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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.」
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – SOUTH KOREA』S LAST-MINUTE DECISION TO EXTEND A U.S.-BACKED MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SHARING PACT WITH JAPAN WAS GOOD NEWS FOR WASHINGTON AFTER A WEEK OF SETBACKS ON THE DIVIDED PENINSULA.
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.
DONALD TRUMP IS THREATENING SOUTH KOREA, BUT US MILITARY COMMITMENTS TO LONG-TIME ALLIES ARE CONSIDERED SAFE
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.
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.
THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTH KOREA WILL INVEST KRW450 BILLION (~$382 MILLION) TO BOOST BLOCKCHAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, ZDNET KOREA REPORTED. THIS INVESTMENT WILL OCCUR OVER A SIX-YEAR PERIOD STARTING IN 2021 AND RUNNING THROUGH 2026.
「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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