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WASHINGTON, June 19 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter named a TV journalist as his new spokesman, the Pentagon announced Friday. Peter Cook, Bloomberg TV's chief Washington correspondent, will succeed Rear Adm. John Kirby, who steppe

WASHINGTON, June 19 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter named a TV journalist as his new spokesman, the Pentagon announced Friday. Peter Cook, Bloomberg TV's chief Washington correspondent, will succeed Rear Adm. John Kirby, who steppe

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The United States left out North Korea from its list of states sponsoring terrorism despite calls for adding Pyongyang to the list in the wake of a massive hacking attack on Sony Pictures late last yea

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The United States left out North Korea from its list of states sponsoring terrorism despite calls for adding Pyongyang to the list in the wake of a massive hacking attack on Sony Pictures late last yea

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The United States left out North Korea from its list of states sponsoring terrorism despite calls for adding Pyongyang to the list in the wake of a massive hacking attack on Sony Pictures late last yea

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SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- A Japanese activist group on Friday urged South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step up efforts to resolve ongoing issues regarding Japan's wartime sex crimes against women. A let

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- A Japanese activist group on Friday urged South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step up efforts to resolve ongoing issues regarding Japan's wartime sex crimes against women. A let

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by Park and WHO chief; ADDS background) SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye vowed Friday to keep strengthened measures against the MERS virus until the deadly virus is brought to an end. "South Korea wil

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by Park and WHO chief; ADDS background) SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye vowed Friday to keep strengthened measures against the MERS virus until the deadly virus is brought to an end. "South Korea wil

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by Park and WHO chief; ADDS background) SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye vowed Friday to keep strengthened measures against the MERS virus until the deadly virus is brought to an end. "South Korea wil

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye vowed Friday to keep strengthened measures against the MERS virus until the deadly virus is brought to an end. "South Korea will put in place a thorough system to cope with new types of contagious d

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye vowed Friday to keep strengthened measures against the MERS virus until the deadly virus is brought to an end. "South Korea will put in place a thorough system to cope with new types of contagious d

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye vowed Friday to keep strengthened measures against the MERS virus until the deadly virus is brought to an end. "South Korea will put in place a thorough system to cope with new types of contagious d

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn apologized Friday for the government's belated response to curb the spread of the MERS virus in the country, which has killed 24 people. "I feel sorry as a newly-appointed prime minister for th

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- A senior Japanese official traveled to South Korea on Friday to fine-tune agenda items for the upcoming foreign ministers' talks on mending ties over shared history. Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama met w

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn apologized Friday for the government's belated response to curb the spread of the MERS virus in the country, which has killed 24 people. "I feel sorry as a newly-appointed prime minister for th

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- A senior Japanese official traveled to South Korea on Friday to fine-tune agenda items for the upcoming foreign ministers' talks on mending ties over shared history. Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama met w

MOSCOW, June 19 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's key newswire service, signed agreements Friday with its Italian and Serbian counterparts for the exchange of national promotional articles. Lee Hong-ki, executive director of Yonhap News

MOSCOW, June 19 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's key newswire service, signed agreements Friday with its Italian and Serbian counterparts for the exchange of national promotional articles. Lee Hong-ki, executive director of Yonhap News

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye met with the head of the World Health Organization over how to contain the MERS virus that has sparked the public scare across South Korea, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday. The presidential office did

BEIJING, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The Chinese ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, has vowed to forge agricultural cooperation with the reclusive North, which said it was hit by its worst drought in a century. Li made the remarks during his recent vis

BEIJING, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The Chinese ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, has vowed to forge agricultural cooperation with the reclusive North, which said it was hit by its worst drought in a century. Li made the remarks during his recent vis

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye met with the head of the World Health Organization over how to contain the MERS virus that has sparked the public scare across South Korea, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday. The presidential office did

BEIJING, June 19 (Yonhap) -- The Chinese ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, has vowed to forge agricultural cooperation with the reclusive North, which said it was hit by its worst drought in a century. Li made the remarks during his recent vis