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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.
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.
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.
「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.」
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.
PROTESTERS AGAINST SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN STAGE A RALLY DEMANDING THE GOVERNMENT TO KEEP THE GENERAL SECURITY OF MILITARY INFORMATION AGREEMENT, OR GSOMIA, AN INTELLIGENCE-SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN, IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, 2019.
FOLLOWING OUR METHODOLOGY, WE HAVE SELECTED FIVE ENTREPRENEURS FROM EACH OF ASIA PACIFIC"S LARGEST ECONOMIES. TODAY WE LOOK AT SOUTH KOREA.
U.S., NORTH KOREA, EAST ASIA, SOUTH KOREA, ESPIONAGE, NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR CRISIS, SOUTH KOREA-JAPAN RELATIONS, MOON JAE-IN, GSOMIA
「COORDINATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA, AND TRILATERAL COOPERATION AMONG JAPAN, THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA, ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN OUR RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA,」 JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE SAID. 「THAT』S THE POINT WE HAVE MADE REPEATEDLY. I BELIEVE SOUTH KOREA MADE ITS DECISION FROM SUCH A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE.」
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.
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.
IN A RARE PUBLIC DISPLAY OF DISCORD BETWEEN THE ALLIES, U.S. NEGOTIATORS WEDNESDAY CUT SHORT A SEOUL MEETING WITH SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS OVER DISAGREEMENTS ON HOW MUCH SOUTH KOREA SHOULD INCREASE ITS CONTRIBUTION TO COVERING THE COSTS OF MAINTAINING THE AMERICAN MILITARY PRESENCE ON ITS SOIL. SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS SAY THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN DEMANDING A 「DRASTIC」 INCREASE THAT THEY FIND UNACCEPTABLE.
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.
BECOME AN FT SUBSCRIBER TO READ: LAST-MINUTE REPRIEVE FOR JAPAN-SOUTH KOREA INTELLIGENCE DEAL
JAPAN"S FOREIGN MINISTER TOSHIMITSU MOTEGI, RIGHT, MEETS WITH SOUTH KOREA"S FOREIGN MINISTER KANG KYUNG-WHA BEFORE A BILATERAL MEETING DURING THE G20 FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING SATURDAY, NOV. 23, 2019, IN NAGOYA, JAPAN. (AP PHOTO/EUGENE HOSHIKO, POOL)

 

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