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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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S. Korea votes in favor of Palestinian bid for UN membership
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Bae Doo-na shares portraying Korean identity in Hollywood's 'Rebel Moon'
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[From the Scene] Monks, Buddhists hail return of remains of Buddhas
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Medical schools granted enrollment quota flexibility for next year
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Yoon offers first one-on-one meeting with opposition leader next week
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France rejects opening Paris flight routes to T'way Air, deals blow to Korean Air merger
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Chinese man behind drug scam targeting teens nabbed in Cambodia
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Iran fires air defense batteries in provinces as sound of explosions heard near Isfahan
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[Graphic News] French bulldog most popular breed in US, Maltese most popular in Korea
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Seoul rebukes Tokyo over textbooks' claim on Dokdo
Noda’s remarks on Korean WWII sex slaves triggering backlashThe Japanese government on Wednesday approved three new high school textbooks that claim Dokdo as Japanese territory, sparking protests from the Korean government.The Japanese education ministry announced the first results of the textbook screenings, running from 2012-2014, as part of the country’s 2008 and 2009 programs to enhance territory-related education in its schools.Dokdo still remains a thorny issue between Korea and Japan. Loc
March 27, 2012
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Seoul Communique considers new dimensions of nuclear security
Some progress has been made in global efforts for nuclear security as leaders of more than 50 nations and four international organizations put their heads together to strengthen their cooperation at the Nuclear Security Summit here. Adopted Tuesday at the close of the summit, the Seoul Communique saw leaders agree on more concrete plans than at the inaugural Washington summit in 2010.The communique urged states to develop multilateral cooperation, involving international organizations such as th
March 27, 2012
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Full text of Lee’s opening address to nuclear summit
The following is the full text of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak’s speech at a plenary session of the Nuclear Security Summit on Tuesday. ― Ed.Distinguished leaders from around the world, Your excellencies, distinguished delegates,I would like to extend, on behalf of the Korean government and its people, a most heartfelt welcome to all of you who are here attending the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. It is with great pleasure that we host the Seoul Summit.The maintenance of peace and s
March 27, 2012
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N. Korea’s rocket plan hijacks nuclear summit
The 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit was supposed to be an opportunity for President Barack Obama and other leaders to find ways to keep nuclear material away from terrorists. So far, North Korea has upstaged that agenda.And that may be just what Pyongyang intended.Several of the heads of state meeting in Seoul have criticized the North’s surprise announcement 10 days ago that it plans to blast a satellite into space next month aboard a long-range rocket ― a launch that Obama’s government view
March 27, 2012
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Korea, Vietnam, IAEA in joint project to track radioactive sources
The South Korean government said it has agreed with Vietnam and the International Atomic Energy Agency to consider undertaking a pilot project to build a system in Vietnam for tracking radioactive sources.The agreement came on the sidelines of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, aimed at enhancing nuclear security by minimizing global stocks of nuclear materials and preventing them from falling into the hands of terrorists.“The Radiation Source Location Tracking system has been developed and
March 27, 2012
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Three new Japanese textbooks claim Dokdo
By Kim Yoon-miThe Japanese government on Wednesday approved three new high school textbooks in the latest round of screenings that claim Dokdo as Japanese territory, a move likely to spark a strong protest from the Korean government.The Japanese education ministry announced the first results of the textbook screenings, which are running from 2012-2014 as part of the country’s 2008 and 2009 programs to enhance territory-related education in its schools.Dokdo still remains a thorny issue between K
March 27, 2012
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Japanese P.M. tells N. Korea to cancel rocket launch
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda called Tuesday for North Korea to cancel its planned rocket launch, telling world leaders at a nuclear security summit the move violated U.N. resolutions.“North Korea‘s launch of a missile under the guise of ’a satellite‘... is against the non-proliferation efforts of the international community and would be a violation of relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions,” Noda said, according to an English version of his speech given to reporters.“As such, the i
March 27, 2012
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U.S., Europe radioisotope producers to cut HEU use
The U.S., Belgium, France and the Netherlands announced Monday that they agreed to enhance cooperation in minimizing the use of highly enriched uranium in producing medical isotopes.Medical isotopes refer to radioactive materials used for medical purposes such as imaging organs and tumors, and HEU is their material of origin. Under the agreement the four countries will collaborate in developing non-HEU-based production process to a level that stable supply of such materials is established by 201
March 26, 2012
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Experts urge leaders to think globally about nuclear security
Nuclear security experts have called on governments to look beyond state lines to tackle nuclear terrorism threats and disasters at a global level. Members of the Fissile Materials Working Group said it was time for states to look beyond their own individual commitments to the bigger picture as they moved on from the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit held on Monday and Tuesday. “Nations are responsible, but they also have an international obligation and how you match those two things up hasn’t bee
March 26, 2012
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Leaders share progress made since 2010 Washington summit
Leaders of 53 countries and four international organizations attending the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit on Monday shared progress in nuclear security since the 2010 Washington summit, South Korea’s spokesperson for the Seoul summit said.The two-day summit, the second of its kind, kicked off on Monday afternoon at COEX in southern Seoul where South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held a welcoming reception for his counterparts to greet them one by one. They included U.S. President Barack Oba
March 26, 2012
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Obama meets Hu after blunt words on N.K.
U.S. President Barack Obama met his Chinese counterpart Monday for talks to focus on North Korea’s upcoming rocket launch, a day after a blunt appeal to Beijing to get tougher with Pyongyang. Obama and President Hu Jintao held talks before the start of a nuclear terrorism summit in South Korea which has been overshadowed by the North’s planned launch in mid-April. Obama told Hu in introductory remarks the situation in North Korea and Iran is “of great importance to us,” and that China and the Un
March 26, 2012
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Japan’s Noda urges N. Korea to cancel rocket launch
TOKYO (Yonhap News) ― Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda urged North Korea on Monday to drop a plan to launch a long-range rocket next month, saying the North’s maneuver will undermine peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.“If North Korea goes ahead with the rocket launch, it will retreat efforts to resolve relevant issues through dialogue,” Noda said in a written interview with Korean correspondents ahead of an international summit on nuclear security in Seoul.“The rocket launch plan
March 26, 2012
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Korea’s contribution to the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit
The following article was contributed by Jun Bong-geun, professor and director at the Center for Nonproliferation and Security, Korea National Diplomatic Academy, on the occasion of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. ― Ed.The 2012 Nuclear Security Summit is being held in Seoul. Fifty-eight world leaders from 53 states and four international organizations, including the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, the European Union and INTERPOL, have participated in the Summit. It is
March 26, 2012
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Nuclear security diplomacy: A creative multilateral effort
The following article was contributed by Masood Khan, Sherpa of Pakistan for the Nuclear Security Summit, on the occasion of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. ― Ed.In April 2009, President Barack Obama announced that the United States would host a Global Summit on Nuclear Security within the next year. Since then, nuclear security diplomacy has assumed a distinct character and created a new deliberative process. The objective of this newly energized diplomacy is to enhance nuclear security
March 26, 2012
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China promises to try to dissuade N. K. from rocket launch
China promised Monday to try to dissuade North Korea from its planned long-range rocket launch, expressing "deep concern" that the move could have negative effects on peace on the Korean Peninsula and efforts to resume six-party nuclear talks, an official said.Chinese officials made the remarks duri
March 26, 2012
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National commitments key to summit success
Discussions to center on HEU minimization, international convention ratification, financial contributionsThe Nuclear Security Summit, first held in Washington in 2010, takes its origin in U.S. security strategies to prevent nuclear terrorism. Since taking office in 2009, U.S. President Obama has tackled global threats stemming from nuclear terrorism in a multilateral scheme.During his speech in Prague in April 2009, Obama singled out nuclear terrorism as the most serious threat to international
March 25, 2012
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Nuclear experts discuss threats, challenges, solutions
Hundreds of nuclear security experts stressed the dangers of nuclear threats in Seoul and discussed a variety of solutions for overcoming challenges in securing fissile materials two days before South Korea kicked off the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.The nine-hour Seoul Nuclear Security Symposium began with a keynote speech by Graham Allison, director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, who wrote “Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Cat
March 25, 2012
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Nation revives spirit of Pakistan Movement
The following is a message from Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on the occasion of Pakistan Day, March 23, 2012. ― Ed.March 23 is a landmark day in the history of Pakistan when the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent adopted the historic Lahore Resolution put forth by A.K. Fazal-e-Haq on March 23, 1940 at the famous Minto Park (now Minar-e-Pakistan. This resolution at the 27th annual meeting of the All-India Muslim League provided the Muslims with an ideal, and united them in the
March 25, 2012
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Pakistan, Korea promote bilateral relations
The following is a message from Shaukat Ali Mukadam, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, on the occasion of Pakistan Day, March 23, 2012. ― Ed.I would like to express my deepest appreciation and thanks to The Korea Herald for bringing out a supplement on the occasion of Pakistan Day for March 23. Korea has developed under the dynamic leadership of President Lee Myung-bak and Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik. Pakistan and Korea enjoy very cordial relations which are deep-rooted in history
March 25, 2012
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Pakistanis celebrate Pakistan Day
The following is the message from Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on the occasion of Pakistan Day, March 23, 2012. ― Ed.Seventy-two years ago on this day the Muslims of the subcontinent formally committed through a Resolution to work for achieving a separate homeland for themselves. With the blessings of Allah and through the heroic struggle of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Jinnah and the founding fathers, the Muslims of the subcontinent achieved their objective on Aug. 14, 1947, within a short span
March 25, 2012