Tag: South Korea

From left, NH Nonghyup Card head Sohn Kyung-Ik, Lotte Card CEO Park Sang-hoon and KB Kookmin Card CEO Shim Jae-oh, bow to offer an apology over a data theft during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. A massive theft of customer data from the three major credit card firms in the country has shown security lapses in the financial industry. Financial Services Commission Chairman Shin Je-yoon said Monday the credit card companies had failed to ensure adequate security. (AP Photo/Kim Ju-sung, Yonhap) KOREA OUT

SKorea credit card data theft highlights lapses

Youkyung Lee · January 20, 2014 10:48 am

Lately, South Korean President Park Geun-hye has tried to dial down the anti-Japanese tone in Seoul, but many South Koreans now rate Japan as a security threat on par with, or exceeding, North Korea or China. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)

North Korea is Asia’s wild card

James Jay Carafano · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

US lawmaker opposes advanced nuke tech for SKorea

National Security

US lawmaker opposes advanced nuke tech for SKorea

Matthew Pennington · January 15, 2014 9:18 pm

US sending extra combat unit to South Korea

National Security

US sending extra combat unit to South Korea

Robert Burns · January 7, 2014 9:24 pm

Keeping Up with Joe

The Scrapbook · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

Biden to visit DMZ while in South Korea

Josh Lederman · December 1, 2013 9:51 pm

Korean Cover-Up

Korean Cover-Up

Ethan Epstein · July 23, 2013 4:47 pm

VIDEO: Joe Biden says North Korea is clear and present danger

Lisa Ruhl · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

South Korean President Park Geun-hye, center, arrives to preside over a security meeting to discuss the upcoming South and North Korea talks at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 10, 2013. The two Koreas will hold their highest-level talks in years Wednesday in an effort to restore scrapped joint economic projects and ease animosity marked by recent threats of nuclear war. That is in itself progress, though there are already hints that disputes in their bloody history could thwart efforts to better ties. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Do Kwang-hwan) KOREA OUT

Korea talks raise hopes; history may scuttle them

Foster Klug, Youkyung Lee · June 10, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama, right, and South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, left, during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama, SKorea show united front against Pyongyang

Julie Pace · May 7, 2013 4:00 am

Dictatorships and Double Standards

The Scrapbook · April 22, 2013 4:00 am

U.S. Ambassador to SKorea Blogs About Vacation Amid Tension with NKorea

U.S. Ambassador to SKorea Blogs About Vacation Amid Tension with NKorea

Daniel Halper · April 8, 2013 1:39 pm