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Yonhap News Summary
Yonhap News Summary
Yonhap News Summary
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Wednesday.
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(2nd LD) Obama pledges to actively engage foes to resolve nuclear threats
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to engage enemies as well as
friends to resolve nuclear threats and to use power prudently to regain U.S.
global credibility, tarnished by the war in Iraq.
Obama, the first African-American president, made his remarks at a swearing-in
ceremony on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
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(News Focus) Obama unlikely to bring dramatic change to Korea policy amid economic
crisis
WASHINGTON -- Incoming U.S. President Barack Obama will not likely bring a
dramatic change to his country's decades-old alliance with South Korea amid
worsening economic woes that force him to be pragmatic in dealing with North
Korea's nuclear disarmament and the ratification of a free trade deal with South
Korea.
"Regarding Korea policy, the main difference between the Obama and Bush
administrations will be that President Obama will take a more pragmatic
approach," said David Straub, associate director of Korean Studies at the
Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. "U.S. strategic
aims regarding North Korea and the U.S.-ROK alliance will not change."
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Korean-Americans eye their version of Obama
WASHINGTON -- The inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama means a lot to
nonwhite people seeking an American dream in which anything is possible.
The ethnic Korean community is not an exception, as it has grown to the
fifth-biggest immigrant group in the U.S., with more than 1.5 million people
arriving since the first group of Koreans arrived at sugar cane farms in Hawaii
in 1903.
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Russia does not see N. Korea as nuclear power: envoy
SEOUL -- Russia does not acknowledge North Korea as a nuclear power and will
continue working with regional countries to persuade Pyongyang to give up its
nuclear drive, Moscow's envoy said Wednesday.
Glev Ivashendsov, Russian ambassador to South Korea, said regional stability is
"crucial to Russia's economic development," as Moscow is pushing for natural
resources development in Siberia and the Far East.
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(Yonhap Feature) N. Korea low-key amid US celebration, but tension runs high near
disputed island
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea -- As millions gathered around Capitol Hill to
celebrate the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama, North Korea chose to
exercise peace in the sea frontier it had days earlier threatened to shatter.
Its troops stayed low-key, South Korean soldiers on an elevated vigil said, and
the waters that separate the two Koreas in the west remained calm despite earlier
threats by the North to defeat any opposition to its claim over a disputed Yellow
Sea border.
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S. Korea's economy to grow 0.7 pct this year: think tank
SEOUL -- South Korea's economy will grow 0.7 percent in 2009 on slumping domestic
demand and exports, sharply slowing from the previous year's estimated 2.8
percent expansion, a state-run think tank said Wednesday.
The estimate is far lower than the central bank's 2-percent prediction and the
government's objective of attaining 3-percent growth. The forecast is based on
the assumption that the global economy will expand around 1 percent.
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S. Korea, Japan back in fragile amicability
SEOUL -- South Korean and Japanese foreign ministers plan to hold
earlier-than-expected talks next month, officials here said Wednesday, in yet
another clear sign that their often-prickly ties are back on track, skirting
territorial and history disputes.
"The two sides decided to hold the talks in Seoul on Feb. 11," a South Korean
foreign ministry official said.
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Families of those killed in police clash demand accountability
SEOUL -- The families of people who were killed in a police standoff demanded
Wednesday that the government hold officials accountable for their deaths.
A deadly fire erupted at a building in central Seoul on Tuesday morning during a
clash between police commandos and a group of protesters staging a sit-in against
an urban redevelopment project of the area. Six people were killed, including a
police officer, and more than 20 were injured.
(END)
Yonhap News Summary
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Wednesday.
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(2nd LD) Obama pledges to actively engage foes to resolve nuclear threats
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to engage enemies as well as
friends to resolve nuclear threats and to use power prudently to regain U.S.
global credibility, tarnished by the war in Iraq.
Obama, the first African-American president, made his remarks at a swearing-in
ceremony on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
-----------------
(News Focus) Obama unlikely to bring dramatic change to Korea policy amid economic
crisis
WASHINGTON -- Incoming U.S. President Barack Obama will not likely bring a
dramatic change to his country's decades-old alliance with South Korea amid
worsening economic woes that force him to be pragmatic in dealing with North
Korea's nuclear disarmament and the ratification of a free trade deal with South
Korea.
"Regarding Korea policy, the main difference between the Obama and Bush
administrations will be that President Obama will take a more pragmatic
approach," said David Straub, associate director of Korean Studies at the
Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. "U.S. strategic
aims regarding North Korea and the U.S.-ROK alliance will not change."
-----------------
Korean-Americans eye their version of Obama
WASHINGTON -- The inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama means a lot to
nonwhite people seeking an American dream in which anything is possible.
The ethnic Korean community is not an exception, as it has grown to the
fifth-biggest immigrant group in the U.S., with more than 1.5 million people
arriving since the first group of Koreans arrived at sugar cane farms in Hawaii
in 1903.
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Russia does not see N. Korea as nuclear power: envoy
SEOUL -- Russia does not acknowledge North Korea as a nuclear power and will
continue working with regional countries to persuade Pyongyang to give up its
nuclear drive, Moscow's envoy said Wednesday.
Glev Ivashendsov, Russian ambassador to South Korea, said regional stability is
"crucial to Russia's economic development," as Moscow is pushing for natural
resources development in Siberia and the Far East.
-----------------
(Yonhap Feature) N. Korea low-key amid US celebration, but tension runs high near
disputed island
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea -- As millions gathered around Capitol Hill to
celebrate the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama, North Korea chose to
exercise peace in the sea frontier it had days earlier threatened to shatter.
Its troops stayed low-key, South Korean soldiers on an elevated vigil said, and
the waters that separate the two Koreas in the west remained calm despite earlier
threats by the North to defeat any opposition to its claim over a disputed Yellow
Sea border.
-----------------
S. Korea's economy to grow 0.7 pct this year: think tank
SEOUL -- South Korea's economy will grow 0.7 percent in 2009 on slumping domestic
demand and exports, sharply slowing from the previous year's estimated 2.8
percent expansion, a state-run think tank said Wednesday.
The estimate is far lower than the central bank's 2-percent prediction and the
government's objective of attaining 3-percent growth. The forecast is based on
the assumption that the global economy will expand around 1 percent.
-----------------
S. Korea, Japan back in fragile amicability
SEOUL -- South Korean and Japanese foreign ministers plan to hold
earlier-than-expected talks next month, officials here said Wednesday, in yet
another clear sign that their often-prickly ties are back on track, skirting
territorial and history disputes.
"The two sides decided to hold the talks in Seoul on Feb. 11," a South Korean
foreign ministry official said.
-----------------
Families of those killed in police clash demand accountability
SEOUL -- The families of people who were killed in a police standoff demanded
Wednesday that the government hold officials accountable for their deaths.
A deadly fire erupted at a building in central Seoul on Tuesday morning during a
clash between police commandos and a group of protesters staging a sit-in against
an urban redevelopment project of the area. Six people were killed, including a
police officer, and more than 20 were injured.
(END)
