SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry on Tuesday expressed “strong protest” against Japan’s territorial claim to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo in its latest foreign policy paper, calling for an immediate withdrawal. Releasing this year’s Diplomatic Bluebook earlier in the day, the Japanese government once again renewed its claim to the [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A quiet hillside arrest. A missing teenager. A fragment of a report, dated August 17, 1994, offers little more than this: “Took refuge in a mountain near the village, was captured by military police forces, later disappeared while imprisoned on the mainland.” The boy’s name was Yang Byung-in. He was [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The solemn grounds of Jongmyo Shrine, Korea’s most revered royal ancestral site, will be transformed into a stage of majestic sound and movement later this month as the government hosts a special nighttime performance of Jongmyo Jeryeak, a traditional court music and dance ceremony. The Korea Heritage Service’ Palaces and [...]
JEJU, South Korea, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Long overshadowed by the island’s famed black pigs, Jeju’s native black cattle, known as Jeju Heukwoo, are emerging as a key focus of local branding and preservation efforts. Once on the brink of extinction, the breed is now being positioned as a premium regional specialty through expanded government [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Countries worldwide scrambled to understand the sudden death of North Korea’s founder, Kim Il-sung, in 1994, with the United States and Russia questioning the isolated state’s future under his son and successor, Kim Jong-il, declassified diplomatic dossiers showed Friday. Kim Il-sung, the founder and first leader of North Korea, [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will send a vice minister-led government delegation to China this week to attend a memorial ceremony honoring independence activist Ahn Jung-geun (1879-1910), the veterans ministry said Tuesday. The delegation, led by Vice Veterans Minister Lee Hee-wan, will attend the ceremony marking the 115th death anniversary of the [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea launched a project Monday to excavate the remains of a presumed South African pilot killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul’s defense ministry said. The project, which runs through April 11, aims to find the remains of a South African Air Force pilot presumed to have been [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Several Southeast Asian airlines have come under fire for referring to Dokdo, a South Korean territory, as ‘Liancourt Rocks’ on in-flight map services. The term, originating from the name of a French whaling ship, is often used by Japan in an effort to undermine South Korea’s sovereignty claims. Seo Kyoung-Duk, [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry said Monday it began an annual project to recover the remains of soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, seeking to find more than 220 missing service members this year. Since 2000, the ministry has been working to excavate and identify the remains of fallen soldiers [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The trial of a Japanese right-wing politician accused of defacing a statue honoring World War II comfort women continues to face delays after 13 years, with the defendant failing to appear in court for the 27th time. Suzuki Nobuyuki, 60, was absent from his first scheduled trial at the Seoul [...]