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SOUTH KOREAN SINGER GOO HARA』S TRAGIC FINAL INSTAGRAM POST WAS 『GOODNIGHT』 AS K-POP STAR FOUND DEAD AT 28
THE ISLET WHERE THE RECENT DRILLS TOOK PLACE IS JUST NORTH OF THE DE FACTO INTER-KOREAN MARITIME BOUNDARY, THE SCENE OF SEVERAL BLOODY NAVAL SKIRMISHES BETWEEN THE RIVALS. IN 2010, NORTH KOREA LAUNCHED AN ARTILLERY STRIKE ON A SOUTH KOREAN ISLAND JUST SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY, KILLING FOUR PEOPLE. EARLIER THAT YEAR, NORTH KOREA IS ACCUSED OF TORPEDOING A SOUTH KOREAN WARSHIP OPERATING NEAR THE BOUNDARY, KILLING 46 SAILORS.
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.
DONALD TRUMP IS THREATENING SOUTH KOREA, BUT US MILITARY COMMITMENTS TO LONG-TIME ALLIES ARE CONSIDERED SAFE
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.
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA, NOV. 25 (XINHUA) -- SOUTH KOREA ON MONDAY OPENED A SPECIAL SUMMIT WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) IN THE COUNTRY"S SOUTHERN PORT CITY OF BUSAN.
"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.
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.
[ASEAN-KOREA SUMMIT] SOUTH KOREA FORGES CLOSE TIES WITH SOUTHEAST ASIA AMID 『FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION』
CHUNG EUI-YONG, SOUTH KOREA』S NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE CHIEF, TOLD REPORTERS IN BUSAN ON NOV. 24 THAT THE JAPANESE OFFICIAL』S ANNOUNCEMENT 「INTENTIONALLY DISTORTED AND EXPANDED WHAT SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN HAD AGREED UPON.」
BILATERAL TIES RAPIDLY DETERIORATED AFTER SOUTH KOREA’S SUPREME COURT ORDERED A JAPANESE FIRM IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR TO PAY COMPENSATION FOR SOUTH KOREANS PRESSED INTO FORCED LABOR DURING JAPAN’S COLONIAL RULE OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA, BETWEEN 1910 AND 1945. A SIMILAR RULING WAS REACHED AGAINST ANOTHER JAPANESE COMPANY THE FOLLOWING MONTH. TOKYO MAINTAINS THAT WARTIME ISSUES WERE SETTLED BY A 1965 BILATERAL AGREEMENT.
AT 6:00 P.M. ON NOVEMBER 22, KIM YOU-GEUN, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE, ANNOUNCED THAT THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO CONDITIONALLY SUSPEND ITS NOTICE TO END GSOMIA WITH JAPAN AND THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAD EXPRESSED ITS UNDERSTANDING.
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.

 

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