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Sun, March 7, 2021 | 01:57

Philadelphia council resolution condemns Harvard professor for defending Japan's sexual slavery

Philadelphia council resolution condemns Harvard professor for defending Japan's sexual slavery

The Philadelphia City Council has adopted a resolution condemning a professor of Harvard University for describing victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery as prostitutes in an academic paper. "On behalf of the survivors, and for women and girls around the world, we must continue to push back on dangerous attempts to minimize historical atrocities and ensure they never happe...

2021-03-06 14:08

Moon calls for release of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, condemns military crackdown

Moon calls for release of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, condemns military crackdown

President Moon Jae-in condemned Saturday the violent military crackdown on protests in Myanmar and called for the release of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. "The use of violence against the people of Myanmar must stop now. There should be no more loss of life," Moon wrote on social media.

2021-03-06 10:12

Myanmar's security forces crack down brutally on protesters

Seoul tasked with complex challenges ahead of visit of US diplomatic, defense policy chiefs

Seoul tasked with complex challenges ahead of visit of US diplomatic, defense policy chiefs

Korea and the U.S. are coordinating a visit to Seoul by U.S. diplomatic and defense policy chiefs, according to Cheong Wa Dae, Thursday. Although Seoul has not officially announced a date yet, latest reports say that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are expected in Korea March 17 and 18, following their visit to Japan. If the trip to S...

Do Je-hae | 2021-03-06 09:31

Gov't to run chartered flight Saturday to bring home Koreans in Myanmar

Gov't to run chartered flight Saturday to bring home Koreans in Myanmar

The government will charter a special flight, Saturday, to bring home Korean citizens from Myanmar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday. This will be the first chartered flight connecting the two countries as a brutal crackdown intensifies on protests against the military coup there. The ministry did not specify the airline, time or other details.

Yi Whan-woo | 2021-03-05 15:41

FM Chung meets victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery

FM Chung meets victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery

Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong met with a victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery Wednesday, as Seoul seeks to defuse persistent historical tensions with Tokyo amid Washington's calls for tighter trilateral cooperation with its key Asian allies.

2021-03-03 20:56

Myanmar's provisional parliamentary members seek Korean Assembly's support

Myanmar's provisional parliamentary members seek Korean Assembly's support

A group of activists here who support democracy in Myanmar has called on the Korean National Assembly not to recognize Myanmar's military authority as an official diplomatic partner.The activists held a press conference in front of the National Assembly, Wednesday, to deliver a letter with this message to South Korean lawmakers. They asked the Assembly to acknowledge Myanmar'...

Jung Da-min | 2021-03-03 16:39

Moon's continued two-track approach unlikely to help improve ties with Japan

Moon's continued two-track approach unlikely to help improve ties with Japan

President Moon Jae-in renewed his call for Korea and Japan to move together toward future-oriented bilateral relations, Monday, while also urging Tokyo to contemplate its imperialist past. The reconciliatory gesture comes as chilly relations between the neighboring countries have hindered the necessary cooperation that the new U.S. Joe Biden administration is focusing on. Was...

Kang Seung-woo | 2021-03-01 16:27

Singer-actress Jun Hyo-seong celebrates Independence Movement Day with hanbok

Moon says Korea will work with Japan for success of Olympics and peace

Moon says Korea will work with Japan for success of Olympics and peace

President Moon Jae-in stated Monday that South Korea won't cease its push for stronger cooperation with Japan, saying it would also be helpful to the trilateral partnership with the United States. "Our government is ready to sit down with the Japanese government anytime and have dialogue," he said during his televised speech on the March 1 Independence Movement Day.

2021-03-01 11:48

Appeal underway for UN to mark anniversary of Korean independence fighter's death

Appeal underway for UN to mark anniversary of Korean independence fighter's death

A nonprofit diplomatic organization is making an international appeal for the United Nations to mark the anniversary of Korean independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun's death as “a day of peace in the East.” The Voluntary Agency Network Korea (VANK) said Sunday it made the appeal on change.org, the largest international petition site on a wide range of subjects including human rig...

Yi Whan-woo | 2021-02-28 15:09

Active role for US unlikely in Korea-Japan row

Active role for US unlikely in Korea-Japan row

Amid growing voices from the United States on the importance of its trilateral cooperation with South Korea and Japan over North Korea and China issues, Seoul has offered conciliatory gestures to Tokyo to normalize their broken relationship, only to get a lukewarm response. As a last resort, the South Korean government is now soliciting the U.S. to play a role in mediating th...

Kang Seung-woo | 2021-02-27 09:22

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