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[NEWS ANALYSIS] Park shows discomfort over ambivalent China
[NEWS ANALYSIS] Park shows discomfort over ambivalent China

President Park Geun-hye’s emphasis Wednesday on China’s role in responding to North Korea’s fourth nuclear test last week reflected her discomfort over …

Korea to set traditional herbal medicine standards
Korea to set traditional herbal medicine standards

South Korea’s traditional herbal medicine — currently sold in packs of prepared herbs or decocted herbs in drinkable pouches — will be made into …

Park vows strong sanctions on N.K.
Park vows strong sanctions on N.K.

President Park Geun-hye pledged Wednesday to impose stricter sanctions against North Korea for its recent nuclear bomb test that will include U.N. Security …

Professor ordered to compensate sex slavery victims
Professor ordered to compensate sex slavery victims

A South Korean court Wednesday ordered a university professor to compensate the nation’s aging sex slavery victims who were forced to work for the Japanese …

Controversy grows over legitimacy of sex slavery deal
Controversy grows over legitimacy of sex slavery deal

Two weeks after South Korea and Japan reached a landmark deal over Japan’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, lawyers and scholars …

Korean scholar ordered to compensate wartime sex slaves

A local court on Wednesday ordered a South Korean scholar to compensate nine women who were sexually enslaved by Tokyo during World War II by giving them 10 …

China envoy touts friendship with N. Korea despite nuclear crisis

Chinese Ambassador to North Korea Li Jinjun has touted traditional friendship with the North, according to China’s state media on Wednesday, despite …

Sanctions against N. Korea’s nuke test must not ‘go too far’

While the U.N. Security Council is considering tougher sanctions against North Korea following last week’s nuclear test, a Chinese expert claimed on …

Park vows to make efforts for strong sanctions on N. Korea

President Park Geun-hye vowed Wednesday to make all diplomatic efforts to ensure that the U.N. Security Council can adopt a resolution to slap the most …

Elderly poverty increases in Korea
Elderly poverty increases in Korea

The income and expenditures of the average Korean nose-dives around retirement age by roughly one-third, driving up the country’s already-high poverty rate …

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