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South Korea's nuclear deal with Westinghouse sparks controversy

Controversy surrounds the 50-year agreement between state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, or KHNP, and Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC of the United States.

Factbox-What issues are likely to be discussed at the US-South Korea summit?

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Washington for their first summit meeting on Monday, after the countries struck a trade deal last month lowering U.S. tariffs on the Asian ally to 15% from a threatened 25%.

S.Korea dispatches delegation to China as Trump tariffs shift trade dynamics

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will send a special delegation to China from August 24-27, his spokesperson said on Friday, as Seoul and Beijing increasingly align in response to U.

Seoul’s defense contributions and alliance modernisation in focus at US summit

US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung are set to hold their first summit meeting in Washington on Monday. This follows last month’s trade deal, which reduced US tariffs on South Korea from a threatened 25% to 15%.
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The United States and South Korea Are Allies and Trade Partners. Will They Reinforce Ties at Their Summit?

Looming over the first meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung are recent tariff tensions and renewed cost-sharing discussions for their long-standing

The 95-year-old POW who wants to return to North Korea to die

There were dozens of activists and police officers, their attention fixed on one man: Ahn Hak-sop, a 95-year-old former North Korean prisoner of war who was making his way home, to the other side of the border that divides the Korean peninsula.

North Korea is where this 95-year-old wants to die. South Korea won’t let him go

Captured during the Korean War and imprisoned for decades for refusing to renounce his communist beliefs, 95-year-old Ahn Hak-sop now has a single dying wish: to return to North Korea and be buried alongside his comrades.

Why does South Korea still ban tattoos, and is that about to change?

For over 30 years, tattooing in South Korea has been illegal unless performed by doctors, forcing thousands of artists underground. Now, with parliament advancing the Tattooist Act, the country is closer than ever to lifting its decades-long ban.
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N. Korea installs 2 additional loudspeakers along border

SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to have installed additional loudspeakers against South Korea along the inter-Korean border, military officials said Friday. North Korea installed two loudspeakers in border regions, presumably the previous day, military officials said, adding that they are closely monitoring related movements.
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