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Traitor or patriot? Retrial begins for spy chief who assassinated a president
The guns Yoo buried were used to assassinate Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea for the previous 18 years, longer than ...
Yonhap News Agency on MSN9h
Police open probe into Korean American professor for allegedly slandering President Lee
Police have opened an investigation into a Korean American professor for possible defamation charges after he allegedly made ...
The Spectator Australia14h
South Korea’s ticking age time bomb
Think of South Korea, and K-pop, Korean cuisine, films and perhaps even skincare products spring to mind. The fact that ...
Nikkei Asia15h
South Korea states intent to take wartime military control from US
SEOUL -- South Korea's incoming defense minister said Tuesday the government will endeavor to retake wartime operational control of its troops from the U.S. The move would be a key change in how the ...
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Presidential office calls defense chief nominee's remarks on wartime command 'personal opinion'
The presidential office said Tuesday that remarks by Defense Minister nominee Ahn Gyu-back on regaining wartime command from ...
Lee’s defense nominee says wartime OPCON return a key goal
President Lee Jae Myung's nominee for defense chief, Democratic Party of Korea Rep. Ahn Gyu-back, said Tuesday that retrieving wartime operational control of th ...
South Korea to prepare roadmap for developed market upgrade
South Korea will prepare within this year a roadmap for its stock market to win developed market status from a global index ...