SEOUL/TOKYO, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government strongly condemned Japan on Friday for laying repeated claim to the easternmost islets of Dokdo in its annual defense white paper. “(The government) strongly protests against Japan’s repetition of its sovereignty claim over Dokdo, clearly an integral part of the Korean territory in terms of [...]
WASHINGTON, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The names of over 40,000 fallen soldiers etched on the Wall of Remembrance is physical proof of the strong U.S.-South Korea alliance that will forever remind people of what their freedom costs, former U.S. Forces Korea commander John Tilelli said of the latest addition to the Korean War memorial in [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. is being criticized for listing all of Mount Paektu’s Cheonji crater lake in northern North Korea as part of Chinese territory on its map application on iPhones, iPads and Macbooks. The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a South Korean civic organization, said Tuesday that searching for [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A video of a British veteran who participated in the 1950-53 Korean War is creating an online sensation. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs reported that a video starring Alan Guy, 90, has garnered more than 2.18 million views on YouTube since it was posted on June 22. [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — American pop-rock band Maroon 5 removed the design of Japan’s imperial-era flag from the band’s official website Wednesday after the use of the image angered South Korean music fans ahead of its world tour that includes stops in Asian countries. According to sources in the music scene, the band [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea launched a government-private consultative body Monday tasked with exploring ways to resolve the long-standing diplomatic row with Japan about compensation for the Korean victims of wartime forced labor, a sticking point in their relations. First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong presided over the inaugural session of the [...]