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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · 28d

Plans for more than 300 South Korean detainees to depart Georgia on Wednesday via a charter flight have been postponed “due to circumstances on the US side,” Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

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Return of Koreans detained in Georgia delayed by US circumstances: Seoul

Plans for more than 300 South Korean detainees to depart Georgia on Wednesday via a charter flight have been postponed “due to circumstances on the US side,” Se

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Sep 8

South Korea has concluded negotiations for the release of more than 300 nationals detained in a US immigration raid at a battery construction plant in Georgia, and will bring them back home via a chartered flight.

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Talks concluded on release of Korean workers held in Georgia: presidential office

South Korea has concluded negotiations for the release of more than 300 nationals detained in a US immigration raid at a battery construction plant in Georgia,

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Sep 6

South Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo expressed regret over the US release of video footage showing the arrest of more than 300 Korean workers during an immigration raid at a plant construction site in Georgia.

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Seoul voices regret over US release of video showing Koreans chained in Georgia raid

South Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo expressed regret over the US release of video footage showing the arrest of more than 300 Korean workers

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Sep 6

President Lee Jae Myung has ordered an “all-out response” to swiftly resolve the detention of more than 300 South Koreans in a US immigration raid at a construction site in Georgia being built by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution.

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Lee orders 'all-out response' to detention of +300 Koreans in US raid

President Lee Jae Myung has ordered an “all-out response” to swiftly resolve the detention of more than 300 South Koreans in a US immigration raid at a construc

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Sep 3

For Kim Jong-un, his presence at the Victory Day celebrations was far more than a symbolic debut on the multilateral stage: it reflected North Korea’s recalibrated grand strategy to elevate Pyongyang’s leverage abroad while tightening his grip at home.

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Kim joins Xi, Putin, reviving Cold War links for strategic gains

In a spectacle unseen since the Cold War, the leaders of China, Russia and North Korea stood shoulder to shoulder on Tiananmen’s rostrum in Beijing on Wednesday

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Sep 2

A formal summit among the leaders of North Korea, China and Russia remains unlikely, although their choreographed appearance side by side at Beijing’s Sept. 3 celebrations will be reminiscent of Cold War-era solidarity.

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Xi, Putin, Kim to share stage in Beijing, not summit table: NIS

A formal summit among the leaders of North Korea, China and Russia remains unlikely, although their choreographed appearance side by side at Beijing’s Sept. 3 c

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Sep 1

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has set the stage for his multilateral diplomatic debut before departing for Beijing, by showcasing new missile assembly lines where nuclear-capable missiles were displayed in regimented rows.

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Kim Jong-un flaunts missile production before Beijing debut with Xi, Putin

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has set the stage for his multilateral diplomatic debut before departing for Beijing, by showcasing new missile assembly lines w

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Sep 1

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has departed aboard an armored train to make his multilateral diplomatic debut in Beijing, where he will join Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders.

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Kim Jong-un heads to Beijing on armored train to join Xi, Putin

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has departed aboard an armored train to make his multilateral diplomatic debut in Beijing, where he will join Chinese President

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Lee Jae Myung administration will leverage “alliance modernization” with the US as an opportunity to strengthen South Korea’s defense capabilities, signaling openness to increasing defense spending in response to Washington’s call.

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Seoul signals openness to US call for higher defense spending

Seoul’s top diplomat said Monday that the Lee Jae Myung administration will leverage "alliance modernization" with the US as an opportunity to bolster South Kor

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Aug 20

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un conveyed his inter-Korean policy plan through his sister Kim Yo-jong, who handed it down during a meeting with key Foreign Ministry officials while denouncing Seoul’s olive-branch offer as “deceptive.”

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Kim Jong-un issues inter-Korean policy rejecting Seoul’s olive branch

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday conveyed his inter-Korean policy plan through his sister Kim Yo-jong, who handed it down during a meeting with key Fo

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Lee Jae Myung administration believes that Lee’s first visit to Tokyo, ahead of his trip to Washington, can dispel any prejudices or misunderstandings in the US, as well as any broader stigma portraying the administration as anti-Japan.

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Trump's leadership key in North Korea talks: FM

The resurrection of long-stalled nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea will hinge on US President Donald Trump’s leadership, with an inevitabl

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Aug 14

President Lee Jae Myung will outline his vision for North Korea and unification policy, while calling for future-oriented cooperation between Seoul and Tokyo in his speech marking the 80th National Liberation Day on Friday.

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Lee to unveil NK policy vision in Liberation Day speech

President Lee Jae Myung will outline his vision for North Korea and unification policy, while calling for future-oriented cooperation between Seoul and Tokyo in

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Aug 14

Eighty years after the end of Japan’s 35-year colonial rule, Korea and Japan remain locked in an uneasy duet — pulled together by the inescapable demands of geopolitics, yet held apart by the deep, unhealed wounds left by Japan’s occupation of the Korean Peninsula.

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Nowhere to turn but toward future: Seoul and Tokyo 80 years after liberation

Eighty years after the end of Japan’s 35-year colonial rule, South Korea and Japan remain locked in an uneasy duet — pulled together by the inescapable demand

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Aug 11

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi exchanged views on overall bilateral ties, including trade, and Koizumi called on Seoul to lift its ban on Japanese maritime products.

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Seoul's foreign minister, Koizumi discuss shared economic priorities

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi exchanged views on overall bilateral ti

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Aug 6

The leaders of South Korea and the United States are expected to agree in principle to “modernize the alliance” at their upcoming summit, amid a shifting regional security environment, while deferring key details to lower-level negotiations.

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Lee, Trump likely to outline ‘alliance modernization,’ defer details

The leaders of South Korea and the United States are expected to agree in principle to “modernize the alliance” at their upcoming summit, amid a shifting regi

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Jul 21

New foreign minister, Cho Hyun, has set the pursuit of peace on the Korean Peninsula — through the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue in close coordination with the US — as the Foreign Ministry’s foremost objective in a turbulent geopolitical climate.
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New FM puts Peninsula peace first, apologizes for ‘politicized diplomacy’

South Korea’s new foreign minister, Cho Hyun, has set the pursuit of peace on the Korean Peninsula — through the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue in close co

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Jul 17

Foreign Minister nominee Cho Hyun ruled out the possibility of President Lee Jae Myung meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping before holding a summit with US President Donald Trump, amid heightened attention on whom Lee will meet in his debut standalone summit.

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President Lee won’t meet Xi before Trump: FM nominee

Foreign Minister nominee Cho Hyun ruled out the possibility of President Lee Jae Myung meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping before sitting down with US President D

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Jul 15

Chung Dong-young, Lee Jae Myung's nominee for unification minister, has signaled a sharp turn toward a conciliatory doctrine grounded in engagement, mutual restraint and a softened military posture.

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Chung Dong-young’s return signals softening of North Korea policy

Chung Dong-young, Lee Jae Myung's nominee for unification minister, has signaled a sharp turn toward a conciliatory doctrine grounded in engagement, mutual rest

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Jul 11

South Korea and the US held “full-fledged and focused” talks this week to discuss modernizing their alliance, with the aim of strengthening its capabilities and readiness posture amid an evolving regional security environment.

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S. Korea, US open drive to ‘modernize’ alliance in full-fledged talks

South Korea and the United States held “full-fledged and focused” talks this week to discuss modernizing their alliance, with the aim of strengthening its capab

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Jul 9

North Korean vessels retrieved six returnees in the East Sea, even though Pyongyang had remained silent in response to Seoul’s notifications through the United Nations Command hotline.

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N. Korea sends boats, not words, to retrieve 6 returnees from South

The South Korean government on Wednesday repatriated six North Koreans via an inter-Korean maritime route in the East Sea, after they had drifted across the mar

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Jul 8

It is fair for South Korea to call attention to Japan’s failure to fulfill its pledge to address its colonial history of forced labor at the @unesco.org ‬World Heritage Committee session. But it is uncomfortable to see how Seoul’s voice was being silenced.

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How Seoul’s call to hold Japan to account was silenced at UNESCO

South Korea lost its bid to spotlight Japan’s longstanding failure to fulfill its promise to address its historical enslavement of Koreans at locations now list

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Jul 7

South Korea has failed to place Japan’s failure to address colonial-era forced labor at UNESCO-listed Meiji Industrial Revolution sites on UNESCO’s official discussion agenda.

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Seoul fails to bring Japan’s forced labor issue to fore at UNESCO

South Korea has failed to place Japan’s failure to address colonial-era forced labor at UNESCO-listed Meiji Industrial Revolution sites on UNESCO’s official dis

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Jul 2

Seoul has been carefully weighing whether President Lee Jae Myung will attend China’s Sept. 3 commemoration marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, as Beijing publicly expressed that Lee would be welcome to participate.

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Seoul carefully weighs Beijing's invitation to WWII commemoration

Seoul has been carefully weighing whether President Lee Jae Myung will attend China’s Sept. 3 commemoration marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Jun 30

Kim Jong-un put Pyongyang’s growing alignment with Moscow on full display — from the battlefield to cultural exchanges — by attending a concert, where scenes of North Korean troops fighting for Russia and the repatriated remains were shown on a background screen.

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N. Korean leader flaunts Russia ties from battlefield to stage

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un put Pyongyang’s growing alignment with Moscow on full display — from the battlefield to cultural exchanges — by attending a conc

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Dagyum Kate Ji @dagyumkateji.bsky.social · Jun 27

North Korea is expected to court Russian tourists following the official completion of its Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone, which is set to open first to domestic travelers in July, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said.

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N. Korea targets Russian tourists for new beach resort: Seoul

North Korea is expected to court Russian tourists following the official completion of its Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone, which is set to open first to dome

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