The chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thusday welcomed South Korea's decision to shut down a joint industrial complex in North Korea in response to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests.South Korea announced earlier this week that it will suspend the operation of the Gaesong Industrial Complex, a decision that was seen as the strongest non-military measure Seoul could take to punish Pyongyang for its banned nuclear and missile tests."I also want to commend South Korea's dec

U.S. presidential hopeful Sanders under fire for missing Senate vote on Pyongyang sanctionsDemocratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders came under fire for missing a Senate vote to approve a set of stringent sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests.The senator from Vermont was among four in the 100-member Senate that did not vote on the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2016. The legislation passed in a 96-0 vote, demonstrating bipartisan support for

South Korea cut off electric power transmission to the Gaesong industrial complex in North Korea, officials said Thursday.Power transmission was halted at 11:53 p.m., unification ministry officials said, adding that the measure will automatically lead to a halt of water supplies to the complex.South Korea announced Wednesday it would suspend the operation of the complex in response to the North's nuclear and missile tests. The North responded by seizing all assets in the complex and expelling So

The leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan plan to hold a meeting in Washington in the coming weeks to discuss ways to increase pressure on North Korea, a news report said Thursday.The three countries began to work out the details for a trilateral summit during the Nuclear Security Summit, Japan's Jiji Press reported, citing an unidentified Japanese official.U.S. President Barack Obama is set to host a fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit from March 31 to April 1 in Washington.T

The chairwoman of South Korea's parliamentary committee on foreign affairs sent letters to her counterparts in the United States, China, Japan and Russia Thursday seeking cooperation in sanctions against North Korea due to its recent nuclear and long-range missile tests.In the letters, Rep. Na Kyung-won of the ruling Saenuri Party denounced North Korea for carrying out its fourth nuclear test and missile launch in violation of U.N. resolutions.On Sunday, North Korea launched a long-range rocket

North Korea said Thursday it will expel all South Korean nationals from a joint industrial park in the North and freeze all assets of South Korean firms operating there in retaliation for Seoul's suspension of the complex.The North has ordered all South Koreans to immediately leave the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North's border city, according to a statement issued by the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, which handles inter-Korean affairs.It said that it will freeze all a

American talk show host Conan O'Brien will shoot his "Conan" show in South Korea, a local fan who claims to have been contacted by the Conan team said Thursday.O'Brien will arrive here on Sunday for a five-day journey that involves trips to downtown Seoul and a traditional Korean village in the city's outskirts, a Naver blogger who goes by the alias KIMMYS said in a blog post. More than 1,100 people are subscribed to the blog which has been posting updates on O'Brien's schedule in South Korea.He

South Korea said Thursday it is conducting an unprecedented joint air force drill with the United States on special wartime infiltration operations as part of efforts to boost the combined defense posture following North Korea's recent long-range missile test."The joint combat control team exercise is being conducted from Feb. 3-18 in areas near Pocheon and Osan, Gyeonggi Province," South Korea's Air Force said in a statement.CCT represents special air forces that are ordered to infiltrate the e

서울시가 2년마다 아동학대 관련 실태조사를 하고 이를 아동학대 예방 계획에 반영하게 된다.11일 서울시의회에 따르면 아동학대 관련 서울시 정책에 제도적 기반을 마련하는 아동학대 예방과 방지를 위한 조례 제정안이 발의됐다.조례는 서울시가 어린이·청소년 인권조례에 따른 인권실태조사에서 아동학대 문제를 함께 살피되, 인권실태조사에 아동학대 문제가 포함되지 않으면 별도로 2년마다 조사를 하도록 했다.또 아동학대 예방과 방지를 위한 정책, 교육과 홍보, 협력체계 구축, 예산 확보, 아동학대예방센터 운영 등에 관한 아동학대예방계획을 매년 세우도록 했다.이 밖에 아동학대예방위원회 설치와 아동학대예방센터·학대피해아동쉼터 운영, 아동학대 예방 교육 등에 관한 사항도 조례에 규정됐다.이신혜(더불어민주당, 비례) 의원은 "심각한 사회 문제로 부각된 아동학대 문제를 해결하기 위해서는 서울시에도 아동학대 관련 조례가 필요하다"면서 "조례 제정을 통해 아동학대 관련 서울시 정책에 힘을 실어주고자 한다"고 말