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Angelina Jolie fights back tears, as she drops off son at South Korean college

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 01:02 AM

She's one of Hollywood's biggest names, but Angelina Jolie is just like any other mother when they're about to drop off their kids at college.  Read more »

South Korea to scrap military intel sharing pact with Japan

Kang Jin-kyu, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 22 09:44 PM

SEOUL - South Korea said Thursday it will terminate its military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, the latest swipe in an intensifying tit-for-tat trade and diplomatic dispute between the neighbors. Read more »

Japan, South Korea agree on need for dialogue to repair frayed ties

Hyonhee Shin and Ami Miyazaki, Reuters
Posted at Aug 21 05:24 PM

Japan and South Korea agreed on Wednesday on the need for dialogue to resolve a feud over compensating Korean wartime workers that has spilled over into trade, and put a deep chill on ties between Washington's two Asian allies. Read more »

LOOK: PH Navy's 'most powerful ship' BRP Conrado Yap arrives at last

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 11:58 PM

MANILA - Regarded by the Philippine Navy as its “most powerful ship” to date, the ex-Pohang-class corvette BRP Conrado Yap (PS39) docked in the Port of Manila Tuesday after being acquired from South Korea. Read more »

N.Korea fires projectiles, rejects S.Korea's dialogue pledge

Reuters
Posted at Aug 16 09:26 AM

SEOUL - North Korea launched at least two projectiles into the sea on Friday, South Korea's military said, shortly after Pyongyang described South Korea's president as "impudent" and vowed that inter-Korean talks are over. Read more »

South Korea's Moon offers olive branch to Japan

Sunghee Hwang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 15 12:22 PM

South Korean President Moon Jae-in struck a conciliatory tone towards Japan on Thursday, offering to "join hands" if Tokyo chooses dialogue as relations between the two countries dip to fresh lows. Read more »

Basura mula South Korea na nasa Misamis Oriental, nasunog

Joey Taguba Yecyec, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 12:22 AM

Natupok ng apoy ang nakatambak na basura sa loob ng planta ng Verde Soko sa bayan ng Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental Lunes ng hapon. Read more »

South Korean cosmetics firm boss quits over YouTube praising Japan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 08:26 AM

SEOUL, South Korea - The head of a major South Korean cosmetics firm resigned Sunday after facing heavy backlash for forcing his staff to watch a YouTube video praising Japan during a raging trade war between the two nations. Read more »

North Korea fires 2 projectiles into sea off eastern coast, South Korea claims

Ju-min Park and Joyce Lee, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 10 11:16 AM

North Korea fired 2 unidentified projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Saturday, South Korea's military said. Read more »

Move over Chanel: North Korea's 'raccoon eye makers' get state push

Minwoo Park, Reuters
Posted at Aug 08 11:22 AM

Promoting home-grown beauty has been a political strategy since the days of state founder Kim Il Sung, but has become more focused under his foreign-educated grandson, Kim Jong Un. Read more »

US approves $800 million in helicopters for SKorea

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 07:31 AM

WASHINGTON - The US government has approved the sale of $800 million worth of helicopters to South Korea, the Pentagon announced Wednesday, hours after President Donald Trump said Seoul had agreed to pay more for the US military presence in the country.   Read more »

Kim says latest missile launch a 'warning' to US, S. Korea: KCNA

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 07 06:38 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang's latest missile launches were meant as a warning to Washington and Seoul over their joint war games, state news agency KCNA reported Wednesday.  Read more »

'No Japan' banners scrapped in Seoul after outcry

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 07 02:14 AM

A Seoul district was forced to backtrack within hours of starting to put up more than 1,000 anti-Japan banners in the center of the South Korean capital on Tuesday as a trade dispute rages between the neighbors. Read more »

North Korea conducts new launches, threatens to take 'new road'

Joyce Lee, Reuters
Posted at Aug 06 06:50 AM

North Korea fired 2 unidentified projectiles from South Hwanghae province into the sea to the east early on Tuesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, as North Korea's foreign ministry protested joint US-South Korea military drills as violations of diplomatic agreements.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 5, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 02:29 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

US-South Korea military exercises opposed

Ahn Young-joon, AP
Posted at Aug 05 06:14 PM

Protesters shout slogans while holding up placards to oppose planned joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea on Monday. Read more »

Sex doll ruling arouses controversy in South Korea

Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Aug 03 04:22 AM

SEOUL - A petition calling for a ban on importing life-size sex dolls into South Korea has gathered nearly a quarter million signatures as of Friday, passing a threshold that requires the president's office to respond to the matter.   Read more »

Japan, South Korea trade tit-for-tat export blows

Miwa Suzuki, Agence France Presse
Posted at Aug 03 02:04 AM

Japan and South Korea rescinded each other's favored export partner status on Friday and Seoul said it would review a military information agreement, as a long-running row between the US allies hit a new low.   Read more »

Ano ba ang Samgyeopsal?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 08:06 PM

Bukod sa K-Pop at K-Drama, nadala na rin ng Korean invasion sa Pilipinas ang samgyeopsal na tila'y naglipana sa iba't ibang sulok ng bansa. Kilalanin pa ang patok at nakakatakam na pagkaing ito sa report na ito. Read more »

Japan's cabinet approves removal of S. Korea from favored trade list

Reuters
Posted at Aug 02 10:50 AM

Japan's cabinet on Friday approved a plan to remove South Korea from a list of countries that enjoy minimum export controls, a move likely to escalate tensions fueled by a dispute over compensation for wartime forced laborers. Read more »