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Wed, 08/03/2011 - 08:14
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Obama, buoyed by debt deal, urges Congress to pass FTAs
WASHINGTON -- Immediately after resolving a federal debt crisis, U.S. President Barack Obama called Tuesday for lawmakers to work on free trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.
"I want Congress to pass a set of trade deals -- deals we've already negotiated -- that would help displaced workers looking for new jobs and would allow our businesses to sell more products in countries in Asia and South America, products that are stamped with the words 'Made in America,'" Obama said in a press conference.
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(LEAD) N. Korea's vice FM 'satisfied' with New York talks
NEW YORK -- Wrapping up a weeklong stay in New York, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the results of his talks with U.S. officials and said he expects further dialogue.
"(I) am satisfied with talks this time," Kim told reporters before his departure. "Dialogue will continue down the road."
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(LEAD) U.S. calls for restraint by Seoul, Tokyo in tensions over Dokdo
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government formally requested Tuesday that South Korea and Japan maintain "restraint" in resolving their latest diplomatic tensions over Dokdo, a set of Seoul-controlled islets claimed by Tokyo.
The appeal came after Japan's publication of a new defense white paper describing Dokdo as its territory. Koreans were already upset over an attempt by three right-wing Japanese lawmakers to make an inspection tour of Ulleung Island, which serves as an administrative base for Dokdo in the East Sea, earlier this week. They were denied entry into South Korea and turned back at a Seoul airport.
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S. Korean flour monitors leave for N. Korea
SEOUL -- A coalition of South Korean civic groups sent officials to Pyongyang on Wednesday for a rare mission to ensure its recent food aid to North Korea reaches the intended beneficiaries, an official said.
Six civilian monitors were to arrive in the North's capital later in the day via Beijing for a four-day trip to Sariwon, a city south of Pyongyang, said Lee Hyo-jung of the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation.
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N.K. leader's sister likely treated for back pains in Moscow: source
SEOUL -- Kim Kyong-hui, the only known sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, is believed to have received treatment for back pains during a recent trip to Moscow, a source familiar with the communist regime said Wednesday.
The 65-year-old head of the ruling Workers' Party's light industry department was spotted by a South Korean tourist at an airport in the Russian capital in early June, and appeared to be walking with a slight stoop, the source said on the condition of anonymity.
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Inter-Korean trade via joint industrial zone increases 19 pct in H1
SEOUL -- Trade volume between South and North Korea reached US$825 million in the first six months of the year, up 19.5 percent compared to the same period last year, the Unification Ministry said Wednesday.
The cross-border trade volume jumped more than 135 percent compared to the January-June period in 2009, the ministry said.
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Most listed firms lack social responsibility: report
SEOUL -- A majority of South Korea's listed companies are not fulfilling their social responsibilities and that can put a crimp in their sustainable growth in the future, a report said Wednesday.
The report based on a study of 668 listed companies showed 575 firms, or 86 percent of the total, scored "weak" or "very weak" grades on the so-called environmental, social and corporate governance (ESC) rating scheme, the Corporate Governance Service (CGS) said.
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(Yonhap Interview) PyeongChang Winter Paralympics growth opportunity for disabled sports
SEOUL -- When South Korea's PyeongChang was declared the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympics last month, Yoon Seok-yong, head of Korea Sports Association for the Disabled, had mixed feelings.
By rule, an Olympic host city also runs a Paralympics in the same year, summer or winter. PyeongChang's victory automatically made the alpine town, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul, the host for the Winter Paralympics in 2018.
"I want Congress to pass a set of trade deals -- deals we've already negotiated -- that would help displaced workers looking for new jobs and would allow our businesses to sell more products in countries in Asia and South America, products that are stamped with the words 'Made in America,'" Obama said in a press conference.
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(LEAD) N. Korea's vice FM 'satisfied' with New York talks
NEW YORK -- Wrapping up a weeklong stay in New York, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the results of his talks with U.S. officials and said he expects further dialogue.
"(I) am satisfied with talks this time," Kim told reporters before his departure. "Dialogue will continue down the road."
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(LEAD) U.S. calls for restraint by Seoul, Tokyo in tensions over Dokdo
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government formally requested Tuesday that South Korea and Japan maintain "restraint" in resolving their latest diplomatic tensions over Dokdo, a set of Seoul-controlled islets claimed by Tokyo.
The appeal came after Japan's publication of a new defense white paper describing Dokdo as its territory. Koreans were already upset over an attempt by three right-wing Japanese lawmakers to make an inspection tour of Ulleung Island, which serves as an administrative base for Dokdo in the East Sea, earlier this week. They were denied entry into South Korea and turned back at a Seoul airport.
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S. Korean flour monitors leave for N. Korea
SEOUL -- A coalition of South Korean civic groups sent officials to Pyongyang on Wednesday for a rare mission to ensure its recent food aid to North Korea reaches the intended beneficiaries, an official said.
Six civilian monitors were to arrive in the North's capital later in the day via Beijing for a four-day trip to Sariwon, a city south of Pyongyang, said Lee Hyo-jung of the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation.
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N.K. leader's sister likely treated for back pains in Moscow: source
SEOUL -- Kim Kyong-hui, the only known sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, is believed to have received treatment for back pains during a recent trip to Moscow, a source familiar with the communist regime said Wednesday.
The 65-year-old head of the ruling Workers' Party's light industry department was spotted by a South Korean tourist at an airport in the Russian capital in early June, and appeared to be walking with a slight stoop, the source said on the condition of anonymity.
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Inter-Korean trade via joint industrial zone increases 19 pct in H1
SEOUL -- Trade volume between South and North Korea reached US$825 million in the first six months of the year, up 19.5 percent compared to the same period last year, the Unification Ministry said Wednesday.
The cross-border trade volume jumped more than 135 percent compared to the January-June period in 2009, the ministry said.
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Most listed firms lack social responsibility: report
SEOUL -- A majority of South Korea's listed companies are not fulfilling their social responsibilities and that can put a crimp in their sustainable growth in the future, a report said Wednesday.
The report based on a study of 668 listed companies showed 575 firms, or 86 percent of the total, scored "weak" or "very weak" grades on the so-called environmental, social and corporate governance (ESC) rating scheme, the Corporate Governance Service (CGS) said.
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(Yonhap Interview) PyeongChang Winter Paralympics growth opportunity for disabled sports
SEOUL -- When South Korea's PyeongChang was declared the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympics last month, Yoon Seok-yong, head of Korea Sports Association for the Disabled, had mixed feelings.
By rule, an Olympic host city also runs a Paralympics in the same year, summer or winter. PyeongChang's victory automatically made the alpine town, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul, the host for the Winter Paralympics in 2018.
