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South Korea president doesn’t allow prosecutors to search residence
Feb 02, 2017 10:27The office of South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye has denied prosecutors access to the president’s residence for a search as part of investigations into a major corruption scandal.
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Ban abruptly ends presidential bid for South Korea
Feb 01, 2017 10:25Former United Nations (UN) secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has ended his unofficial bid to run for the top office of his country of origin, South Korea.
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South Korea suspends visas for Chinese teachers
Feb 01, 2017 10:18South Korea has suspended issuing or extending visas for Chinese teachers amid growing tensions between the two sides over the planned deployment of a US missile system to the restive Korean Peninsula.
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South Korea to enhance China ties in attempt to end Chinese ‘retaliation’ over THAAD
Jan 26, 2017 04:29South Korea intends to enhance communication and cooperation with China in an attempt to remove the difficulties it has been facing in the trade area as a result of alleged Chinese retaliation for Seoul’s decision to allow the deployment of an advanced US missile system on Korean soil.
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Key suspect in South Korea scandal claims is confessing under duress
Jan 25, 2017 07:10The woman at the center of a scandal in South Korea has claimed that she is innocent and that she is being forced to confess to guilt.
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Massive rally in South Korea demand Park removal, Samsung heir arrest
Jan 21, 2017 13:00Tens of thousands of people have converged on the streets of the South Korean capital, Seoul, demanding the swift ouster of the country's desperate President Park Geun-hye and the Samsung heir’s arrest for alleged corruption.
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S Korea's oil imports from Iran up 8 times
Jan 15, 2017 09:50Official figures show South Korea’s imports of oil from Iran last December soared about eight times greater than a year ago.
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S Korean, Philippine hostages released by militants: Manila
Jan 14, 2017 11:01The Philippines has announced the release of a South Korean ship captain and a Filipino crewman, who were kidnapped three months ago by Daesh-linked militants in the Southeast Asian state.
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South Korea ‘to protest Chinese retaliation over THAAD deployment’
Jan 12, 2017 10:09South Korea says it may formally protest to China over actions perceived to have been taken in retaliation for Seoul’s decision to allow the deployment of an advanced US missile system on its territory.
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North Korea has enough plutonium for 10 nuclear bombs: South Korea
Jan 11, 2017 11:32South Korea says the North has acquired as much as 50 kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium, enough to manufacture 10 nuclear bombs.