Dagyum Kate Ji
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Politics and Foreign & Security Affairs Team Lead at the Korea Herald • Previous: VOA KR, NK News, Reuters TV • Opinions are my own
Scores of government task forces investigating potential misconduct by officials tied to the Dec. 3 martial law declaration formally began operations Monday, with investigations launched into 49 government ministries and agencies.
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Civil service on edge as martial law probe engulfs 49 state agencies
Scores of government task forces investigating potential misconduct by officials tied to the Dec. 3 martial law declaration formally began operations Monday, wi
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November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Scores of government task forces investigating potential misconduct by officials tied to the Dec. 3 martial law declaration formally began operations Monday, with investigations launched into 49 government ministries and agencies.
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South Korea’s two major political parties are each racing to rewrite their primary rules ahead of next June’s local elections, igniting fierce internal battles over who should hold greater sway in deciding their candidate slates.
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Tilting playing fields in party selection contests
South Korea’s two major political parties are each racing to rewrite their primary rules ahead of next June’s local elections, igniting fierce internal battles
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November 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
South Korea’s two major political parties are each racing to rewrite their primary rules ahead of next June’s local elections, igniting fierce internal battles over who should hold greater sway in deciding their candidate slates.
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APEC’s 2025 Gyeongju Declaration, adopted by consensus among all 21 member economies after strenuous and tense negotiations, marks a major break from the past for two key reasons.
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Gyeongju Declaration casts APEC’s new creed around AI, culture industry
GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province — APEC’s 2025 Gyeongju Declaration, adopted by consensus among all 21 member economies after strenuous and tense negotiation
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November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
APEC’s 2025 Gyeongju Declaration, adopted by consensus among all 21 member economies after strenuous and tense negotiations, marks a major break from the past for two key reasons.
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The leaders of South Korea and China agreed to reboot a regular high-level dialogue to strengthen strategic coordination on regional and global issues, pledging to turn their thaw into tangible economic cooperation and work toward peace on the Korean Peninsula.
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Lee, Xi agree to reboot high-level dialogue, turn thaw into economic gains
GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province — The leaders of South Korea and China agreed Saturday to reboot a regular high-level dialogue to strengthen strategic coord
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November 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The leaders of South Korea and China agreed to reboot a regular high-level dialogue to strengthen strategic coordination on regional and global issues, pledging to turn their thaw into tangible economic cooperation and work toward peace on the Korean Peninsula.
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung raised the curtain on the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday with a call for unity, saying the forum holds the answer to the world’s current turbulence.
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Lee calls APEC answer to global challenges as Gyeongju summit opens
GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung raised the curtain on the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday with a c
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October 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung raised the curtain on the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday with a call for unity, saying the forum holds the answer to the world’s current turbulence.
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South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Thursday that the 21 APEC member economies “are very close” to finalizing a Gyeongju Declaration to be made after the APEC summit on Friday and Saturday.
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APEC members close to agreeing Gyeongju Declaration: FM Cho
GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province — South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Thursday that the 21 APEC member economies “are very close” to finalizing a G
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October 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Thursday that the 21 APEC member economies “are very close” to finalizing a Gyeongju Declaration to be made after the APEC summit on Friday and Saturday.
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US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping have reached an agreement on a tariff truce, describing the summit between the two as “amazing.”
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Trump, Xi agree to cool trade tensions at Busan summit
GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province — US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping have reached an agreement on a tariff tru
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October 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping have reached an agreement on a tariff truce, describing the summit between the two as “amazing.”
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The future of the fragile rapprochement between Seoul and Tokyo appears to hinge more on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi than on South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.
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Ball in Takaichi’s court over next phase of Seoul-Tokyo ties
GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province — A delicate thaw between South Korea and Japan will face its first test under new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi du
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October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The future of the fragile rapprochement between Seoul and Tokyo appears to hinge more on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi than on South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.
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The leaders of South Korea and the United States reached a top-level breakthrough after months of tariff negotiations, as they also discussed security issues at their second summit in about two months on Wednesday.
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S. Korea, US agree on trade deal details at Lee-Trump summit in Gyeongju
GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province — The leaders of South Korea and the United States reached a top-level breakthrough after months of tariff negotiations, as
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October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The leaders of South Korea and the United States reached a top-level breakthrough after months of tariff negotiations, as they also discussed security issues at their second summit in about two months on Wednesday.
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Seoul is stepping onto the APEC summit stage with a daunting task: to save the forum’s core, steady it amid global headwinds and steer leaders toward consensus on what matters most for sustainable and shared growth in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Seoul’s pragmatic diplomacy put to test to steer APEC through storm
GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province — Seoul is stepping onto the APEC summit stage with a daunting task: to save the forum’s core, steady it amid global headwin
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October 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Seoul is stepping onto the APEC summit stage with a daunting task: to save the forum’s core, steady it amid global headwinds and steer leaders toward consensus on what matters most for sustainable and shared growth in the Asia-Pacific region.
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South Korea and the United States will soon begin talks to revise their civil nuclear cooperation pact, seeking to expand Seoul's rights over uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing, according to the country's top diplomat.
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Allies set to open nuclear talks to expand Seoul’s fuel-cycle rights
South Korea and the United States will soon begin talks to revise their civil nuclear cooperation pact, seeking to expand Seoul's rights over uranium enrichment
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October 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
South Korea and the United States will soon begin talks to revise their civil nuclear cooperation pact, seeking to expand Seoul's rights over uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing, according to the country's top diplomat.
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Seoul expects continuity, not confrontation, in Seoul-Tokyo ties as Takaichi takes office, though echoes of her mentor Shinzo Abe’s nationalism and historical revisionism could test the fragile thaw.
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Seoul expects steady ties under Takaichi — but braces for Abe’s shadow
As Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female prime minister on Tuesday, Seoul anticipates continuity rather than confrontation in its ties with Tokyo, accordin
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October 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Seoul expects continuity, not confrontation, in Seoul-Tokyo ties as Takaichi takes office, though echoes of her mentor Shinzo Abe’s nationalism and historical revisionism could test the fragile thaw.
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Plans for more than 300 South Korean detainees to depart Georgia on Wednesday via a charter flight have been postponed “due to circumstances on the US side,” Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
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Return of Koreans detained in Georgia delayed by US circumstances: Seoul
Plans for more than 300 South Korean detainees to depart Georgia on Wednesday via a charter flight have been postponed “due to circumstances on the US side,” Se
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September 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Plans for more than 300 South Korean detainees to depart Georgia on Wednesday via a charter flight have been postponed “due to circumstances on the US side,” Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
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South Korea has concluded negotiations for the release of more than 300 nationals detained in a US immigration raid at a battery construction plant in Georgia, and will bring them back home via a chartered flight.
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Talks concluded on release of Korean workers held in Georgia: presidential office
South Korea has concluded negotiations for the release of more than 300 nationals detained in a US immigration raid at a battery construction plant in Georgia,
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September 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
South Korea has concluded negotiations for the release of more than 300 nationals detained in a US immigration raid at a battery construction plant in Georgia, and will bring them back home via a chartered flight.
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South Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo expressed regret over the US release of video footage showing the arrest of more than 300 Korean workers during an immigration raid at a plant construction site in Georgia.
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Seoul voices regret over US release of video showing Koreans chained in Georgia raid
South Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo expressed regret over the US release of video footage showing the arrest of more than 300 Korean workers
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September 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
South Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo expressed regret over the US release of video footage showing the arrest of more than 300 Korean workers during an immigration raid at a plant construction site in Georgia.
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President Lee Jae Myung has ordered an “all-out response” to swiftly resolve the detention of more than 300 South Koreans in a US immigration raid at a construction site in Georgia being built by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution.
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Lee orders 'all-out response' to detention of +300 Koreans in US raid
President Lee Jae Myung has ordered an “all-out response” to swiftly resolve the detention of more than 300 South Koreans in a US immigration raid at a construc
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September 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
President Lee Jae Myung has ordered an “all-out response” to swiftly resolve the detention of more than 300 South Koreans in a US immigration raid at a construction site in Georgia being built by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution.
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For Kim Jong-un, his presence at the Victory Day celebrations was far more than a symbolic debut on the multilateral stage: it reflected North Korea’s recalibrated grand strategy to elevate Pyongyang’s leverage abroad while tightening his grip at home.
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Kim joins Xi, Putin, reviving Cold War links for strategic gains
In a spectacle unseen since the Cold War, the leaders of China, Russia and North Korea stood shoulder to shoulder on Tiananmen’s rostrum in Beijing on Wednesday
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September 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For Kim Jong-un, his presence at the Victory Day celebrations was far more than a symbolic debut on the multilateral stage: it reflected North Korea’s recalibrated grand strategy to elevate Pyongyang’s leverage abroad while tightening his grip at home.
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A formal summit among the leaders of North Korea, China and Russia remains unlikely, although their choreographed appearance side by side at Beijing’s Sept. 3 celebrations will be reminiscent of Cold War-era solidarity.
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Xi, Putin, Kim to share stage in Beijing, not summit table: NIS
A formal summit among the leaders of North Korea, China and Russia remains unlikely, although their choreographed appearance side by side at Beijing’s Sept. 3 c
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September 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A formal summit among the leaders of North Korea, China and Russia remains unlikely, although their choreographed appearance side by side at Beijing’s Sept. 3 celebrations will be reminiscent of Cold War-era solidarity.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has set the stage for his multilateral diplomatic debut before departing for Beijing, by showcasing new missile assembly lines where nuclear-capable missiles were displayed in regimented rows.
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Kim Jong-un flaunts missile production before Beijing debut with Xi, Putin
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has set the stage for his multilateral diplomatic debut before departing for Beijing, by showcasing new missile assembly lines w
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September 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has set the stage for his multilateral diplomatic debut before departing for Beijing, by showcasing new missile assembly lines where nuclear-capable missiles were displayed in regimented rows.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has departed aboard an armored train to make his multilateral diplomatic debut in Beijing, where he will join Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders.
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Kim Jong-un heads to Beijing on armored train to join Xi, Putin
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has departed aboard an armored train to make his multilateral diplomatic debut in Beijing, where he will join Chinese President
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September 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has departed aboard an armored train to make his multilateral diplomatic debut in Beijing, where he will join Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders.
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The Lee Jae Myung administration will leverage “alliance modernization” with the US as an opportunity to strengthen South Korea’s defense capabilities, signaling openness to increasing defense spending in response to Washington’s call.
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Seoul signals openness to US call for higher defense spending
Seoul’s top diplomat said Monday that the Lee Jae Myung administration will leverage "alliance modernization" with the US as an opportunity to bolster South Kor
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August 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The Lee Jae Myung administration will leverage “alliance modernization” with the US as an opportunity to strengthen South Korea’s defense capabilities, signaling openness to increasing defense spending in response to Washington’s call.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un conveyed his inter-Korean policy plan through his sister Kim Yo-jong, who handed it down during a meeting with key Foreign Ministry officials while denouncing Seoul’s olive-branch offer as “deceptive.”
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Kim Jong-un issues inter-Korean policy rejecting Seoul’s olive branch
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday conveyed his inter-Korean policy plan through his sister Kim Yo-jong, who handed it down during a meeting with key Fo
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August 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un conveyed his inter-Korean policy plan through his sister Kim Yo-jong, who handed it down during a meeting with key Foreign Ministry officials while denouncing Seoul’s olive-branch offer as “deceptive.”
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The Lee Jae Myung administration believes that Lee’s first visit to Tokyo, ahead of his trip to Washington, can dispel any prejudices or misunderstandings in the US, as well as any broader stigma portraying the administration as anti-Japan.
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Trump's leadership key in North Korea talks: FM
The resurrection of long-stalled nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea will hinge on US President Donald Trump’s leadership, with an inevitabl
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August 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The Lee Jae Myung administration believes that Lee’s first visit to Tokyo, ahead of his trip to Washington, can dispel any prejudices or misunderstandings in the US, as well as any broader stigma portraying the administration as anti-Japan.
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President Lee Jae Myung will outline his vision for North Korea and unification policy, while calling for future-oriented cooperation between Seoul and Tokyo in his speech marking the 80th National Liberation Day on Friday.
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Lee to unveil NK policy vision in Liberation Day speech
President Lee Jae Myung will outline his vision for North Korea and unification policy, while calling for future-oriented cooperation between Seoul and Tokyo in
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August 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
President Lee Jae Myung will outline his vision for North Korea and unification policy, while calling for future-oriented cooperation between Seoul and Tokyo in his speech marking the 80th National Liberation Day on Friday.
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Eighty years after the end of Japan’s 35-year colonial rule, Korea and Japan remain locked in an uneasy duet — pulled together by the inescapable demands of geopolitics, yet held apart by the deep, unhealed wounds left by Japan’s occupation of the Korean Peninsula.
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Nowhere to turn but toward future: Seoul and Tokyo 80 years after liberation
Eighty years after the end of Japan’s 35-year colonial rule, South Korea and Japan remain locked in an uneasy duet — pulled together by the inescapable demand
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August 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Eighty years after the end of Japan’s 35-year colonial rule, Korea and Japan remain locked in an uneasy duet — pulled together by the inescapable demands of geopolitics, yet held apart by the deep, unhealed wounds left by Japan’s occupation of the Korean Peninsula.
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