Aug 30, 2016 AM EDT - Karen Lydelle Linaja
The Korean peninsula tensions will be the main topic for the U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming talk and meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping in China later this week.
Aug 30, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee
According to some officials, the Ministry of National Defense has chosen three alternative options for potential deployment site of a U.S. anti-missile defense system and started reviewing them on Monday.
Aug 29, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee
On Saturday, The Minjoo Party of Korea (MPK), South Korea’s major opposition party, elected Rep. Choo Mi Ae as its new chairwoman. Following the election of its newest party leader, the party is expected to show strong opposition to the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the country.
Aug 25, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee
On Wednesday in Tokyo, the foreign ministers of South Korea and China were not able to settle their disputes over the planned deployment of a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in South Korea. However, South Korean officials said that the two both agreed to strengthen communication on the issue.
Aug 25, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee
Residents of Gimcheon City in South Korea staged a rally on Wednesday, August 24, to protest against the decision of the government to examine their neighborhood as an option for the potential site of the U.S. anti-missile system deployment.
Aug 23, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee
On August 22, South Korean President Park Geun Hye said that North Korea has started to present signs of “serious cracks” within its regime including a series of defections by influential people from the North.
Aug 23, 2016 AM EDT - Karen Lydelle Linaja
South Korea’s Duty-free stores achieved an all-time top record in July due to the rising number of Chinese travelers in the country.
Aug 23, 2016 AM EDT - Karen Lydelle Linaja
Parliamentary Speaker Chung Sye-Kun said that South Korean parties must overcome the difference on the deployment of US missile defense system in the country considering that it must not weigh on the unity of the political segment.
Aug 22, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee
On Sunday, local residents of Seongju-gun, North Gyeongsang Province have finally reached a consensus to ask the Defense Ministry to study another location aside from Seongsan-Ri to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.
Aug 20, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee
On August 19, residents of Seongju-gun, the target venue of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, expressed that they might consider the government’s plan to place the defense system to a less populated area in the county if the residents reach a consensus.
Aug 19, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee
The scenes of Korean singer Hwang Chi Yeul were apparently censored on a Chinese TV show, a move that others take us a reprisal for South Korea's decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Defense (THAAD) system.
Aug 18, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee
On August 17, the Defense Ministry said that the government will consider another site for the projected deployment of an advanced missile defense systems if Seongju residents can agree and suggest another option for the venue.
Aug 17, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee
On Wednesday, North Korea slams South Korea President Park Geun Hye's Liberation Day speech, particularly her call for Pyongyang to end its missile and nuclear programs. North Korea further state that Park is the one to blame for the worsening inter-Korean ties.
Aug 17, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee
In a statement during his two-hour meeting with People's Liberation Army General Li Zuocheng in Beijing on Tuesday, United States Army Chief Gen. Mark A. Milley emphasized that the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea is “not a threat in any way” to China.
Aug 16, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee
In her speech during the 71st-anniversary celebration of South Korea's Liberation Day on Monday, South Korea President Park Geun-Hye defended her stand to deploy a U.S.-operated missile defense system claiming that the action would protect the Korean people.
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