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Defectors Say North Stirred 1980 South Korea Unrest - VOA
Voice of America
A citizen's resistance movement in the southwestern city was brutally suppressed by South Korean paratroopers in May 1980, but historians believe it sparked the national democracy movement which, in 1987, led to the first direct presidential election ...

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Windsor Star
S. Korea urges Pyongyang to accept talks on Kaesong
Yonhap News
SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea urged North Korea Tuesday to accept working-level talks that could help normalize operations of a suspended inter-Korean industrial complex in Kaesong and alleviate local companies that are suffering due to the ...
South Korea says North Korea fires sixth projectile into watersFox News
North Korea fires more projectiles into the sea off its east coast, South saysCNN
South Korean top court upholds ruling against man convicted for emailing North ...Windsor Star
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North Korean leader sends 'special envoy' to China
MiamiHerald.com
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea says that a "special envoy" for leader Kim Jong Un has left for China. The North's official Korean Central News Agency said in a short dispatch Wednesday that the envoy was Choe Ryong Hae. There were no other details.

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S. Korea advised to focus on expanding nuclear exports
Yonhap News
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new administration needs to focus on finding ways to expand its nuclear exports, especially to the Middle East, as it plans to resume talks with the United States on their civilian nuclear cooperation ...

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Stuff.co.nz
Black Sticks men lose series to South Korea
Stuff.co.nz
The New Zealand men's hockey team has lost a third consecutive test - and with it the series - against South Korea. The Black Sticks were downed 1-0 at Papatoetoe Sports Centre last night, which followed 2-0 and 2-1 defeats at the weekend. The first ...

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Hashimoto brings South Korea into fray
The Japan Times
Modern history is the story of how liberal democracy, originating in Britain and America, spread around the world. This may sound like an absurd fantasy. In actuality, this Whiggish narrative of progress underpins most newspaper editorials, political ...
Sex slave storm Osaka mayor accuses South Korea of hypocrisySouth China Morning Post

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Raw Story
Climbers from Bangladesh and South Korea die on Mt. Everest
Raw Story
A climber from Bangladesh and another from South Korea have died on Mount Everest as hundreds flock to the world's highest peak during good weather, Nepalese tourism officials said Tuesday. “Both men died while descending from the summit on Monday ...

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South Korea plans tax incentives for R&D, tech startups
ZDNet
South Korea has announced a range of measures, focusing on tech startups and research and development, to drive job creation and economic growth. moneykeyboardthumb620x465 A focus on tech startups is part of South Korea's plans to revitalize the ...


Telegraph.co.uk
South Korean soldiers 'abused women in wartime'
Telegraph.co.uk
In a remark likely to fuel outrage and further stoke tensions in an already uneasy relationship, Toru Hashimoto said the South Korean military used women for sex to keep servicemen's frustration in check in Vietnam. Sex slavery is a particularly ...
S Korea troops too guilty of sex abuse, says Japan mayor - Gulf timesGulf Times

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S. Korea's foreign debt declines in Q1
Yonhap News
SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's external debt fell to an over 1-year low in the first quarter as the local currency's decline to the dollar undercut the value of foreigners' bond holdings, the central bank said Wednesday. The country's external ...
S Korea 1st-Quarter Short-Term Debt Falls to Lowest Level in More Than Six YearsWall Street Journal

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