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Scandal unites rival Koreas in fury at South Korea’s leader

November 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Foster Klug Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In only a few days, South Korea’s biggest scandal in years has done what six decades of diplomacy and bloodshed couldn’t. It has united the rival Koreas, at least in one area: indignation against South Korea’s leader. North Korea’s propaganda mavens have never been shy […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Park Geun-hye, VOL 35 NO 46 | NOVEMBER 12 - NOVEMBER 18

Thousands march in South Korea protest

May 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kim Tong-Hyung   Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of South Koreans marched in Seoul for the second straight day Saturday to protest government labor policies and the handling of a ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people a year ago. Thousands of demonstrators supporting the relatives of ferry disaster victims […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Associated Press, National Police Agency, Park Geun-hye, Park Seong-shik, Seoul City Hall, South Koreans, Vol 34 No 19 | May 2 - May 8

2 Koreas meet for highest level talks in 5 years

October 11, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s presumptive No. 2 and other members of Pyongyang’s inner circle met with South Korean officials Saturday in the rivals’ highest level face-to-face talks in five years, a possible indication that both sides are interested in pursuing better ties after months […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Asian Games, Cheong Seong-chang, Choe Ryong Hae, High-level North Korean, Kim Jong-un, Kim Ki Nam, Kim Yang Gon, Korean War-divided, National Defense Commission, North Koreans, Park Geun-hye, Sejong Institute, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae, University Games, Vol 33 No 42 | October 11 - October 17, Workers Party

Special Olympics focuses on South Korean view of disabled

February 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sam Kim and Ahn Young-Joon The Associated Press PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — South Korea began showing off its new snow sports mecca with the opening of the Special Olympics on Tuesday, Jan. 29.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Associated Press, Down Syndrome, Jeong Jong-hwa, Na Kyung-won, North Korea, PYEONGCHANG, Park Geun-hye, Sam Kim, Samyook University, South Koreans, Special Olympics, Vol 32 No 6 | February 2 - February 8, Winter Games, Winter Olympics, poverty

South Korea elects its first woman president

December 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Park Geun-hye, daughter of a divisive military strongman from South Korea’s authoritarian era, was elected the country’s first female president Wednesday, Dec. 19, a landmark win that could mean a new drive to start talks with rival North Korea.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Associated Press, Chung Jin-young, Kim Jong-un, North Korean, Older South Koreans, Park Bahk, Park Chung-hee, Park Geun-hye, SEOUL, Sam Kim, Vol 31 No 52 | December 22 - December 28, Youkyung Lee

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