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News South Korea History: Infighting between South Korea and Japan creates opportunities for U.S. rivals

Published on: Monday 12 August 2019
Infighting between South Korea and Japan creates opportunities for U.S. rivals
News source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/11/south-korea-japan-trade-dispute-creates-china-russ/

Japan says it has made sufficient restitution for that history and that Seoul is violating previous understandings putting the dispute to rest. But many in South Korea disagree, and the country’s ...

News South Korea History: US Water Polo Player Recalls South Korea Balcony Accident

Published on: Monday 29 July 2019
US Water Polo Player Recalls South Korea Balcony Accident
News source: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/US-Water-Polo-South-Korea-balcony-513327141.html

One moment, Kaleigh Gilchrist was celebrating an unprecedented third straight world championship for the U.S. women's water polo team. In the next moment, she was headed to a hospital in South Korea. Gilchrist...

News South Korea History: Why Japan-South Korea history disputes keep resurfacing

Published on: Tuesday 23 July 2019
Why Japan-South Korea history disputes keep resurfacing
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/23/why-japan-south-korea-disputes-world-war-ii-keep-resurfacing/

On July 1, Japan placed export restrictions on three chemicals critical to South Korea’s tech industry. Exporters must apply for a license each time they make a shipment, which can take up to 90 days. ...

News South Korea History: Vernon Brewer: North Korea is top persecutor of Christians in the world

Published on: Thursday 18 July 2019
Vernon Brewer: North Korea is top persecutor of Christians in the world
News source: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/vernon-brewer-north-korea

While the Kim regime might see religious freedom as a threat to North Korea, the Korean Peninsula’s history says otherwise. In fact, historians have found that after the Korean War that split the ...

News South Korea History: Japan claims it’s restricting exports to South Korea because of ‘national security.’ Here’s the real reason why.

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Japan claims it’s restricting exports to South Korea because of ‘national security.’ Here’s the real reason why.
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/18/japan-claims-its-restricting-exports-south-korea-because-national-security-heres-real-reason-why/

South Korea’s domestic politics complicates things further ... In the past, the Japanese and Korean business communities helped to calm disputes over history or territorial issues. Last fall’s rulings ...

News South Korea History: Tensions over history, North keep Japan, South Korea at odds

Published on: Wednesday 10 July 2019
Tensions over history, North keep Japan, South Korea at odds
News source: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/tensions-history-north-japan-south-korea-odds-64258004

Japan and South Korea, two major U.S. allies, are again at odds, this time over Tokyo's decision to tighten controls on exports of sensitive materials that are mainly used in computer chips and ...

News South Korea History: North Korea Diplomat Reportedly Alive After South Korea Said Kim Jong Un Killed Him—And It's Not the First Time

Published on: Tuesday 16 July 2019
North Korea Diplomat Reportedly Alive After South Korea Said Kim Jong Un Killed Him—And It's Not the First Time
News source: https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-diplomat-back-life-1449493

Months after the dialogue fell through with no agreement, South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo ... Linh Pham/Getty Images Foreign media has a long history of carrying tall tales of North Korea, ...

News South Korea History: South Korean Defects to the North, Following in His Parents’ Footsteps

Published on: Sunday 07 July 2019
South Korean Defects to the North, Following in His Parents’ Footsteps
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/world/asia/north-south-korea-choe-in-guk-defector.html

Mr. Choe’s case drew special attention in South Korea because of his family’s history. His father fled to the United States in 1976 with his wife, Ryu Mi-yong, after he grew disgruntled with Park ...

News South Korea History: Why Japan and South Korea Still Spar Over History

Published on: Monday 01 July 2019
Why Japan and South Korea Still Spar Over History
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/why-japan-and-south-korea-still-spar-over-history/2019/07/07/3f643dc4-a12d-11e9-a767-d7ab84aef3e9_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop

Japan’s colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula ended more than seven decades ago yet that legacy still roils everyday politics on both sides of the strait. South Korea and Japan, major trading ...

News South Korea History: Women's World Cup 2019: Asisat Oshoala's goal helps Nigeria defeat South Korea

Published on: Wednesday 12 June 2019
Women's World Cup 2019: Asisat Oshoala's goal helps Nigeria defeat South Korea
News source: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/womens-world-cup-2019-asisat-oshoala-on-target-to-boost-nigerias-knockout-hopes/gf0dfr5q399o1galmntdo49n4

It was South Korea, beaten 4-0 by France in the tournament's curtain ... Key Opta facts - Nigeria has become the first African side in Women's World Cup history to win its second group game at the ...

News South Korea History: After ‘Avengers’: Robert Downey Jr.’s History At The Box Office

Published on: Wednesday 12 June 2019
After ‘Avengers’: Robert Downey Jr.’s History At The Box Office
News source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbean/2019/06/12/after-avengers-robert-downey-jrs-history-at-the-box-office/

As 'Avengers: Endgame' inches closer and closer to eclipsing 'Avatar' as the highest-grossing movie of all time, let's take a look back on Robert Downey Jr.'s storied success at the box office.

News South Korea History: 2019 Women's World Cup scores, highlights: Nigeria blanks South Korea, Spain takes on Germany

Published on: Wednesday 12 June 2019
2019 Women's World Cup scores, highlights: Nigeria blanks South Korea, Spain takes on Germany
News source: https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/world-cup/news/2019-womens-world-cup-scores-highlights-nigeria-blanks-south-korea-spain-takes-on-germany/

That doesn't mean the Super Falcons didn't make some history while shutting out South Korea in a 2-0 victory, however. Germany and Spain are going to head to head in the day's noon match, meanwhile, ...

News South Korea History: Australian rear admiral named deputy commander of UN Command in S. Korea

Published on: Monday 29 April 2019
News source: https://www.stripes.com/australian-rear-admiral-named-deputy-commander-of-un-command-in-s-korea-1.579000

SEOUL, South Korea — Australian Rear Adm ... Wayne Eyre, marking the second time in the command’s 69-year history that the post was offered to a non-American officer, it added. No date for the change ...

News South Korea History: How BTS is still being treated badly by international media (including South Korea)

Published on: Monday 22 April 2019
News source: https://www.hypable.com/bts-treated-badly-by-international-and-south-korean-media/

However, the article didn’t touch on any of the other problems BTS has faced with the media in other countries and even their home country of South Korea. There’s been a long history of the group ...

News South Korea History: Arthur I. Cyr: Russia-North Korea summit provides a reality check

Published on: Wednesday 01 May 2019
News source: https://www.goerie.com/opinion/20190430/arthur-i-cyr-russia-north-korea-summit-provides-reality-check

The summit meeting on April 25 in Vladivostok between Russia President Vladimir Putin and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un is a useful lesson in the basic reality that power is the currency of ...

News South Korea History: How gratitude can ease Japan-South Korea frictions

Published on: Tuesday 30 April 2019
News source: https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2019/0430/How-gratitude-can-ease-Japan-South-Korea-frictions

Japan and South Korea are in a major dispute over their shared history, specifically whether Japan should compensate Korean laborers used during Japan’s colonial rule of the peninsula. Their ...