Follow English Edition : The hankyoreh, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/english-edition-the-hankyoreh Sat, 01 Apr 2023 07:01:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwDKkCzrYx_Nf3tuT6pSmY81 South Korea’s presidential office stated that there will be no joint performance by K-pop group Blackpink and Lady Gaga during President Yoon Suk-yeol’s state visit to the US next month. On Friday, th]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:13:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwDKkCzrYx_Nf3tuT6pSmY81 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwDKkCzrYx_Nf67VFky8BpXO With the abrupt resignation of Kim Sung-han, who as director of the National Security Office served as the Yoon Suk-yeol administration’s de facto head of foreign and security affairs since its inaugu]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:08:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwDKkCzrYx_Nf67VFky8BpXO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwDKkCzrYx_Nf_nNuMIJyU22 The sudden and sweeping changes in the Yoon Suk-yeol administration’s foreign policy and national security leader lineup, demonstrated by the resignation of Kim Sung-han as national security advisor,]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:07:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwDKkCzrYx_Nf_nNuMIJyU22 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwDKkCzrYx_NfyRFMxTa8z4W The South Korean government has decided to host the third Summit for Democracy, one of the signature initiatives of US President Joe Biden. That shows how Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has been stand]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:05:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwDKkCzrYx_NfyRFMxTa8z4W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwDKkCzrYx_Nf5ONpYks2fGs By Kim So-youn, Tokyo correspondentSouth Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s unilateral announcement on March 6 of a plan to compensate forced labor victims has plunged Korean society into confusion. The]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:03:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwDKkCzrYx_Nf5ONpYks2fGs https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBuhelEkpI6CUoy9CZgXDJO She was able to piece together her story from media reports. The media made her aware of the fact that her assailant was arrested after being on the run for three days, the fact that he told police th]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:59:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBuhelEkpI6CUoy9CZgXDJO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBuhelEkpI6CXOFESPuQWsX In response to reports that Kim Sung-han’s abrupt resignation as National Security Office director was due to a communication failure over a proposal to put together a joint performance by Blackpink a]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:57:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBuhelEkpI6CXOFESPuQWsX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBqsiF3_vZLpVRpWVnEcNkS Chun Woo-won, the 27-year-old grandson of the late Korean dictator Chun Doo-hwan, was released Wednesday evening after being questioned by police over suspected drug use. Immediately upon his release,]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:30:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBqsiF3_vZLpVRpWVnEcNkS https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBqsiF3_vZLpcfGo0LrnZNO “Vietnamese men rank No. 1 for international marriages among Korean women — you’ll be surprised why” Headlines of this sort have made the rounds in the last two days, topping articles stating that the]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:24:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBqsiF3_vZLpcfGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBqsiF3_vZLpWhamfNIiY2W The rumors proved true when Kim Sung-han, South Korea’s national security advisor, abruptly resigned on Wednesday.Kim Sung-han is the latest casualty in a personnel reshuffle under way at the presiden]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:21:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBqsiF3_vZLpWhamfNIiY2W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBqsiF3_vZLpUGT5aWO9DEx Japanese government authorities have repeatedly expressed their intention to treat their claim to the South Korean territory of Dokdo as a “diplomatic issue” that must be resolved if the two countries]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:16:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBqsiF3_vZLpUGT5aWO9DEx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwD-PrHDJmVb-IMOI2eu70Rg Cho Hyun-chun, former head of the Defense Security Command, was arrested at the airport upon returning to South Korea, five years after fleeing overseas. Cho is charged with ordering the drafting of a]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:12:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwD-PrHDJmVb-IMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwABilhAr1KWz0ZPHFZJLI3I Known as the architect of Seoul’s foreign policy, Kim Sung-han stepped down from his post as director of the National Security Office on Wednesday ahead of a major diplomatic schedule that includes a]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:05:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwABilhAr1KWz0ZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwABilhAr1KWz6gHTd9OkkKt South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol sent shock waves with his abrupt de facto replacement of Kim Sung-han as director of the National Security Office on Wednesday — with less than a month left before]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:02:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwABilhAr1KWz6gHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBcNLjeZ2sYSN3hDS9njgCr Starting next year, social studies textbooks for sixth graders in Japan will contain flimsier descriptions of the coercive nature of forced mobilization, such as the conscription of Koreans. Textbooks]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:30:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBcNLjeZ2sYSN3hDS9njgCr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBcNLjeZ2sYSPdczOo_8W9B Ma Ying-jeou, former president of Taiwan, stepped foot on the Chinese mainland on Monday. That was the first time a former or current Taiwanese president has visited China in 74 years, since the Natio]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:26:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBcNLjeZ2sYSPdczOo_8W9B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBcNLjeZ2sYSJONpYks2fGs A senior politician in South Korea’s ruling party remarked on Tuesday that NATO-style nuclear sharing ought to be seen as a “strong option” for the country in the face of threats from North Korea.“The]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:24:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwBcNLjeZ2sYSJONpYks2fGs https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwAycCZZtfi9JnOFESPuQWsX Based on the CHIPS and Science Act, the US Department of Commerce is insisting that companies building semiconductor production facilities in the US have to submit sensitive core business secrets such]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:21:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwAycCZZtfi9JnOFESPuQWsX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwAycCZZtfi9JkZPHFZJLI3I South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol faces sharpening criticism over his foreign policy toward Japan after Tokyo approved social studies textbooks for elementary school students that downplay the comp]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:18:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwAycCZZtfi9JkZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwAycCZZtfi9Jt6jHbRcHw3s Kim Jong-un on Tuesday reportedly guided the work for mounting nuclear warheads on ballistic missiles and “put spurs to continuing to produce powerful nuclear weapons,” according to a report]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:14:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/fjrh5u4ECwAycCZZtfi9Jt6jHbRcHw3s