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S. Korea, Switzerland agree to expand cooperation on health

Jul 13, 2016

The leaders of South Korea and Switzerland agreed Wednesday to expand bilateral cooperation in promising industry sectors including health care, medicine, and information and communications technologies (ICT), the presidential office here said. After their summit in Seoul, President Park Geun-hye and her Swiss counterpart Johann Schneider-Ammann oversaw the signing of three memorandums of unders...
Ultraconservative lobby backs Japan PM charter change drive

Jul 13, 2016

TOKYO (AP) -- An influential Japanese political lobby says it will do its utmost to capitalize on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's election victory to push for a constitutional revision for a more active military role. Tadae Takubo, chairman of Nippon Kaigi, said Wednesday that the war-renouncing constitution that makes Japan's defense ``defective'' needs to be corrected. Abe's election gains in the...
US sends Marines to South Sudan capital to protect citizens

Jul 13, 2016

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The U.S. military in Africa said Wednesday it has sent 40 additional soldiers to South Sudan's capital, Juba, to help secure American personnel and facilities in the war-torn city, while South Sudanese trying to flee the country by road reported attacks, killings and robberies by armed men. Amid a tense cease-fire which has held since Monday night, the U.S. troops deployed...
Korea calls for 'peaceful, creative' efforts to resolve South China Sea dispute

Jul 13, 2016

South Korea called Wednesday for "peaceful and creative diplomatic efforts" to resolve the South China Sea dispute following a landmark ruling that rejected China's claims to the key body of water. On Tuesday, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that China has no historical rights to the resource rich waters that are also claimed by the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nat...
Leaders of Korea, Switzerland to hold summit on bilateral cooperation

Jul 13, 2016

The leaders of South Korea and Switzerland will hold a summit in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, science, security and other areas, the presidential office here said. President Park Geun-hye and her Swiss counterpart, Johann Schneider-Ammann, are also expected to discuss joint efforts to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile programs th...
U.S. says South China Sea ruling 'final, legally binding'

Jul 13, 2016

The United States said Tuesday that an international tribunal's ruling on the territorial disputes in the South China Sea is "final and legally binding on both China and the Philippines," as tensions between the two superpowers rose higher. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague delivered the verdict rejecting China's claims to most of the South China Sea. The verdict was a victory for...
Hague tribunal rejects China's expansive South China Sea claims

Jul 13, 2016

An international tribunal rejected China's extensive claims in the South China Sea in a landmark ruling Tuesday that also found the country had aggravated the seething regional dispute and violated the Philippines' maritime rights by building up artificial islands that destroyed coral reefs and by disrupting fishing and oil exploration. While the decision is seen as a major legal declaration reg...
U.S. remains in contact with China, Russia at 'highest levels' amid THAAD tension: Pentagon

Jul 10, 2016

The United States remains in contact with Chinese and Russian leaders "at the highest levels," the Pentagon said Friday, as Beijing and Moscow protest strongly the planned deployment of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system to South Korea. South Korea and the U.S. announced earlier that they have officially decided to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to South Korea to cope w...
Thailand adopts Korean language for college entrance exam

Jul 8, 2016

The Korean alphabet, "Hangeul," has become a second foreign language for the college entrance examination in Thailand, the center of "Hallyu," the global popularity of Korean dramas, movies and pop songs, the South Korean Embassy here said Friday. "The Council of University Presidents of Thailand has recently notified us of its decision to adopt the Korean language as an optional second foreign ...
Korea, U.S., Japan to hold first meeting on development cooperation

Jul 8, 2016

South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold their first meeting on development issues on Friday, as the three nations seek to expand trilateral cooperation on the international stage, Seoul's foreign ministry said. The inaugural session will take place in Washington with delegations from each country's foreign ministries in attendance, the South Korean ministry said in a press release. "...
Historical items recovered from site of former Korean legation in Washington

Jul 8, 2016

An invitation to the 1906 wedding of a daughter of then-U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and other historical items have been recovered from the site of the former Korean legation in Washington, officials said Thursday. The 15 items, which were found during restoration work on the building that was used as the Korean legation from 1891 to 1910, before Korea was colonized by Japan, show active d...
Germany arrests IS suspect 'close to Paris attacks planner'

Jul 7, 2016

BERLIN, (AP) -- German prosecutors said Thursday they had arrested an alleged Algerian Islamic State group militant who had had contact with the late ringleader of the November Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud. The suspect, identified only as 20-year-old Bilal C., is accused of having informed Abaaoud of ways to smuggle jihadists into Western Europe along the Balkans route then used by a mass i...
Five men killed in industrial accident in central England: police

Jul 7, 2016

LONDON, (AFP) -- Five men died Thursday in an accident at a recycling centre near Birmingham, central England and a sixth man has been taken to hospital with serious leg injuries, police said. "Police can confirm that five men have died after an industrial accident at a recycling site at Nechells this morning," the police statement said, referring to a suburb of the city. "Officers were called....
US claims for jobless aid fall, sign of employer resilience

Jul 7, 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, a sign that U.S. workers still have job security despite recent tremors in the global economy. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications fell 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 254,000. The 4-week average, which is less volatile, dipped slightly to 264,750. Unemployment claims are a proxy for layoffs. The ...
Korea to install 80 artificial reefs to counter illicit Chinese fishing

Jul 4, 2016

The South Korean government has decided to install a total of 80 new artificial reefs near the Yellow Sea border with North Korea to help thwart illegal fishing by Chinese boats, the finance ministry said Monday. Under the plan, approved in a Cabinet meeting, the vast underwater structures, weighing as much as 30 tons apiece, will be established close to the Northern Limit Line, a de-facto inter...

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