http://www.mail.com/organizations/1324246-south-korea-government.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/1324246-south-korea-government.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2086830-prezs-fired-aide-highlights-skorean-gender-divide.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean presidential spokesman who was fired after inappropriately touching a woman during a U.S. trip blames a "cultural difference" with America. Other South Koreans say the fault for such incidents truly lies with a society that allows powerful men to get away with harassment. Five months after the country elected its f... Wed, 15 May 2013 09:57:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2086830-prezs-fired-aide-highlights-skorean-gender-divide.html 2013-05-15T09:57:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081290-spies-caught-website-scandal-embarrass-skorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The scandal shaking up South Korea's main spy agency is not cloak-and-dagger stuff, but the kind of low-grade trickery anyone with an Internet connection could pull off. And the target was not Seoul's opaque rival to the north, but the country's own people. Internet postings ostensibly from ordinary South Koreans, but actually fr... Mon, 13 May 2013 10:29:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081290-spies-caught-website-scandal-embarrass-skorea.html 2013-05-13T10:29:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2081102-north-korea-replaces-hard-line-defense-minister.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has replaced its hard-line defense minister with a little-known army general, according to a state media report Monday, in what outside analysts call an attempt to install a younger figure meant to solidify leader Kim Jong Un's grip on the powerful military. Jang Jong Nam's appointment is the latest move since Kim suc... Mon, 13 May 2013 09:47:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2081102-north-korea-replaces-hard-line-defense-minister.html 2013-05-13T09:47:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076192-sacked-skorea-spokesman-denies-abuse-allegations.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A former top South Korean presidential spokesman who was dismissed for what officials called a "disgraceful incident" while accompanying President Park Geun-hye on her visit to the United States denied Saturday media reports that he sexually molested a Korean-American woman during the trip. Park's office said she fired her chief ... Sat, 11 May 2013 04:56:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076192-sacked-skorea-spokesman-denies-abuse-allegations.html 2013-05-11T04:56:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076044-nkorea-calls-us-skorea-summit-prelude-to-war.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ahead of a nuclear-powered U.S. carrier's visit to South Korea, North Korea on Friday called this week's summit between the U.S. and South Korean presidents a prelude to war against Pyongyang. Yet it also said it was waiting "with patience" to see if Seoul changes its policies. The North described South Korean President Park Geun... Fri, 10 May 2013 07:01:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076044-nkorea-calls-us-skorea-summit-prelude-to-war.html 2013-05-10T07:01:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070562-skorean-leader-nuclear-armed-north-unacceptable.html WASHINGTON (AP) — South Korea's President Park Geun-hye told Congress on Wednesday that she will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and that provocative actions by the reclusive communist country "will be met decisively." But Park also said South Korea was ready to provide humanitarian aid, without linking it to the political situation on the divide... Wed, 08 May 2013 16:00:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070562-skorean-leader-nuclear-armed-north-unacceptable.html 2013-05-08T16:00:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067852-obama-skorea-united-front-pyongyang.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Projecting a united front, President Barack Obama and South Korea's new leader warned North Korea on Tuesday against further nuclear provocations, with Obama declaring that the days when Pyongyang could "create a crisis and elicit concessions" were over. Obama also disputed the notion that his cautious response to reported chemical weapo... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:36:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067852-obama-skorea-united-front-pyongyang.html 2013-05-07T22:36:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069166-obama-hes-spoken-to-kim-jong-un.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he doesn't know Kim Jong Un (kim jawng oon) personally and has never spoken to him, but says the North Korean leader can still take a different path. Obama says he does know that Kim's actions seem to pursue a dead end. Obama spoke at a news conference Tuesday with South Korean President Park Geun-hye (goon-ha... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:27:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069166-obama-hes-spoken-to-kim-jong-un.html 2013-05-07T20:27:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067944-nkorea-issues-warning-ahead-us-skorea-summit.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Tuesday threatened the United States and South Korea over joint naval drills taking place this week in tense Yellow Sea waters ahead of a Washington summit by the allies' leaders. The warning, however, was softer than North Korea's recent highly bellicose rhetoric, and followed the North's removal of two missiles f... Tue, 07 May 2013 17:02:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067944-nkorea-issues-warning-ahead-us-skorea-summit.html 2013-05-07T17:02:55Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2046304-majority-skoreans-nkorean-factory-to-return.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Roughly three quarters of the 175 South Koreans still at a shuttered factory park in North Korea are scheduled to return Saturday after Seoul decided to withdraw them over Pyongyang's rejection of its demand for talks on the last symbol of inter-Korean cooperation, the government said. The industrial complex in the border city of... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 04:18:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2046304-majority-skoreans-nkorean-factory-to-return.html 2013-04-27T04:18:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043544-north-koreas-military-capabilities.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's military, founded 81 years ago Thursday, is older than the country itself. It began as an anti-Japanese militia and is now the heart of the nation's "military first" policy. Late leader Kim Jong Il elevated the military's role during his 17-year rule; South Korea estimates he boosted troop levels to 1.2 million sold... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:21:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043544-north-koreas-military-capabilities.html 2013-04-26T03:21:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2041266-skorea-demands-talks-with-nkorea-closed-factory.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After weeks of threatening rhetoric from the North, South Korea on Thursday promised its own unspecified "grave measures" if Pyongyang rejects talks on a jointly run factory park shuttered for nearly a month. The park in the North Korean border town of Kaesong is the most significant casualty so far in the recent deterioration of... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:54:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2041266-skorea-demands-talks-with-nkorea-closed-factory.html 2013-04-25T12:54:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2042692-us-skorea-extend-nuclear-agreement.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and South Korea are extending for two years their current civilian nuclear agreement and postponing a contentious decision on whether Seoul will be allowed to reprocess spent fuel as it seeks to expand its atomic energy industry. Wednesday's announcement is a setback to South Korea's new leader, Park Geun-hye, who had made revis... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:15:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2042692-us-skorea-extend-nuclear-agreement.html 2013-04-24T21:15:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039832-south-korean-president-to-address-congress.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says he will invite South Korean President Park Geun-hye (goon-hay) to address a joint meeting of Congress on May 8. Park, who last December was elected as the first woman president of South Korea, will also hold talks with President Barack Obama on May 7. Boehner says that Park's speech to Congress ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:09:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039832-south-korean-president-to-address-congress.html 2013-04-23T19:09:49Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2038672-japan-war-shrine-reflects-ruling-party-nationalism.html TOKYO (AP) — Visits by Cabinet ministers and lawmakers to a shrine honoring Japan's war dead, including 14 World War II leaders convicted of atrocities, signal Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's determination to pursue a more nationalist agenda after months of focusing on the economy. Nearly 170 Japanese lawmakers paid homage at Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday. A day... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:56:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2038672-japan-war-shrine-reflects-ruling-party-nationalism.html 2013-04-23T10:56:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035808-japan-war-shrine-visits-anger-china-south-korea.html TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of Japanese lawmakers paid homage at a national war shrine Tuesday morning, risking more anger from neighbors South Korea and China over visits they see as failures to acknowledge Japan's militaristic past. The lawmakers from various parties were seen making offerings to mark the spring festival at Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:29:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035808-japan-war-shrine-visits-anger-china-south-korea.html 2013-04-23T04:29:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022202-nkorea-lashes-anew-protest-seoul.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea said it was open to talks, but not as long as the United States is "brandishing a nuclear stick," while Washington insisted that the burden for renewed negotiations now rests with Pyongyang. North Korea also warned that it will intensify unspecified "military countermeasures" unless the U.S. stops conducting milit... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022202-nkorea-lashes-anew-protest-seoul.html 2013-04-17T03:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022584-pivotal-nkorea-question-what-kim-thinking.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Don't worry, one popular argument goes, we've seen this before. Just ignore Pyongyang's unlikely threats of nuclear holocaust as you would, say, a child throwing a tantrum. Others, equally well credentialed, say the prospect of another Korean War has never been higher, with a massive, proud North Korean army incensed by propagand... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:34:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022584-pivotal-nkorea-question-what-kim-thinking.html 2013-04-16T11:34:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2018676-nkorea-marking-leaders-birthday-ire.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — After a day of festivities to mark the 101st birthday of its first leader, North Korea on Tuesday offered new prickly rhetoric against the United States and South Korea, which are watching closely for signs whether it will conduct a medium-range missile test in defiance of international concerns. State media said the Supreme ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:23:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2018676-nkorea-marking-leaders-birthday-ire.html 2013-04-16T05:23:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018436-us-talks-up-diplomacy-nkorea-takes-hard.html TOKYO (AP) — The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks with North Korea if the saber-rattling country lowered tensions and honored past agreements, even as it rejected South Korea's latest offer of dialogue as a "crafty trick." U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in Tokyo that North Korea would find "ready partn... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:29:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018436-us-talks-up-diplomacy-nkorea-takes-hard.html 2013-04-15T05:29:59Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2017366-psy-hopes-nkoreans-enjoy-single.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rapper PSY says he hopes North Koreans will enjoy his new single even as tensions remain high on the Korean Peninsula. PSY released his latest single, "Gentleman," in 119 countries on Friday, hoping to replicate the success of "Gangnam Style," the smash YouTube hit that made him an international star almost overnight... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:00:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2017366-psy-hopes-nkoreans-enjoy-single.html 2013-04-13T13:00:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2015020-kerry-tamps-anxiety-nkorea-missile-power.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stark warning to North Korea on Friday not to test-fire a mid-range missile, while tamping down anxiety caused by a new U.S. intelligence report suggesting significant progress in the communist regime's nuclear weapons program. Kicking off four days of talks in an East Asia beset by ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:59:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2015020-kerry-tamps-anxiety-nkorea-missile-power.html 2013-04-12T19:59:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2004734-factories-that-korean-cooperation-silent.html PAJU, South Korea (AP) — A few hundred South Korean managers, some wandering among quiet assembly lines, were all that remained Tuesday at the massive industrial park run by the rival Koreas after North Korea pulled its more than 50,000 workers from the complex. Other managers stuffed their cars full of finished goods before heading south across the Demilitarized Zone that d... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:22:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2004734-factories-that-korean-cooperation-silent.html 2013-04-09T20:22:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007622-north-korea-urges-foreigners-to-vacate-south-korea.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Scores of North Koreans of all ages planted trees as part of a forestation campaign — armed with shovels, not guns. In the evening, women in traditional dress danced in the plazas to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong Il's appointment to a key defense post. Despite another round of warnings from their ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:39:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007622-north-korea-urges-foreigners-to-vacate-south-korea.html 2013-04-09T19:39:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003388-skorea-indication-nkorea-prepping-nuke-test.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's point man on North Korea said Monday there is an "indication" that Pyongyang is preparing for a fourth nuclear test, a day after another Seoul official said a Pyongyang missile test may be in the works. Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae told a parliamentary committee Monday that "there is such an indication" of nuc... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:19:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003388-skorea-indication-nkorea-prepping-nuke-test.html 2013-04-08T06:19:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003452-us-preparing-nkorea-actions.html BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he "can't take the chance" that North Korea won't soon engage in some military action. Heightened tensions with North Korea led the United States to postpone congressional testimony by the chief U.S. commander ... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:55:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003452-us-preparing-nkorea-actions.html 2013-04-07T16:55:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2002360-korea-rare-jointly-factories.html There is a North Korean factory with no portraits of the country's late leaders on the walls, no North Korean flags, no hand-painted posters screaming party slogans. Everything from the tissues to the toilets comes from South Korea. Bent over bolts of wool and rayon, North Koreans work quietly to the hum of sewing machines making shirts, suits and overcoa... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:52:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2002360-korea-rare-jointly-factories.html 2013-04-06T12:52:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2000332-nkorea-warns-embassies-guarantee-safety.html MOSCOW (AP) — North Korea has warned diplomats in Pyongyang that it can't guarantee the safety of embassies in the event of a conflict and suggested they may want to evacuate their staff, Russia's top diplomat said Friday. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is demanding an explanation from the North Koreans — asking whether the warning is an order to evacuate... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:41:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2000332-nkorea-warns-embassies-guarantee-safety.html 2013-04-06T01:41:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1997234-skorea-north-korea-moved-missile-to-east-coast.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After a series of escalating threats, North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defense minister said Thursday. But he emphasized that the missile was not capable of reaching the United States and that there are no signs that the North is preparing for a full-scale conflict. North ... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:01:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1997234-skorea-north-korea-moved-missile-to-east-coast.html 2013-04-04T20:01:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992318-nkorea-refuses-to-skoreans-enter-joint-factory.html PAJU, South Korea (AP) — In past deadly confrontations between North and South Korea, a jointly operated industrial park stayed open, churning out goods. But in the latest sign that North Korea's warlike stance toward South Korea and the United States is moving from words to action, the North on Wednesday barred South Korean managers and trucks delivering... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992318-nkorea-refuses-to-skoreans-enter-joint-factory.html 2013-04-03T18:47:00Z