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A special independent panel at the Ministry of Justice looking into past rulings recommended Tuesday a probe into Kim’s case in which he was accused of multiple charges, including rape, bribery and narcotics use. The committee, which was established by the Moon Jae-in administration in De Today North Korea Two Koreas decide not to hold additional high-level talks on summit preparation The two Koreas decided Tuesday not to hold additional bilateral high-level talks to prepare for the historic cross-border summit slated for later this week, a Seoul official said.The official said that, should there be a need for additional consultations to prepare for the April 27 summit, the two sides could hold discussions when Pyongyang's advance team comes for a rehearsal at the summit venue in the border truce village of Panmunjom on Wednesday. A North Korean village seen from Paju, Gyeong Today North Korea S. Korea's foreign ministry condemns deadly attack in Kabul South Korea's foreign ministry on Tuesday strongly condemned the recent suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul that killed dozens of people.The blast occurred at a voter registration center on Sunday (local time), reportedly leaving nearly 60 people dead and many others wounded. The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for it. Family members and relatives attend the funeral of the victim of the deadly attack at a public cemetery near Kabul, Afghanistan on April Today North Korea Abe hints at possibility of Tokyo-Pyongyang talks Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday hinted that his country could engage North Korea in dialogue should the inter-Korean and US-North Korea summits be successful. The comments came in Abe’s telephone conversation with President Moon Jae-in, Cheong Wa Dae said. “Success of the inter-Korean summit will only lead to the success of the US-North Korea summit that will follow but contribute to the normalization of relations between Japan and North Korea, and provide the opportunity to fundam Today Foreign Policy Top-down nuclear talks raise question, says Victor Cha US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may agree to a statement on peace and denuclearization during the planned summit, but it could still pose challenges in follow-up negotiations, a Korea expert Victor Cha said Tuesday. “It does raise a question of how much leaders can accomplish when there is no groundwork done in advance,” said Cha, who was once under consideration for US ambassador to South Korea, during a press conference on the sidelines of the Asan Plenum conferen Today North Korea Peace with North Korea requires US agreement: Moon President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday said that a peace treaty with North Korea will require the support of the US, and that he will work closely with Washington and Tokyo to bring about such an outcome. President Moon Jae-in (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. YonhapDuring a 40-minute conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that began at 4 p.m., Moon said a peace treaty between the two Koreas would require the agreement of the US, and that he would cooperate with the US as we Today North Korea [Graphic News] Gap in electricity output capacity growing for two Koreas The gap in electricity supply capacity between South Korea and North Korea reached a record high, with the South capable of generating 14 times more in 2016, data from Statistics Korea and local power operators showed South Korea‘s electricity output reached 105,866 megawatts in 2016 if all of its power plants operated at full capacity. By comparison, North Korea’s output was estimated at 7,661 MW. The difference is the largest since South Korea began to release related data in 1965. Past recor Today North Korea [Newsmaker] Inside Panmunjeom: where inter-Korean summit will be held On April 27, Panmunjeom on the inter-Korean border will be the stage for the meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the first inter-Korean summit in 11 years. Situated in the heavily fortified 250-kilometer-long Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas, the Joint Security Area of Panmunjeom is where the Korean War armistice was signed in 1953 and numerous cross-border talks have since been held. The Peace House, a three-story building where Today Politics Opposition parties join hands to regulate internet portals Three opposition parties agreed to work on regulating large internet portals’ news service and comments sections in the wake of an opinion rigging scandal involving former ruling party members.In addition to editing and arranging news articles, Web portals in Korea show the number of clicks on each article, the rankings of the most searched keywords on a real-time basis, and places comments that get the most “likes” at the top of the comment box below the articles.The leaders and whips of the ma Today Social affairs Moon calls for means to introduce changes outlined in failed Constitution amendment President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday ordered government ministries to draw up measures to implement changes outlined in his proposal for a constitutional amendment, as the plan to put the bill to a referendum on June 13 fell through. “The National Assembly has rendered it impossible to hold a referendum without once reviewing the Constitution amendment bill proposed by the president,” Moon said at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting. Moon had planned to hold the referendum concurrently with the June 13 local Today Social affairs Lawmaker’s aide probed for suspected DUI A lawmaker’s aide is being probed on suspicion of drinking and driving a van with the unidentified legislator in the back seat, Bangbae police said Tuesday. According to the police, the 39-year-old aide, surnamed Shin, was pulled over by cops conducting a roadside sobriety test near Bangbae Elementary School in Seocho-gu, southern Seoul at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Police said that Shin was heavily intoxicated and had a blood alcohol content of 0.116 percent, which is subject to license cancellation. Today Social affairs [Feature] Seoul neighborhoods become green energy leader Seoul pushes to increase number of energy self-sufficient villages, promotes renewable energy Today Social affairs Police digging into suspects' finances in online opinion rigging probe Police said Tuesday they are tracking down financial and accounting records of a publishing company run by the suspects in a massive rigging of Internet comments to find out if their expenses were covered by any dubious funds.The incident has sparked a fierce political dispute ahead of the June 13 local elections, as Rep. Kim Kyoung-soo of the ruling Democratic Party, a close aide to President Moon Jae-in, is known to have been in contact with a key suspect for years.Opposition parties have subm Today North Korea S. Korea's nuke envoy says next few months 'critical' for denuclearization of NK South Korea's top nuclear envoy said Tuesday that the next few months will be "critical" in laying the groundwork for the denuclearization of North Korea and reaffirmed Seoul's commitment to close consultation with Washington both before and after the upcoming inter-Korean summit.Lee Do-hoon, representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, made the remarks at the start of the meeting in his office in Seoul with Susan Thornton, acting US assistant secretary of state for East Asian Today Social affairs Korea reports first tick-borne disease death in 2018 A 62-year-old woman died from a tick-borne disease last week in the first such case in South Korea this year, health authorities said Tuesday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said the woman, who had been working at a livestock farm in Cheongyang, a town in the central province of South Chungcheong, was diagnosed with a severe fever and thrombocytopenia syndrome, or SFTS. She received treatment but died on Friday.SFTS is a new infectious disease reported in South Korea, Japan and China. South MORE 15 / 151107
