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South Korea forges close ties with Southeast Asia amid "fourth industrial revolution" @ 2019-11-25T00: Back Hot News
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SOUTH KOREAN SINGER GOO HARA FOUND DEAD
AMERICAN TROOPS ARE STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA AND A SMALL NUMBER HELP PATROL THE EDGE OF A DEMILITARIZED ZONE BETWEEN THE TWO KOREAS. THE KOREAN WAR, IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES FOUGHT WITH SOUTH KOREA AGAINST NORTH KOREA AND CHINA, WAS HALTED WITH AN ARMISTICE IN 1953, BUT HAS NEVER BEEN FORMALLY ENDED.
"A SOUTH KOREAN SUPREME COURT RULING LAST YEAR ALLOWED KOREAN VICTIMS OF FORCED LABOR DURING WORLD WAR II TO SEEK COMPENSATION FROM JAPANESE FIRMS. SOUTH KOREA ALSO SHUT DOWN A JAPANESE-FUNDED FOUNDATION THAT SUPPORTED KOREAN COMFORT WOMEN WHO WERE FORCED INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY DURING THE WAR. BOTH ACTIONS INCENSED THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT."
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA – SOUTH KOREA’S NATIONAL SECURITY CHIEF ON SUNDAY ACCUSED JAPAN OF DELIBERATELY DISTORTING DETAILS OF THEIR NEGOTIATIONS ON MAINTAINING A BILATERAL INTELLIGENCE-SHARING AGREEMENT.
DONALD TRUMP IS THREATENING SOUTH KOREA, BUT US MILITARY COMMITMENTS TO LONG-TIME ALLIES ARE CONSIDERED SAFE
"I STRESSED THAT A WITHDRAWAL OF US TROOPS FROM SOUTH KOREA SHOULD NOT BE BROUGHT UP, AS THE SOUTH KOREA-US ALLIANCE ALSO HELPS THE US NATIONAL INTEREST," SAID NA KYUNG-WON OF THE MAIN OPPOSITION LIBERTY KOREA PARTY.
CAMPAIGNERS IN SOUTH KOREA HAVE CONDEMNED AN ATTEMPT BY CONSERVATIVE MPS TO REMOVE HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA FROM A LIST OF VIOLATIONS OF AN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW.
JAPAN-SOUTH KOREA TIES, WHICH HAVE LONG BEEN HAUNTED BY WARTIME HISTORY, SANK TO THEIR LOWEST LEVEL IN YEARS AFTER SOUTH KOREA"S TOP COURT ORDERED A JAPANESE STEELMAKER IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR TO PAY COMPENSATION FOR FORCED LABOR DURING JAPAN"S 1910-1945 COLONIAL RULE OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA, AN ISSUE THAT JAPAN ARGUES WAS SETTLED UNDER A 1965 BILATERAL ACCORD. A SIMILAR RULING WAS GIVEN TO A DIFFERENT JAPANESE COMPANY THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AGREED TO HOLD SUMMIT NEXT MONTH: JAPAN OFFICIAL
TIES BEGAN A DOWNWARD SPIRAL AFTER A SERIES OF SOUTH KOREAN COURT RULINGS ORDERING JAPANESE FIRMS TO COMPENSATE WARTIME FORCED LABOR VICTIMS. THEY FURTHER WORSENED AFTER JAPAN CURBED EXPORTS OF SENSITIVE HIGH-TECH MATERIALS USED TO MAKE GOODS CRITICAL TO SOUTH KOREAN INDUSTRY.
SIMMERING TENSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO NEIGHBORS EXPLODED AFTER SOUTH KOREA』S SUPREME COURT RULED LATE LAST YEAR THAT JAPANESE COMPANIES SHOULD PAY REPARATIONS TO SOUTH KOREANS FOR FORCED LABOR DURING THE COLONIAL ERA. JAPAN INSISTS THAT ALL WARTIME CLAIMS WERE SETTLED WHEN IT AND SOUTH KOREA ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC TIES IN 1965.
「I THINK THE PROCESS SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST BEEN LONGER, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THE GOVERNMENT,」 SAID C. HARRISON KIM, A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIʻI AT MāNOA, AND AUTHOR OF 「HEROES AND TOILERS: WORK AS LIFE IN POSTWAR NORTH KOREA, 1953-1961.」 「AS SOUTH KOREA AND NORTH KOREA TRY TO BECOME MORE NORMALIZED NEIGHBORS, I THINK IT』S IMPORTANT THAT SOUTH KOREA RECOGNIZES NORTH KOREA AS A LEGITIMATE ENTITY, IN WHICH CASE EXTRADITION NEEDS TO BE RESPECTED.」
BY LAW, ABLE-BODIED SOUTH KOREAN MEN MUST REGISTER TO SPEND ABOUT TWO YEARS IN THE ARMED FORCES, AS PART OF A CONSCRIPTION SYSTEM SEEN AS CRUCIAL TO THE COUNTRY』S DEFENSE AGAINST NORTH KOREA. WOMEN ARE EXEMPT, BUT CAN ENLIST.
THE COMMENTS FOLLOWED THE PENTAGON SAYING THURSDAY THERE WAS 「ABSOLUTELY NO TRUTH」 TO A REPORT IN CHOSUN ILBO, SOUTH KOREA』S BIGGEST NEWSPAPER, THAT THE U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WAS 「CURRENTLY CONSIDERING REMOVING ANY TROOPS FROM THE KOREAN PENINSULA.」 THE U.S. MAINTAINING A 28,500-STRONG CONTINGENT ON THE PENINSULA TO DETER NORTH KOREAN AGGRESSION.
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