In January, Kim Keon Hee was sentenced to 20 months for accepting gifts from the Unification Church, which sought political favors.
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North Korea launches ballistic missiles toward sea
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launches happened on Sunday morning from the North’s eastern Sinpo area.
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Reporter’s notebook: My Olympic Lunar New Year
An NPR reporter covering the Olympics in Milan takes us on cultural side quests, to a hospitality house and a candy store.
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Nuclear submarine arms race heats up between North and South Korea
North Korea’s state media released photos Thursday of what it said was the hull of a nuclear submarine. Its leader denounced South Korea’s plans to build its own subs as “an offensive act.”
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One year on from martial law crisis, South Korea celebrates its democracy’s resilience
One year on from failed presidential power grab, South Korea celebrates its resilient democracy, and tries to heal deep political divisions.
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How U.S.-China tensions leave countries like South Korea stuck in the middle
President Trump met with President Xi on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit last week. APEC’s host, South Korea, is carefully balancing its relations with the U.S. and China.
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Trump says South Korea will build a nuclear submarine in the U.S.
It’s unclear what the timeline for such a project would be. The announcement follows trade negotiations between the countries, including Korean investment in U.S. shipbuilding.
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South Korean workers detained in immigration raid leave Atlanta and head home
A plane carrying more than 300 workers from South Korea who were detained during an immigration raid at a battery factory in Georgia last week left Atlanta around noon Thursday, bound for South Korea.
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South Korea expresses concern over an immigration raid at Hyundai’s Georgia plant
“The business activities of our investors and the rights of our nationals must not be unjustly infringed,” a foreign ministry spokesman said after about 300 South Koreans were detained.
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South Korean President Lee to meet with Trump in Washington on Monday
At a summit meeting in Washington, D.C. on Monday, the U.S. and South Korean presidents will discuss modernizing their 71-year-old alliance and fleshing out a trade deal reached last month.
