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Duterte flies back to PH after 2-day Asean, Korea summit @ 2019-11-27T00: Back Hot News
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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.
CITING UNNAMED SOURCES, THE YONHAP REPORT SAID THE JAPANESE OFFER “APPARENTLY” INDUCED SOUTH KOREA TO STICK TO THE GENERAL SECURITY OF MILITARY INFORMATION AGREEMENT (GSOMIA). SOUTH KOREA ANNOUNCED FRIDAY EVENING IT WAS OPTING, HOURS BEFORE ITS EXPIRATION, NOT TO RESCIND THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT TO EXCHANGE SENSITIVE INFORMATION PRIMARILY ON MISSILE THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA.
DURING HIS 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, TRUMP SEEMED TO EMBRACE THE IDEA THAT SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO DEFEND AGAINST NORTH KOREA. 「AT SOME POINT,」 HE TOLD ANDERSON COOPER IN A CNN TOWN HALL, 「WE HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE』RE BETTER OFF IF JAPAN PROTECTS ITSELF AGAINST THIS MANIAC IN NORTH KOREA, WE』RE BETTER OFF, FRANKLY, IF SOUTH KOREA IS GOING TO START TO PROTECT ITSELF.... WOULDN』T YOU RATHER IN A CERTAIN SENSE HAVE JAPAN HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS WHEN NORTH KOREA HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS?... WOULDN』T YOU RATHER HAVE JAPAN, PERHAPS, THEY』RE OVER THERE, THEY』RE VERY CLOSE, THEY』RE VERY FEARFUL OF NORTH KOREA.」
BUILDING BRIDGES 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.
EX-MEMBER OF SOUTH KOREAN GIRL BAND F(X) WHO SPOKE OUT ON CYBER BULLYING FOUND DEAD
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.
"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."
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN ORDERED AN ARTILLERY FIRING DRILL NEAR THE DISPUTED BORDER IN THE SEA OFF THE WESTERN COAST, STATE-RUN MEDIA REPORTED MONDAY, PROMPTING A PROTEST FROM SOUTH KOREA』S MILITARY.
THE PM MET WITH THE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT, MOON JAE-IN IN BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA YESTERDAY, WHERE HE ACKNOWLEDGED SOUTH KOREA』S INCREASING ROLE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND ITS SUPPORT DURING THAILAND』S ASEAN CHAIRMANSHIP THIS YEAR. THE PM ALSO RECOGNISES SOUTH KOREA』S EXPERTISE IN TECHNOLOGICAL SECTORS SUCH AS ELECTRIC CARS, ROBOTICS AND BIO-ENGINEERING, ENCOURAGING THE COUNTRY TO INVEST IN THAILAND』S TECHNOLOGY SECTOR.
BUSAN - SOUTH KOREA AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA MAY HAVE DEEPENED TIES AND COOPERATION IN NUMEROUS AREAS, BUT OBSERVERS SAY THE PARTNERSHIP STILL LACKS A "LEGACY PROJECT" THAT WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY.
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.
MS. ROMULO-PUYAT SAID SOUTH KOREA HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE TOP SOURCE OF TOURIST ARRIVALS. IN THE NINE MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER THE PHILIPPINES RECEIVED 1.45 MILLION SOUTH KOREAN VISITORS, OR 23.55% OF THE TOTAL.
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.
GEN PRAYUT"S INVITATION WAS MADE DURING BILATERAL TALKS WITH SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THE SIDELINES OF THE 3RD ASEAN-REPUBLIC OF KOREA COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT AND THE 1ST MEKONG-REPUBLIC OF KOREA SUMMIT IN BUSAN.
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.

 

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