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「FROM AN EARLY AGE, THEY LIVE A MECHANICAL LIFE, GOING THROUGH A SPARTAN TRAINING REGIMEN,」 SAID LEE HARK-JOON, A SOUTH KOREAN JOURNALIST WHO HAS PRODUCED A TV DOCUMENTARY ON THE MAKING OF A K-POP GIRL GROUP AND CO-WROTE THE BOOK 「K-POP IDOLS: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE KOREAN MUSIC INDUSTRY.」 「THEY SELDOM HAVE A CHANCE TO DEVELOP A NORMAL SCHOOL LIFE OR NORMAL SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AS THEIR PEERS DO.」
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.
THEN, ON SUNDAY, THE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE EXPRESSED DEEP REGRET OVER THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT’S HANDLING OF THE JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT ON GSOMIA. IT ACCUSED TOKYO OF NOT ABIDING BY THE AGREED TIMING FOR THEIR JOINT STATEMENTS AND OBJECTED TO SOME OF ITS CHARACTERIZATION OF SOUTH KOREA’S POSITIONS.
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.
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 DEFENCE AGAINST NORTH KOREA. WOMEN ARE EXEMPT, BUT CAN ENLIST.
「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.
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