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Japan to uphold key postwar apology: PM
Kishida said Japan will stand by an apology that was issued by then Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama in a statement in 1995, on the 50th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, reports Xinhua news agency. The statement has been mentioned by successive Japanese cabinets as the government's basic stance, although the terminology, particularly with reference.
South Korea, US to hold 'table-top' exercise next week against North Korean nuke threats
Led by the allies' Deterrence Strategy Committee, the discussion-based table-top exercise (TTX) is set to take place Wednesday (local time), according to the ministry, Yonhap News Agency reported. The following day, TTX participants plan to visit the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, a southeastern coastal base home to key nuclear submarines, in what would be a show of America's naval heft.
S.Korean Prez's office rejects stock manipulation allegations involving first lady
The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) has vowed to push for a special probe into the first lady after a court last week acquitted financiers in the stock manipulation scheme involving Deutsch Motors Inc., a BMW car dealer in South Korea, citing the expiration of the statute of limitations. The DP has long accused Kim of playing the role of a financier and having her stock account managed and used in the manipulation, Yonhap news agency reported.
'US, S.Korea and Japan to jointly deter N.Korean threat'
The US diplomat also insisted that trilateral cooperation among the US and its two allies is only getting stronger, Yonhap news agency reported. "The DPRK continued to threaten the ROK, Japan and its neighbors and the world with the launch of an unprecedented number of ballistic missiles last year," Sherman said, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
S.Korean Parliament votes to impeach Interior Minister over 2022 crowd crush
The National Assembly, dominated by the main liberal opposition Democratic Party (DP), voted 179 to 109 in favour of impeaching Lee, reports Xinhua news agency. Five other votes were counted invalid. Lee will be suspended from duty until the constitutional court rules in favour of or against the impeachment motion, proposed by the DP and two minor liberal parties.
US remains committed to using full range of capabilities to defend S.Korea: Blinken
The top US diplomat reiterated that there should be no doubt about such US commitment, Yonhap news agency reported. We are committed to defending the Republic of Korea using the full range of our capabilities -- nuclear, conventional missile defense capabilities.
S.Korea may test-fire new 'high-power' ballistic missile: Report
The country has been working on the development of the missile, known as Hyunmoo-5, as a core asset of its deterrence capabilities, Yonhap news reported on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, speculation emerged that the state-run Agency for Defense Development may test-fire it at its Anheung test site in Taean, 150 km southwest of Seoul, on Friday due to a navigational warning applicable to nearby waters for Friday and Saturday.
Seoul foreign ministry seeks to defuse controversy over Yoon's Iran remark
While speaking to South Korean troops in the UAE earlier this week during his state visit there, Yoon compared the UAE-Iran relations to that of South and North Koreas, and said the UAE's "enemy and biggest threat is Iran." In response, the Iranian foreign ministry said it was "looking into and pursuing the meddling comments" by Yoon,
S.Korea-Japan ties on improvement trend after 'deep ordeal': Yoon
"Relations between South Korea and Japan went through the most difficult and deepest ordeal for the past few years, but they are showing a clear trend of improvement recently," Yoon said in the message, read by First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong, at a joint Seoul conference of the two countries' private panels
Yoon's approval rating falls below 40%: Poll
In the poll, 39.3 per cent positively assessed Yoon's performance, down 1.6 percentage points from the previous week, reports Yonhap News Agency. Yoon's disapproval rating was 58.4 per cent, up 2.5 percentage points over the same period. This marks the first time in five weeks Yoon's approval rating has sunk below the 40 per cent mark since the second week of December 2022.
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