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LIM Yun Suk
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Korea Bureau Chief for . RTs are not endorsements.
Seoul, South Koreachannelnewasia.comJoined March 2012

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Foreigners in #vietnam.
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Foreign media experiencing firsthand difficulties navigating Vietnam bureaucratic hurdles for J-visas. Bottlenecks not political, but administrative procedures re work permits at labor authorities, affecting all foreign employees, more obstacles than pre-COVID period.
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For North Korean listeners. Must try to catch it too from the southern side of the border.
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From today, the BBC's daily Korean service will come from a studio in Seoul, rather than London. It's aired at 1530-1830 GMT (0030-0330 Korean time) on three SW frequencies. It goes out in the middle of the night as that is thought to be safest time for North Koreans to tune in.
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North Korea fired yet another long-range ballistic missile from Pyongyang as South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol sets to leave for Japan soon.
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Admits the first fault lies in the government as it failed to protect the lives of its citizens. But will have to wait for in investigation to be over to know exactly what caused the #Itaewon tragedy.
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South Korea PM Han Duk-Soo admits to foreign media that the govt didn’t have a deep understanding of “crowd control management” and so lacked proper measures at Itaewon.
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South Korea PM Han Duk-Soo admits to foreign media that the govt didn’t have a deep understanding of “crowd control management” and so lacked proper measures at Itaewon.
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Death toll rising in #SouthKorea Halloween stampede.
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BREAKING: The death toll in South Korea has risen to at least 146 people killed, with 150 others injured, as they were crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in Seoul. apnews.com/article/arrest
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China’s amb to SKorea Xing Haiming says reports over Hu Jintao’s congress exit are “totally distorted.” Says because of his age he wasn’t well and so was escorted out so he could test. Says he doesn’t know what the fuss is about. Is speaking now at Gwanhun Club.
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Must watch this from colleague: Exclusive: What happened before former Chinese President Hu Jintao was escorted out of Congress?
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WATCH: A rare look at the moments leading up to the unexpected exit of former Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Communist Party Congress closing. The footage was captured by my colleague who was in the hall with me on Saturday youtube.com/watch?v=ZBG2bD
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Just in: Defence ministry says one North Korea’s boat crossed the NLL sea border at about 3:42 am local time. It turned around after South Korea issued warning announcement and fired warning shots .
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Amoured vehicles of South Korea & U.S. forces in a joint military exercise crossing over a float bridge at Yeoju, Gyeonggi province, as news break out that North Korea has again fired more artillery shells just after noon today.
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Skorea’s defence ministry says it’s not because it didn’t violate UN resolution but because “Skorea didn’t want to expose its information gathering capacity.”
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Guess because it’s not a violation of UN Security Council resolutions. That’s what military said before too. twitter.com/ISNJH/status/1…
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Guess because it’s not a violation of UN Security Council resolutions. That’s what military said before too.
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The fact that we got no alert about yesterdays test of cruise missiles by DPRK from ROK, raises question is ROK now opting to not report drills and underplay DPRK missile tests now taking a page from prior admins policy on DPRK tests.
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North Korea fired ‘long-range strategic cruise missiles.”
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BREAKING: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided tests of "long-range strategic cruise missiles" on Oct. 12, according to state media, in an effort to "expand the operational theatre of the nuclear strategic force." More from @nknewsorg soon
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For ROK-ASEAN friends to join “2022 Your-K Your-ASEAN Video Contest”
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Hello everyone! 💫 The Mission of the Republic of Korea to ASEAN would like to invite ROK-ASEAN friends to join our “2022 Your-K Your-ASEAN Video Contest” 🎥 This time, we bring two themes for you to make the video about, and we have amazing PRIZE 🏆 waiting for the winners!
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South Korea’s Defence Ministry says two ballistic missiles were fired toward the East Sea by North Korea this morning. The latest launch comes as USS Ronald Reagan is re-deployed here to reportedly take part in trilateral military drills with South Korea and Japan.
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Didn’t think #Dprk would accept it. But it’s official. Kim Yo Jong says no to South Korea’s proposal for economic assistance if it shows a firm will to denuclearize.
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(URGENT) N.K. leader's sister says N. Korea will never deal with S. Korea's "audacious initiative" offer: state media en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN202208
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President Yoon offers to improve the livelihoods of #Dprk if it ceases its nuclear weapons programme.Skorea will implement large-scale food program, assist power generation, modernize ports and airports for Int’l trade. He is speaking at ceremony to mark independence from Japan.
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Think it was about two years ago when I covered the last heavy rainfall. This is the result of the heavy rainfall on Monday, which reports say is the worst in 80 years.
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This forced repatriation by 's government was controversial at the time. Now we know what it looked like. Hard to look at, honestly.
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This is shocking. Chosun TV obtained photos of the North Korean fishermen that were forcedly repatriated by the Moon government to North Korea in 2019, an act that the UN special rapporteur on NK human rights said violates international human rights law. n.news.naver.com/article/023/00
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South Korea’s FM Park Jin, in G20 Bali, tells his Japanese counterpart that he is shocked and wished for #Abe recovery. No official reaction yet from South Korea.
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박진, 日외무상에 "매우 충격…아베 쾌유 기원" 위로(종합) yna.co.kr/view/AKR202207
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President Yoon Suk Yeol says the military must swiftly punish North Korea in case of any provocations since it’s the military’s mission to defend the people. He was speaking today in a mtg with his military commanders.
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Defence ministry now says North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles this morning from Sunan area of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. South Korea to hold NSC mtg over the launch.
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Newly-elected SKorean President Yoon Suk-yeol holds his first NSC mtg where he ordered the thorough implementation of international sanctions against #Dprk. The military too mobilized some 30 F-15K fighter jets in training. Pix provided by presidential office.
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