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- Controversy over radiation and heat surrounding Tokyo Olympics
- “Sports are sports. They are separate from politics.”
On Aug. 13, an official from the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee expressed concern in response to remarks in polit...
- Aug.14,2019 17:29 KST
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- S. Korea to oppose Japan’s decision to discharge toxic radioactive water from Fukushima disaster
- On Aug. 13, South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced that it would actively respond to plans by Japan to discharge toxic radioactive water contaminated as a re...
- Aug.14,2019 17:26 KST
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- Senior Blue House official says government is not considering restriction DRAM exports to Japan
- A senior official at the Blue House said the South Korean government is not reviewing export restrictions on dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) semiconductors to Japan. The off...
- Aug.14,2019 17:23 KST
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- Artistic directors of Aichi Triennale 2019 request the reopening of comfort woman exhibit
- The artistic directors of the “Statue of a Girl of Peace” exhibition in Japan have requested Aichi Prefecture, the organizer of Aichi Triennale 2019, to reopen the exhibition. A...
- Aug.14,2019 17:20 KST
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- [Photo] Japan selects new ambassador to South Korea
- Japanese Ambassador to Israel Koji Tomita, Japan’s representative in the G20 Summit, is set to become the country’s next ambassador to South Korea. A source from within the Japa...
- Aug.14,2019 17:07 KST
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- [Photo] N. Korean defectors, mother and child, found dead in Seoul apartment after 2 months
- A mother and child, aged 42 and 6, that had defected from North Korea were found dead in an apartment in Seoul’s Gwanak District on July 31. However, the bodies remained undisco...
- Aug.14,2019 17:06 KST
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- Blue House says S. Korea dominates global DRAM market with 72.4% share
- On Aug. 12, Kim Hyun-chong, second deputy chief of the Blue House’s National Security Office, noted that South Korea dominates the global market in dynamic random-access memory ...
- Aug.13,2019 17:17 KST
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- Comfort woman memorial to be unveiled on Seoul’s Mt. Namsan
- A statue honoring the comfort women, a euphemism for women who were forced into sexual servitude under the Japanese imperial army, will be installed on the former site of the Jo...
- Aug.13,2019 17:14 KST
