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US, S. Korea vow to apply 'maximum pressure' on N. Korea

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 01 12:41 PM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae In agreed Friday to apply "maximum pressure" on North Korea to curb its nuclear and missile programs, while leaving the door to dialogue open "under the right circumstances." Read more »

S.Korea's Moon orders probe into undisclosed US missile launchers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 30 08:44 PM

SEOUL - South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In Tuesday ordered an investigation into why his office was kept in the dark about the arrival of four more launchers for a controversial US missile defense system, his spokesman said. Read more »

S.Korea's anti-piracy unit searches for Mongolian ship off Somalia

Reuters
Posted at May 27 04:36 PM

SEOUL - South Korea has dispatched its anti-piracy naval unit to waters off Somalia after communication with a Mongolian fishing vessel was cut when it requested help, fearing it was being followed by a suspected pirate vessel.  Read more »

With new sheriff in town, South Korea big businesses duck for cover

Joyce Lee and Se Young Lee, Reuters
Posted at May 21 08:58 AM

A South Korean retail giant has shelved controversial expansion plans, while a large bank made hundreds of contract jobs permanent after President Moon Jae-in took office vowing to reform the family-run conglomerates that dominate the economy.  Read more »

History lesson: S. Korea's Moon scraps state textbooks

Agence France Presse
Posted at May 12 04:00 PM

SEOUL - South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In on Friday scrapped state-issued school history textbooks introduced by his ousted predecessor, saying they represented an "outdated and one-sided" view of the past, his office said. Read more »

China tests 'Lunar Palace' as it eyes moon mission

Agence France Presse
Posted at May 12 11:23 AM

Chinese students will live in a laboratory simulating a lunar-like environment for up to 200 days as Beijing prepares for its long-term goal of putting humans on the moon. Read more »

New South Korean president's promise of change faces challenges

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 08:50 PM

South's Korea's newly-elected president Moon Jae-in's pledge to take on big business or the "chaebols" in his country is "positive messaging" for international investors according to The Economist's South Korean bureau chief Stephanie Studer. Read more »

What happens to South Korea after Moon victory?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 01:32 PM

Despite a decisive win, a Seoul-based journalist said there are doubts whether President-elect Moon Jae-In can meet public expectation. Read more »

Palace congratulates S. Korea’s Moon over election victory

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 11:45 AM

MANILA – Malacanang on Wednesday congratulated Liberal politician Moon Jae-in for winning South Korea’s presidential election.  Read more »

South Korea president winner Moon vows to unify bruised country

Ju-min Park and Cynthia Kim, Reuters
Posted at May 10 07:18 AM

Liberal politician Moon Jae-in decisively won South Korea's presidential election on Tuesday, television networks declared, an expected victory ending nearly a decade of conservative rule and bringing a more conciliatory approach toward North Korea.  Read more »

South Korea's shy new President Moon hits the spotlight

Hyunjoo Jin and Cynthia Kim, Reuters
Posted at May 09 09:51 PM

South Korean human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in never felt comfortable being at the Blue House when he was a top aide to the president. He quit in 2004, a year into the job, and went on a long hike in the Himalayas. Read more »

Liberal Moon Jae-in wins South Korean election - exit polls

Ju-min Park and Se Young Lee, Reuters
Posted at May 09 08:25 PM

Liberal politician Moon Jae-in won South Korea's presidential election on Tuesday, exit polls showed, an expected victory that would end nearly a decade of conservative rule and bring a more conciliatory approach toward North Korea. Read more »

Polls open in South Korea's presidential election

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 09 07:14 AM

South Koreans went to the polls Tuesday to choose a new president, after Park Geun-Hye was ousted, detained and indicted for corruption, and against a backdrop of high tensions with the nuclear-armed North. Read more »

S.Korea presidential front-runner says N.Korea's missile launch futile

Reuters
Posted at Apr 29 09:11 AM

SEOUL - The front-runner in South Korea's presidential election sees North Korea's latest attempted missile launch on Saturday as "an exercise in futility", his spokesman said. Read more »

South Korean liberal wins party primary, poised to become president

Reuters
Posted at Apr 03 09:04 PM

SEOUL - South Korean human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in won the liberal Democratic Party primary vote on Monday, setting him on course to become the next president and perhaps take a softer line on North Korea. Read more »

SpaceX to send two tourists around Moon in 2018

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 11:55 AM

FROM EARTH TO THE MOON: Two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon in what would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled to deep space, SpaceX said Monday. Read more »

SpaceX to send privately crewed spacecraft beyond the moon next year

Reuters
Posted at Feb 28 07:13 AM

Private launch company SpaceX plans to fly two paying customers on a tourist trip around the moon using a spaceship under development for NASA astronauts and a heavy-lift rocket that has not yet flown, Chief Executive Elon Musk told reporters on Monday. Read more »

'Boy-band governor' surges in wide-open South Korea presidential race

Ju-min Park, Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 08:25 AM

A provincial governor nicknamed after a leading boy-band is surging in South Korean presidential polls following former United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon's announcement that he would not run in an election that could come within months. Read more »

Korea presidential hopeful hits Duterte over businessman's slay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 02:14 AM

A candidate for the top government post in South Korea criticized President Rodrigo Duterte for his supposed lack of action regarding the killing of businessman Ick-joo Jee. Read more »

WATCH: Bato attends Matteo's movie premiere

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 05:37 AM

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa on Friday night attended the premiere of Matteo Guidicelli's new film in which the actor portrays a Muslim member of the Special Action Force (SAF) tasked to investigate a human trafficking syndicate. Read more »