Category: Korea
Growth Not Missile Threat Tops Park’s Korea Agenda
With North Korea escalating its threats to test a ballistic missile, South Korean President Park Geun Hye was conferring with Bill Gates on another pressing matter. Seated [...]
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Malawi defends Korea labour deal
The government of Malawi has defended a controversial deal it struck with South Korea to export up to 100,000 of its young people as migrant workers. Opposition MPs in Malawi [...]
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Japan’s Abe says N Korea can settle old kidnapping row
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday he believed North Korea’s young leader was capable of making the right decision to resolve a dispute over kidnapped [...]
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Google finally launches the Nexus 4 in Korea
The Nexus 4, the flagship smartphone from Google that is produced by LG, has finally launched in Korea today, where it is available to buy via the Google Play store. The [...]
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S Korea industrial output rises in April
South Korea’s industrial output rose in April for the first time in four months, fanning hopes of a recovery in an economy that posted its slowest growth for three [...]
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Museveni begins 3-day visit to Korea
President Yoweri Museveni has started a 3-day working visit to South Korea by touring a research Agricultural Institute and the headquarters of Samsung, a leading electronics [...]
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Korea and Saskatchewan to talk energy
A joint meeting on energy will be one of the key elements of a visit to Regina by the ambassador of the Republic of Korea in June. Ambassador Cho Heeyong will meet with [...]
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Activists Say Laos Sent N Korean Refugees to China
A group of young North Korean refugees detained in Laos have been taken to China by North Korean agents and may face severe punishment if they are returned home, activists in [...]
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Nuclear-free N. Korea is China’s top priority
THE sudden visit to China of vice-Marshal Choe Ryong-hae, the personal envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, appears to be an attempt by North Korea to break through the [...]
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N Korean Defectors Sent Home From Laos Via China, Korean Report Says
Nine North Korean defectors have been forced to return to their country from China after being captured in Laos, a news report said Wednesday. South Korea’s Yonhap news [...]
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Struggling Korean builders tell employees to show loyalty: buy apartments
Five years after the global financial crisis, South Korean construction workers are feeling the pinch more than ever as they shoulder a mountain of debt from a real estate [...]
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N Korea sanctions hit aid groups, some forced to carry cash by hand due to bank clampdown
New international sanctions aimed at thwarting North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme are having unintended consequences: halting money transfers by foreign [...]
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Anger over N. Korean refugees repatriated from Laos
Human rights monitors and North Korean defector groups voiced anger and concern Thursday over the forced repatriation to Pyongyang of nine young refugees captured in Laos. [...]
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N. Korea invites S. Korea managers to Kaesong zone
North Korea said Tuesday it would allow South Korean businesspeople to visit their plants in a shuttered joint economic zone, but declined Seoul’s offer of official [...]
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Korea Shuts 2 Reactors Over Faked Certificates
South Korea said on Tuesday that it was turning off two nuclear power reactors and delaying the scheduled start of operations at another two after its inspectors discovered [...]
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