President Park Geun-hye and her Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on Sunday agreed that Korean companies will take part in an oil refinery plant project worth US$1.5 billion in Uganda.
The two met in the Ugandan capital of Kampala.
They also agreed to join hands in imposing sanctions against Nort… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : The 20th National Assembly began its four-year term on Monday, but vice floor leaders of the three …[more…] …read more
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Iran has given foreign social media sites one year to transfer data they hold on Iranian users inside the country.
“Foreign social media active in the country must transfer to Iran all the data they hold on Iranian citizens into the country in order to ensure their continued activity,” Iran’s Suprem… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : President Park Geun-hye has congratulated the beginning of the 20th National Assembly during her current trip to Africa, expressing hope that the new parliament will devote itself to improving people’s livelihoods.[more…] …read more
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[International] : The European Union has carried out an additional set of powerful and extensive sanctions on North …[more…] …read more
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[Politics] : The National Assembly said Friday that it received a formal request from President Park Geun-hye …[more…] …read more
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A former U.S. Forces Korea chief has said that instability in North Korea will lead to its collapse “sooner than many of us think.”
Gen. Walter Sharp, who led the USFK from 2008 to 2011, was speaking at a forum in Hawaii, according to the Stars and Stripes army daily on Wednesday.
“There would be m… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : A leading U.S. Senator urged U.S. lawmakers to include a clause in a national security bill that …[more…] …read more
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Provincial populations are dwindling as deaths simply outnumber births, even as no one moves away to the big city.
According to Statistics Korea, South Jeolla Province’s population first shrank naturally in 2013, and Gangwon Province’s in 2014.
In North Jeolla Province, net population growth hover… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : Ruling Saenuri Party Floor Leader Chung Jin-suk says the party will hold a general meeting of …[more…] …read more
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Images of Samsung’s new Gear Fit 2 smartwatch were leaked on Monday a week ahead of the official release.
The leaked images appeared on a twitter account of a mobile developers’ club, with the caption “Gear Fit 2 to be released in June.”
In the images, the new wearable seems to be available in thre… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : A key South Korean Air Force official says that the elimination of North Korea’s supreme …[more…] …read more
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Temperatures rose to over 30 degrees Celsius in Seoul for the fourth straight day on Sunday, making this the hottest May in 66 years, the Korea Meteorological Administration said.
The last time the mercury climbed over 30 degrees in May was in 1950 when it happened for four consecutive days between… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Economy] : The government and the ruling Saenuri Party will hold a meeting on Tuesday to discuss measures …[more…] …read more
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[Domestic] : Health authorities called for caution among travelers to Angola due to an outbreak of yellow fever.
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European Union ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed on a mechanism aimed at suspending visa-free travel for foreign nationals abusing the privilege and approved funds to help Greece cope with Europe’s migrant crisis.
The action would essentially make it easier and faster for EU members to suspe… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : Anchor: Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn held talks with his Uzbek counterpart in the Central Asian …[more…] …read more
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Nonagenarian Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho has checked himself out of Seoul National University Hospital just three days after he was admitted for a checkup of his mental faculties.
According to Lotte Group, Shin checked himself out of SNU Hospital on Thursday afternoon and returned to his quart… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Friday that the government will continue to coordinate a …[more…] …read more
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[Domestic] : The 2016 Unification Expo will open later this month in downtown Seoul.
The Unification …[more…] …read more
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Choo Shin-soo is likely to return to action for the Texas Rangers on Saturday after a stint on the team’s minor league roster due to injury.
Choo was placed on the Rangers’ disabled list on April 11 due to an inflammation of his right calf.
Rangers manager Jeff Banister said Choo would take the fie… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
The last weekend of May will see atmospheric night tours of historic sites near Deoksu Palace in downtown Seoul.
Major historical buildings in the area will be open to the public on May 27 and 28.
Participants will have a rare chance to look around the official residences of the Canadian, U.K., and … …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-Ahn will embark on a five-day trip to Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey …[more…] …read more
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A record- number of twins were born in Korea last year as more older couples resorted to fertility treatment.
According to Supreme Court data, 29,904 twins were born in 2015 accounting for 6.6 percent of all children born that year.
The number of twins has risen steadily over the last decade from … …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : The White House says it will continue its policy of isolating North Korea with strong international sanctions until the end of President Barack Obama’s term in office, unless the communist state promises to end its nuclear weapons program.
[more…] …read more
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Security was tight as mourners packed a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall on Sunday evening for a memorial for megastar Prince, who worshipped there before he died last month.Traffic cones lined the streets in front of the church in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka, and media and fans were kept w… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Economy] : It has been belatedly made known that Hyundai Motor Group filed a patent to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on foldable cars.[more…] …read more
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British authorities said Sunday that a suspect device they found at the Manchester United stadium and detonated was not viable.
Manchester police described the device as “incredibly lifelike,” and that a full search of Old Trafford stadium was being conducted.
After the device was found, tens of tho… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : Representative Kim Yong-tae of the ruling Saenuri Party has been named as the head of the party’s …[more…] …read more
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[Economy] : Health authorities will conduct inspections on postnatal care centers nationwide every three years …[more…] …read more
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[Politics] : President Park Geun-hye agreed Friday to meet regularly with the heads of the three main ruling and …[more…] …read more
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The Korean Swimming Federation on Wednesday announced the preliminary list of 22 swimmers — 11 men and 11 women — who will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. They were selected based on results from the first and second round of the Olympic tryouts held in February and April.Ol… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : The British government last month searched the London office of a state-run North Korean insurance …[more…] …read more
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[Politics] : Seoul’s Foreign Ministry has positively evaluated United States President Barack Obama’s planned visit to Hiroshima, Japan, where the U.S. first used an atomic bomb at the end of the Second World War. [more…] …read more
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Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae has swept all five individual events at the Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, which ended on Tuesday.
Son earned 18.600 points in both hoop and ball, 18.550 points in clubs and a personal best 18.700 points in an impressive ribbon performance to Libert… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Sports] : Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae won all five individual titles at the eighth Rhythmic Gymnastics …[more…] …read more
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Korea’s economy has grown to the 11th-largest in the world, but the country is still the world’s third-biggest destination for the adoption of orphans after China and Ethiopia.
The Korea Adoption Services last week said of the 5,648 children from other countries adopted by families in the U.S. last… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : South Korea’s opposition parties have criticized North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in unison …[more…] …read more
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Australia’s prime minister has called for an early election to be held on July 2.
In announcing the date on Sunday, Malcolm Turnbull said, “At this election, Australians will have a very clear choice: to keep the course, maintain the commitment to our national economic plan for growth and jobs or go… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : The South Korean government has dismissed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s pursuit of nuclear …[more…] …read more
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[Politics] : The top diplomats of South Korea and the U.S. have agreed to continue sending out a strong message …[more…] …read more
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[International] : According to a U.S. newspaper, the rise of Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential campaign is …[more…] …read more
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Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan have agreed to meet next week, but the presumptive Republican presidential nominee doesn’t seem particularly enthusiastic.
Trump said that he had “no idea” if the talks to bridge the party’s divide over his nomination would succeed and that it didn’t really … …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Inter-Korea] : The seventh congress of North Korea’s ruling Worker’s Party will open Friday, which is being viewed …[more…] …read more
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A British newspaper that pledged to prove that print news can survive in the online age has announced it is shutting down, just weeks after it began publishing.
Britain’s The New Day, launched Feb. 29 as the nation’s first national daily newspaper in 30 years, announced Thursday that its last issue … …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Domestic] : Online shopping malls in South Korea have joined the boycott of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser, under fire …[more…] …read more
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Russia says it will deploy three divisions of troops along its borders to counter NATO’s increasing military presence in Eastern Europe.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday after a meeting in Moscow that the new divisions will be stationed along Russia’s western and southern borders. … …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Economy] : South Korea’s foreign reserves rose for the second consecutive month in April.
Bank of …[more…] …read more
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Korean-American missionary Kenneth Bae on Monday published a memoir about his grueling two-year detention in North Korea.
“Not Forgotten: The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea” details a backbreaking regime of hard labor, verbal abuse and death threats he endured.
Bae went to the North on… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
Many prominent surgeons think the idea is crazy and will not work, but Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero says he still plans to attempt the first human head transplant late next year.He even has a volunteer, 31-year-old Russian software development manager Valery Spiridonov, who suffers from a de… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : The Foreign Ministry has warned South Korean journalists reporting along the China-North Korea …[more…] …read more
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Olga Fedorenko was the first Russian to be appointed an anthropology professor at Seoul National University last year and is now teaching Korean Studies there.
Students were skeptical at first whether the 39-year-old foreigner had much to tell them about their own culture, but their doubts dissipat… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : The UN Security Council is expected to soon adopt a press statement denouncing North Korea’s test …[more…] …read more
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The Australian government has urged the British people not to leave the European Union. A referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership in the EU will be held in June.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop believes it is in her country’s best interest that Britain remains a part of the European U… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : President Park Geun-hye will leave Sunday for a three-day state visit to Iran, the first such trip …[more…] …read more
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