Asia Pacific / Politics Apr 8, 2021
Moon and his party suffer big election losses in Seoul and Busan
by Jeong-Ho Lee
A key issue in the races was anger over housing prices in major metropolitan areas that have soared under Moon.
Asia Pacific / Politics Apr 7, 2021
Opposition set to win Seoul and Busan mayoral elections, say media reports
Recent opinion polls had shown the ruling Democratic Party's candidates trailing their People Power Party rivals in both cities.
National Sep 6, 2019
Seoul and Busan to label Japan firms suspected of WWII forced labor as 'war crimes companies'
The nonbinding ordinances in South Korea will allow 284 Japanese companies including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to be openly linked to their wartime pasts.
National Jul 29, 2019
South Korean city exchange programs and flight routes with Japan suspended amid tensions
Disputes over wartime history and trade policy have started creeping into other areas as the bilateral relationship sinks to its lowest level in years.
National Apr 13, 2019
Wartime laborer statue removed from near Japanese Consulate in Busan
A controversial statue erected close to the Japanese Consulate in Busan to symbolize Korean laborers forcibly taken to Japan during the colonial era is removed.
National Apr 30, 2018
Statue of forced Korean laborers may be placed near Japanese Consulate in Busan
A statue symbolizing forced Korean workers taken to Japan during its colonial rule may be erected Tuesday in front of the Japanese Consulate General in Busan, South Korea's second-largest city. The Japanese government has told Seoul that it is opposed to such moves, and the ...
National / Politics Jun 1, 2017
Japan replaces consul general in Busan after unusually short stint
Yasuhiro Morimoto, the Japanese consul general in Busan, was replaced Thursday after an unusually short term of about one year in which he was temporarily recalled from South Korea amid diplomatic friction involving the "comfort women" issue, the Foreign Ministry said. Consuls general usually serve ...
National / Politics Feb 23, 2017
South Korean government asks Dong district to move Busan 'comfort women' statue
The South Korean Foreign Ministry has sent an official letter to a district office in Busan asking that a contentious statue symbolizing the women forced into Imperial Japanese military brothels before and during the war be removed from its spot outside the Japanese Consulate, ...
National Jan 13, 2017
Mindan head urges removal of 'comfort woman' statue outside Japanese Consulate in Busan
The head of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan said Thursday his group favors removing the statue in Busan dedicated to women forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels. "We share our earnest hope with our fellow men living in Japan that (the ...
National / Politics Jan 6, 2017
South Korea expressed regret Friday about Japan recalling its ambassador over the new "comfort women" statue in Busan, and Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se summoned the envoy to discuss the matter. Earlier in the day, the Japanese government announced that it was temporarily recalling Ambassador Yasumasa ...
National Dec 30, 2016
'Comfort women' statue installed near Japanese consulate in Busan
A civic group on Friday installed a statue symbolizing women forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels in front of the Japanese Consulate in Busan, a move that could strain Japan-South Korea relations. The local ward office had said two days earlier that it ...