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Fri, September 22, 2023 | 00:04
[INTERVIEW] Moon rallies int'l support for unification of two Koreas
Hyun Jin Preston Moon, founder and chairman of the Global Peace Foundation, based in Washington, D.C., is a ...
Politics | 2022-08-17 09:03
Thinking the unthinkable on North Korea
The unification of the two Koreas seems to be one of the least likely things to happen any time soon, particularly now when inter-Korean relations have become more confrontational and volatile than ever before. There have been few signs of improvement in South-North Korea relations since conservative President Yoon Suk-yeol was inaugurated on May 10. Unlike his predecessor, M...
North Korea | 2022-08-15 08:58
Yoon details whereabouts during record downpour to curb conspiracy theory
President Yoon Suk-yeol directed the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and other related ministries on Tuesday to keenly watch the developments of torrential downpours and to draw up measures to protect people's lives and their property while preparing to deal with the aftermath of the record rainfall in the central part of the country.
Politics | 2022-08-09 16:08
Nancy Pelosi vs. Lee Jun-seok
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's arrival in Taiwan on Wednesday, despite China's furious reaction which materialized in a menacing military show of force, has made some Koreans like me want to revisit Lee Jun-seok's week-long trip to war-torn Ukraine two months ago, shortly after the June 1 local elections. The two high-profile visits to the regions with high levels of secur...
Politics | 2022-08-03 17:04
Domestic politics presents major stumbling block to Korea-Japan relations
In Korea-Japan relations, it is commonly said among Korean experts that the ball is in Japan's court. In other words, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds the key, particularly following his party's big win in the Upper House elections earlier this month. Thus, it's important how he will respond to President Yoon Suk-yeol's repeated calls to sit down for a summit to di...
Foreign Affairs | 2022-07-25 08:03
Don't let first lady outshine president, says Daegu mayor
Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo has shared some advice in a Facebook post to help President Yoon Suk-yeol stay in control of state affairs amid Yoon being trapped in falling approval ratings. Hong singled out the first lady, the founder and president of her “fan club” and a group of Yoon's confidants who are called by the Korean acronym, “Yoon-haek-kwan,” or President Yoon's inner ...
Politics | 2022-07-21 14:30
Unification Church claims its members face death threats over Abe's death
The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, better known as the Unification Church, claimed that the church and its members in Japan faced death threats and hate crimes following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The threats were reactions to “abusive” donation practices of the church, founded by self-claimed messiah Moon Sun-myung in 1954 in S...
Foreign Affairs | 2022-07-19 16:39
He shares tips for happier, more fulfilling life
CHUNCHEON - Son Woong-jung, the father of English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min, encouraged aspiring football players to live the life they want, rather than one they feel they're simply supposed to live. He raised the question, “What is happiness?” in order to share his own definition of a happier, more fulfilling life, during an exclusive inter...
Sports | 2022-07-19 14:55
New video shows North Korean fishermen desperately resisting deportation at DMZ
The Ministry of Unification on Monday released a four-minute video of two North Korean fishermen who were handed over to the North in November 2019, showing one of them frantically resisting repatriation. The video was made public about a week after the ministry released 10 photos that documented how they were sent back to the North at the inter-Korean border area. The photos...
Foreign Affairs | 2022-07-18 20:40
Few signs of anti-Korean hate crimes in Japan after Abe's death
The Consulate General of South Korea in Japan's Fukuoka prefecture created an uproar on July 8, the day when Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by an unemployed 41-year-old Japanese man named Tetsuya Yamagami. After the shocking news, South Korea's Consulate General uploaded a social media post warning Koreans in Japan about their safety, mentioning the...
Foreign Affairs | 2022-07-14 08:47
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