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...When Pelosi last visited South Korea as House Speaker in 2015, she met then president Park Geun-hye and South Korea’s then foreign minister....
...The songs included their signature number “Yeong Jeong Geo Ri”, a stomping ritual greeting of the small household gods, the instrumental “The Dance of the Lions”, a chance for the musicians to shine, and...
...The 61-year-old has been accused by opponents of practising what they call “K-Trumpism” after he described a former authoritarian president, Chun Doo-hwan, responsible for the massacre of protesters in 1980...
...The Sino-ri complex, 132 miles north of the demilitarised zone, plays an important role in developing ballistic missiles capable of reaching South Korea, Japan and even the US territory of Guam, the report...
...North Korean news reader Ri Chun Hee says the two leaders agreed to visit each other in Pyongyang and Washington...
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong and Song Jung-a South Korean presidents who have been investigated Chun Doo-hwan (1980-88) Cause for investigation: Military coup; crackdown on democracy activists...
...Kim Jae-chun, a professor at Sogang University in South Korea, said the result was a “total failure” since the leaders had not agreed “even a small deal” that had been expected....
...The momentum is likely to continue for a while,” said Kim Jae-chun, a professor at Sogang University in Seoul....
...It is also a step forward that it has promised to dismantle the Yongbyon nuclear facility,” said Kim Jae-chun, a professor at Sogang University....
...South Korean presidents who have been investigated Chun Doo-hwan (1980-88) Cause for investigation: Military coup; crackdown on democracy activists; corruption Outcome: Sentenced to life in 1997; pardoned...
...Japan wants denuclearisation in a more strict sense, while China is likely to call for compensation for Pyongyang at an early stage in return for denuclearisation,” said Kim Jae-chun, professor at Sogang...
...Responding to such criticism and following North Korea’s fourth nuclear test in 2016, conservative president Park Geun-hye closed the Kaesong industrial park, a unique combination of South Korean capital...
...Pyongyang said last weekend that it would suspend nuclear and long-range missile tests and close its nuclear test site in Punggye-ri....
...“North Korea’s weapons are only aimed at the United States, not our brethren, China or Russia,” said Ri Son Gwon, head of the North Korean delegation to the talks....
...Military-era leaders Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo were jailed in the mid-1990s but subsequently pardoned....
...Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-hye was arrested on Friday after a Seoul court issued a warrant in connection with the corruption and abuse-of-power scandal that ended her presidency....
...South Korea’s former president Park Geun-hye has been charged with bribery and abuse of power, a month after she was ousted from office over a corruption scandal that has rocked the country for months....
...The other two, military-era leaders Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, were pardoned by subsequent presidents in a bid to heal the nation....
...South Korean prosecutors said on Monday they are seeking an arrest warrant for former President Park Geun-hye for a more thorough investigation into the massive corruption and influence-peddling that led...
...Washington must have “realised it can’t gain much from talking to the current South Korean government”, said Kim Jae-chun, a professor at Sogang University in Seoul and an adviser to the government....
...The missile shield decision “was a critical mistake,” said Kim Jae-chun, a professor at Sogang University and former government adviser....
...Kim Jae-chun, a professor at Sogang university and government adviser, said he was not convinced by assertions that the US and South Korea were “in lockstep”....
...At a regional meeting last month, Ri Yong-ho, the country’s foreign minister, lambasted the US over its “never-ending nuclear blackmails”....
...(FT) North Korea threat Park Geun-hye, the South Korean president, told political leaders in Seoul that North Korea’s nuclear weapons pose an imminent threat....
...The government of Park Geun-hye, which has taken a stern approach to the security threat from North Korea, says it closed the complex to cut off a source of funding for Pyongyang’s increasingly dangerous...
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