South Korea's president apologizes over poorly managed foreign adoption programs

South Korea’s president apologized Thursday for poorly managed foreign adoption programs that were rife with abuses and fraud ...
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South Korea president apologises for overseas adoptions failures

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'Unjust human rights violations': South Korea president issues first apology for overseas adoption failures; admits state-sanctioned wrongdoing

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday issued the country’s first formal apology for state-sanctioned wrongdoing ...

North Korea Wants Foreign Tourists To Visit New Beach Resort

The long-delayed Wonsan Kalma resort opened in July, though only Russian nationals are currently allowed to enter the country ...

North Korea executes people for sharing foreign films and TV, says UN report

North Korea has executed people for distributing foreign media, including television shows such as popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, a UN human ...

A secret no more: Russia and N. Korea's battle against Ukraine is celebrated in Moscow exhibit

Smiling Russian and North Korean troops shown holding the two countries' flags as they celebrate their victory over Ukrainian ...
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In South Korea, it’s getting harder to push for human rights in North Korea

South Korea recently pulled the plug on anti-North Korea broadcasts, and now a small radio station in Seoul is trying to fill ...

Kim Seongmin, Defector Who Pierced North Korea by Radio, Dies at 63

As a military propagandist, he fled the North by jumping off a train. In the South, he broadcast forbidden outside news to isolated North Koreans.

North Korea executes more people for watching foreign films, UN report finds

North Korean escapees interviewed by the UN Human Rights Office expressed "a clear and strong desire for change".

Kim Seong-Min, defector whose radio broadcasts relayed foreign news to North Korea, dies at 63

Min, a defector who used radio broadcasts, USB sticks and a network of sources in the secretive country to inform the North ...

South Korea wants workers detained in immigration raid to be able to re-enter US

Hyundai Motor is one of the biggest foreign investors in the United States and is among South Korean companies participating in a pledge of $150 billion in foreign direct investment in the U.S., which ...

South Korea is the fastest-growing tourism destination on the planet, but it comes at a cost

“South Korea is InsideAsia’s fastest-growing destination.” So, what’s behind this sudden obsession with South Korea? Much of ...