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S. Korea's Park sacks spokesman amid sexual assault allegations

Kyodo News InternationalMay 10, 2013 00:00
South Korean President Park Geun Hye has fired her spokesman Yoon Chang Jung for involvement in an unspecified "unsavory" act, her office said Thursday. The firing comes amid allegations Yoon sexually harassed a South Korean woman while accompanying the president on a trip to the United States, Yonhap News Agency reported from Los Angeles and Washington.

Hashimoto clarifies remarks on "comfort women" after flak

Kyodo News InternationalMay 7, 2013 12:30
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on Wednesday sought to clarify his remarks on a system to recruit women into sexual servitude for Japan's soldiers during World War II, saying he personally does not condone the scheme. Two days after he made controversial remarks that the so-called comfort women were "necessary to maintain discipline" in the Japanese military, Hashimoto told reporters he simply stated a fact that people at the time had that kind of view.

U.S. carrier to arrive in S. Korea for military drills: reports

Kyodo News InternationalMay 7, 2013 06:16
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz will make a port call in South Korea on Saturday to participate in a South Korea-U.S. joint naval exercise, Yonhap News Agency said Tuesday, citing a South Korean government source. The maritime readiness drills, to be held over the weekend off the southern and eastern coasts of South Korea, follow a five-day U.S.-South Korean antisubmarine drill in the Yellow Sea.

N. Korea lifts "No. 1 combat ready posture": Yonhap

Kyodo News InternationalMay 7, 2013 00:00
North Korea is believed to have taken its field artillery units off the highest level of combat readiness last week, Yonhap News Agency reported Tuesday, citing a senior South Korean government source. "It seems that North Korea lifted the No. 1 combat-ready posture around April 30," the source was quoted as saying, adding that it also appears to have withdrawn two intermediate-range Musudan missiles from missile mobile launchers on its east coast.

S. Korea probe says North behind cyber attack

April 9, 2013 23:00
A South Korean probe into a major cyber attack on its banks and broadcasters last month has determined North Korea's military intelligence agency was responsible, a report said Wednesday. The official investigation into access records and the malicious codes used in the attack pointed to the North's military Reconnaissance General Bureau as the source, Yonhap quoted a senior government official as saying. The Ministry of Information declined to comment but has scheduled a press briefing for 2:00pm (0500 GMT).

NK risks-market monitoring

April 4, 2013 22:17
SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is prepared to take "strong" action to stabilize the financial market amid worries that ever-intensifying war threats by North Korea could spread fears in the market, a senior economic policymaker said Friday. In an emergency meeting held to gauge the impact of the North Korea risks, Vice Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho said that the government will run its monitoring system around the clock and take necessary steps tailored to each possible situation.

Campbell-NK-China

April 4, 2013 15:31
By Lee Chi-dong WASHINGTON, April 4 (Yonhap) -- There are clear signs of a "subtle change" in China's approach toward North Korea, which may affect "the calculus" in regional security conditions, a former senior U.S. official said Thursday. "Yes, there's a subtle shift in Chinese foreign policy...Over the short to medium term, that has the potential to affect the calculus in Northeast Asia," Kurt Campbell said at a forum hosted by the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Campbell-NK-China

April 4, 2013 15:01
By Lee Chi-dong WASHINGTON, April 4 (Yonhap) -- There are clear signs of a "subtle change" in China's approach toward North Korea, which may affect "the calculus" in regional security conditions, a former senior U.S. official said Thursday. "Yes, there's a subtle shift in Chinese foreign policy...Over the short to medium term, that has the potential to affect the calculus in Northeast Asia," Kurt Campbell said at a forum hosted by the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

N. Korea's website-hacking

April 4, 2013 10:46
SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean Website has been hacked by a group of international computer hackers, North Korea watchers said Thursday. Due to the hack, the personal information of roughly 9,000 members of "Uriminjokkiri" has been made available to the public on the Internet, they said. The personal information obtained by the hackers includes names, IDs, e-mail addresses and the genders of the sites' members, the watchers said. In particular, many of the members' names were written in Korean.

Koreans films-attendance record

April 4, 2013 05:15
SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- Homegrown films attracted a record-breaking number of moviegoers in the first quarter of this year, government data showed Thursday. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) that tracks official box-office figures, 38.45 million people went to see Korean films at local theaters in the first quarter of this year, the highest tally for a quarter. The previous record was 37.22 million established in the third quarter of last year. The audience record for the first quarter was up 53.9 percent from the same period last year.
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