anew based on a landmark deal on the comfort women. South Korea and Japan “should turn...

    • Posted December 28, 2015
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  • Undated picture released from North Korea of leader Kim Jong-un (Yonhap/KCNA)
    North Korea publishes report on South Korean human rights

    By Rachel Lee North Korea has published a report on South Korea’s human rights situation in an apparent bid to counter mounting international pressure on Pyongyang over its human rights violations. The report, published by the North’s...

    • Posted December 28, 2015
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  • South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, right, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida after their joint press conference at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. The foreign ministers said they had reached a deal meant to resolve a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II, a potentially dramatic breakthrough between the Northeast Asian neighbors and rivals. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    South Korea, Japan settle deal on wartime Korean sex slaves

    The deal, which included an apology from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a 1 billion yen ($8.3 million) aid fund from Tokyo for the elderly former sex slaves, could reverse decades of animosity and mistrust between...

    • Posted December 28, 2015
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    Public officials taking bribes to be expelled at once

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Any public official taking money or valuables worth more than 1 million won (US$856) as bribes will be kicked out of office without exception from now on, the government said Monday. The Ministry of...

    • Posted December 28, 2015
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    Bangtan Boys cancel Japan concert after Suga, V complain of dizziness

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean boy band Bangtan Boys has canceled its year-end concerts in Japan after two of its members came down with health issues, the group’s management agency said Monday. The seven-member act was supposed...

    • Posted December 28, 2015
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