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No mention of South China Sea issue in Duterte-Moon talks @ 2019-11-26T16: Back Hot News
Keyword:South Korea
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IT WAS FRIDAY MORNING, AND YANG WAS AT HIS DESK AT THE SEOUL SEOBU POLICE STATION"S MAJOR CRIMES UNIT WHEN HE RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL. HE SAID SOMEONE ON THE OTHER LINE CLAIMED TO BE FROM KOREA TELECOM (KT), A MAJOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER IN SOUTH KOREA.
SECRETLY FILMED VIDEOS OR PICTURES OF INTIMATE MOMENTS OR BODY PARTS AND THEIR CIRCULATION ONLINE HAVE BEEN A WIDESPREAD CRIME IN SOUTH KOREA. PERPETRATORS, IF CONVICTED, CAN FACE UP TO FIVE YEARS IN JAIL OR FINES OF $25,500. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN PROTESTED IN THE STREETS OF SEOUL LAST YEAR, DEMANDING HARSHER PUNISHMENT AND RAISING WIDER PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUE. IN MARCH, FOUR KOREAN ENTERTAINERS RETIRED AFTER THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN CASES OF EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN BECAME KNOWN.
「THE COASTAL GUNNERY EXERCISE THAT THE NORTH MADE MENTION OF VIOLATES THE MILITARY AGREEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 19, WHICH THE SOUTH AND NORTH KOREAN MILITARY AUTHORITIES HAVE HITHERTO FAITHFULLY IMPLEMENTED AFTER AGREEING ON IT LAST SEPTEMBER,」 CHOI HYUN-SOO, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SOUTH KOREAN MND, REMARKED DURING A PRESS BRIEFING.
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.
FAST FRIENDS: SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN (LEFT) AND HIS WIFE KIM JUNG-SOOK (SECOND LEFT) GREET PRESIDENT JOKO 「JOKOWI」 WIDODO (SECOND RIGHT) AND HIS WIFE IRIANA BEFORE A WELCOME DINNER DURING THE ASEAN-REPUBLIC OF KOREA COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT IN BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA, ON MONDAY.(AFP/AHN YOUNG-JOON)(LEFT) AND HIS WIFE KIM JUNG-SOOK (SECOND LEFT) GREET PRESIDENT JOKO 「JOKOWI」 WIDODO (SECOND RIGHT) AND HIS WIFE IRIANA BEFORE A WELCOME DINNER DURING THE ASEAN-REPUBLIC OF KOREA COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT IN BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA, ON MONDAY.(AFP/AHN YOUNG-JOON)
THE JOINT STATEMENT WAS SIGNED IN SOUTH KOREA』S BUSAN BETWEEN CAMBODIAN MINISTER OF COMMERCE PAN SORASAK AND SOUTH KOREAN MINISTER FOR TRADE YOO MYUNG-HEE ON THE SIDELINES OF THE ASEAN-SOUTH KOREA COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT, THE RELEASE SAID.
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.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS -- RIGHT-HANDER ADRIAN SAMPSON HAS BEEN PLACED ON UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE WAIVERS BY THE TEXAS RANGERS, A MOVE THAT ALLOWS THE RIGHT-HANDER TO PITCH IN SOUTH KOREA.
BOTH NATIONS HAD INDICATED EARLIER IN THE YEAR THAT THEY HOPED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT AT THIS WEEK'S ASEAN-REPUBLIC OF KOREA COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT HELD IN BUSAN. SOUTH KOREAN TRADE MINISTER YOO MYUNG-HEE AND HER COUNTERPART RAMON LOPEZ DID HOWEVER SIGNED A JOINT STATEMENT ON MONDAY FURTHERING THE AGREEMENT PROCESS. ACCORDING TO YONHAP NEWS AGENCY, THE PHILIPPINES HAS AGREED TO LIFT BARRIERS FOR SOUTH KOREAN AUTO PARTS, PHARMACEUTICAL GOODS AND PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS. IN RETURN, SOUTH KOREA HAS AGREED TO OPEN THE MARKET FOR BANANAS AND CLOTHES.
NETFLIX (NTFLX) HAS INKED A MULTIYEAR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH KOREA』S JTBC CONTENT HUB, DEADLINE REPORTED YESTERDAY. THE PARTNERSHIP, THROUGH WHICH NETFLIX WILL BE ABLE TO STREAM JTBC』S PREMIUM SOUTH KOREAN TV DRAMAS ACROSS OVER 190 COUNTRIES, WILL HIT THE SCREEN IN 2020.
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.
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.
THE PARTIES HAVE ALSO AGREED TO ALLOW UP TO FOUR WEEKLY FLIGHTS TO BE OPERATED TO OR VIA A THIRD COUNTRY, SUCH AS A BRUNEI-CHINA-SOUTH KOREA OR BRUNEI-SOUTH KOREA-USA SERVICE.

 

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