South Korea

South Korea And Japan May Bicker, But Busan And Fukuoka Get On Fine

... are a long way from such cordial exchanges today. In the open sea north-east of Tsushima, they squabble over a group of rocks (Dokdo to South Koreans and Takeshima to the Japanese), and bicker with each other about history. Japan annexed Korea in 1910 and exploited it ruthlessly until 1945; many South Koreans feel Japan has done too little to atone for its colonial atrocities. Among the most painful incidents for South Koreans is the corralling of tens of thousands of women into Japanese military brothels. South Korean civic groups erected a bronze statue of a “comfort woman” outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul in 2011, to serve as a daily rebuke to the diplomats inside. In December a similar statue was installed outside the Japanese consulate in Busan. In a huff, Japan’s government, which thought it had put the matter to rest by agreeing to compensate the surviving comfort women in 2015, recalled its ambassador to Seoul as well as its consul-general in Busan. Neither has yet returned to his post. The spat also threatened to upset the centuries-long ...

Air Force Craftsmen Sculpt Metal In South Korea Shop

... out and basically save the day.”. Air Force Senior Airman Kelly Huddleston, 51 st Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology journeyman, focuses to weld together an A-frame at Osan Air Base, South Korea, March 7, 2017. The airmen assigned to the aircraft metals technology shop are highly skilled technicians with the training and equipment to repair or fabricate almost any metal piece needed across the base. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Victor J. Caputo. Aircraft Metals. Air Force Senior Airman Kelly Huddleston, 51 st Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology journeyman, focuses to weld together an A-frame at Osan Air Base, South Korea, March 7, 2017. The airmen assigned to the aircraft metals technology shop are highly skilled technicians with the training and equipment to repair or fabricate almost any metal piece needed across the ...

U.s. Forges Ahead With South Korea Missile Defenses, Despite Upheaval

... I don't think it would be prudent for a new government to ask that it be walked back," Cha said. U. S. officials told Reuters the system could be operational in several weeks, although the Pentagon has declined to say when it will be up and running. South Korea's Constitutional Court removed Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a graft scandal involving the country's conglomerates. The ruling sparked protests from supporters, two of whom were killed in clashes with police outside the court. Relations with China and the United States could dominate the coming presidential campaign. Beijing has vigorously protested against the deployment, fearing its radar could see into its missile deployments. China has curbed travel to South Korea and targeted Korean companies operating in the mainland, prompting retaliatory measures from Seoul. North Korea missile expert John Schilling, a contributor to the U. S. monitoring group 38 North, said any future South Korean leader would have a hard time objecting to THAAD if it meant jeopardizing ...

5 Things For Friday, March 10, 2017

... Conway made an overt plug for Ivanka Trump's fashion brand on live TV? Yeah, the Office of Government Ethics still isn't happy about that. The agency's director sent a letter to the White House questioning the lack of punishment for Conway and disputing the administration's claim that ethics policies don't apply to the president's staff. BREAKFAST BROWSE. People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Florida agency to hire 25 snake hunters to cull pythons in the Everglades. When you see "Florida" at the start of a sentence, it's gonna be a wild ride. Plane diverted after passenger freaks out over $12 blanket. "There are a lot of people who will hate, so you have to stay strong ," she says. TODAY'S NUMBER. 2 a.m. IT'S DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME! Remember to set your clocks FORWARD an hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 12. Yes, you'll lose an hour of sleep. Ugh. AND ...

South Korea's Corporate Culture Goes On Trial

... taking on Korea's corporate and political establishment. For decades, close collusion between the two has essentially gone unchecked, although almost every Korean leader has vowed to put it to an end. Maybe that will really happen this time around. Following the path to power of most Asian female leaders who make it to the top, Park comes from the political elite. She is the daughter of a former president and military dictator of South Korea, Park Chung-hee, who was assassinated in 1979. If the ruling from the Constitutional Court , coming just two days after International Women's Day, goes against his daughter, she would be the first democratically elected Korean president to be forced to step down. South Korea's story of recovery was nothing but exceptional after the Korean war wound down in the early 1950 s. The North and South are still technically at war, but there's no doubt who won economically. Its $1.3 trillion economy amounts to $25,745 per head. North Korea's $40 billion economy equates to $1,800 per person , and at the worst times only the world's largest standing army has enough to eat. Only since 1987 has the South Korean government been free of either ...

South Korean Court Throws President Out Of Office; Two Die In Protest

... from Seoul. The U. S. military said on Friday it would keep delivering THAAD components, separating the issue from South Korea's internal political crisis. The new U. S. administration has been keen to install the system as quickly as possible due to concerns that a new government in Seoul could block the deployment. "We have a strong relationship and will continue to work with South Korea," White House spokesman Sean Spicer said. "It's a domestic issue in which the United States takes no position in the outcome of that election.". The Seoul market's benchmark KOSPI index. KS 11 and the won currency KRW= rose after the ruling. The prospect of a new president in the first half of this year instead of prolonged uncertainty would buoy domestic demand as well as the markets, said Trinh Nguyen, senior economist at Natixis in Hong Kong. ...

Children Videobomb South Korea Expert's Live Bbc Interview

... in a walker. Still Kelly carried on, turning his attention to how North Korea might react to the end of Park Geun-hye’s term. Cue a panicked woman who slid into the room, looked towards the camera with alarm and set about extracting both children from the office. Kelly apologised as the baby was wheeled out and the girl was dragged unceremoniously off stage. The woman crawled back, shut the the door and Kelly, an associate professor of international relations at Pusan National University, again tried to think about North Korea rather than the dangers of the home office invasion. Presenter James Menendez tweeted : “Hard to keep a straight face” and: “It was the desperate reach for the door at the end that nearly did it for me.”. Later he added: “Having watched it back, all credit to @Robert_E_Kelly for keeping it going. Come back to @bbcworld soon, with or without your lovely family!”. And Kelly’s own response on Twitter displayed a ...

5 Global Scandals That Have Nothing To Do With Donald Trump

... to keep tabs on in 2017. 1. France's tarnished conservative candidate. France’s 2017 presidential election has always come down to a single question: who emerges to challenge far-right firebrand Marine Le Pen in the second round run-off? Polls have consistently shown Le Pen winning the first round (currently polling at 26 percent), only to see her lose with similar consistency in the second round. That’s why Francois Fillon of the center-right Les Republicains, the odds-on favorite to win the presidency just two months ago, just won’t quit despite a continuing scandal. Fillon has been accused of hiring his wife as a parliamentary aide and paying her €900,000 over a period of years without proof that she did any work. But Le Pen’s apparent weakness has Fillon convinced that if he just rides out the current storm, the presidency is still his too lose—eerily reminiscent ...