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S. Korean paper reports on Japan-N. Korea secret meeting in mid-May

Photo taken on June 13, 2024, shows the June 13 edition of South Korea's JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reporting on a secret meeting having been held between Japan and North Korea in Mongolia in mid-May.

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-WORLD MEDIA SUMMIT-LEADERS-MEETING (CN)

(231202) -- GUANGZHOU, Dec. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fu Hua, executive chairman of the World Media Summit (WMS) and president of Xinhua News Agency, meets with Koh Hyun Kohn, president and executive editor of the Joongang Ilbo of the Republic of Korea, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 2, 2023. The media leaders are in China to attend the 5th WMS. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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Kim Jong Il's eldest son back home: report

SEOUL, South Korea - File photo of a man who appears to be Kim Jong Nam, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's eldest son. Photo taken at Beijing airport in February. South Korea's Chosun Ilbo, citing a South Korean intelligence source and a senior North Korean official who defected to the South, reported Aug. 27 that Kim, 36, returned home around June after living overseas for years and has taken up a post at the Organization and Guidance Department of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. The department is the key agency which controls the ruling party, the military and the government of North Korea.

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S. Korean paper workers guard against prosecution raid

SEOUL, South Korea - Workers at the South Korean daily Segye Ilbo stand guard against prosecutors' possible raid under a banner reading "We will fight for freedom of the press" at its head office in Seoul on Dec. 6, 2014. The paper reported that President Park Geun Hye's former close aide had meddled in government personnel affairs.

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Park to visit U.S. in May

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows South Korea's President-elect Park Geun Hye (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama. Park is likely to visit the United States in May to hold a summit with Obama, the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported Jan. 7, 2013, citing multiple sources.

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S. Korean daily rethinks March 12 'Japan Sinks' headline

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows page from Dec. 27, 2011 edition of the South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo, on which is pictured two versions of the newspaper's front page from March 12, 2011, the day after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan. On the left is the front page as it appeared that day, bearing the headline ''Japan Sinks.'' On the right is the page as the newspaper now believes it should have appeared, with the headline ''Cheer Up, Japan.'' The daily said the original headline was inspired by a famous Japanese science fiction novel entitled ''Japan Sinks,'' about an earthquake destroying Japan. The JoongAng Ilbo said it received complaints, and now believes the headlined was inappropriate.

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Kumin Ilbo owners arrested on tax evasion charges

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean prosecutors arrested three newspaper owners on Aug. 17 over allegations they evaded billions of won in corporate and private taxes. The photo shows Cho Hee Joon, former chairman of the Kukmin Ilbo, entering the prosecutors' office in Seoul.

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Dong-A Ilbo owners arrested on tax evasion charges

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Byung Kwan, former honorary chairman of the Dong-A Ilbo, one of three newspaper owners, arrested by South Korean prosecutors on tax-evasion charges, enters the prosecutors' office on Aug. 17 in Seoul.

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Chosun Ilbo president arrest on tax evasion charge

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean prosecutors arrested three newspaper owners on Aug. 17 over allegations they evaded billions of won in corporate and private taxes. The photo shows Bang Sang Hoon, president of the Chosun Ilbo, enters the prosecutors' office in Seoul.

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S. Korean media firms probed for tax evasion

SEOUL, South Korea - Son Young Lae, commissioner of the Seoul Regional Tax Office, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on June 29 to announce the decision to refer six newspaper companies and some of their owners to prosecutors on suspicion of violating tax laws. The six firms are Chosun Ilbo, Dong-A Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo, Hankook Ilbo, Korea Daily News and Kukmin Ilbo.

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Ex-N. Korean terrorist gives birth to baby in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Hyun Hee (file photo), a former North Korean agent who was sentenced to death in South Korea in 1989 for the murder of 115 people in the 1987 terrorist bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, gave birth to a boy last October, the South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo said Jan. 26. Kim, now 39, was pardoned and released in 1990. She now runs a Japanese restaurant in Seoul, the paper said.

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Kumin Ilbo owners arrested on tax evasion charges

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean prosecutors arrested three newspaper owners on Aug. 17 over allegations they evaded billions of won in corporate and private taxes. The photo shows Cho Hee Joon, former chairman of the Kukmin Ilbo, entering the prosecutors' office in Seoul.

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S. Korean newspaper correspondent gives interview

South Korea's Chosun Ilbo Tokyo correspondent Kim Su Hye gives an interview on July 17, 2015. She said her country reacted calmly to the passage of security bills by the Japanese lower house. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea plans to launch satellite soon: report

File photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. North Korea plans to launch a satellite soon, and the South Korean military and intelligence authorities are closely monitoring the situation, South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo said on Dec. 26, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kim Jong Il's eldest son back home: report

SEOUL, South Korea - File photo of a man who appears to be Kim Jong Nam, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's eldest son. Photo taken at Beijing airport in February. South Korea's Chosun Ilbo, citing a South Korean intelligence source and a senior North Korean official who defected to the South, reported Aug. 27 that Kim, 36, returned home around June after living overseas for years and has taken up a post at the Organization and Guidance Department of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. The department is the key agency which controls the ruling party, the military and the government of North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Japan thanks world for quake relief

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows a message of appreciation by Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan for help offered to the victims of the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, which was carried in the April 11 issue of the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo, a month after the disaster. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean paper workers guard against prosecution raid

SEOUL, South Korea - Workers at the South Korean daily Segye Ilbo stand guard against prosecutors' possible raid under a banner reading "We will fight for freedom of the press" at its head office in Seoul on Dec. 6, 2014. The paper reported that President Park Geun Hye's former close aide had meddled in government personnel affairs. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean daily rethinks March 12 'Japan Sinks' headline

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows page from Dec. 27, 2011 edition of the South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo, on which is pictured two versions of the newspaper's front page from March 12, 2011, the day after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan. On the left is the front page as it appeared that day, bearing the headline ''Japan Sinks.'' On the right is the page as the newspaper now believes it should have appeared, with the headline ''Cheer Up, Japan.'' The daily said the original headline was inspired by a famous Japanese science fiction novel entitled ''Japan Sinks,'' about an earthquake destroying Japan. The JoongAng Ilbo said it received complaints, and now believes the headlined was inappropriate. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean envoy to U.S.

Undated file photo shows North Korea's special representative for U.S. affairs Kim Hyok Chol. Kim, who led his country's preparations for the February 2019 meeting with the United States, has been executed for his role in the summit's breakdown, the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported on May 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea president's Japan trip by year-end uncertain amid scandal

Undated photo shows South Korean President Park Geun Hye. Amid rising public resentment over a deepening influence-peddling scandal, her plan to visit Japan before the end of the year for a three-way summit with her Japanese and Chinese counterparts has now become uncertain, South Korean daily the Chosun Ilbo reported Oct. 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dong-A Ilbo owners arrested on tax evasion charges

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Byung Kwan, former honorary chairman of the Dong-A Ilbo, one of three newspaper owners, arrested by South Korean prosecutors on tax-evasion charges, enters the prosecutors' office on Aug. 17 in Seoul.

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Chosun Ilbo president arrest on tax evasion charge

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean prosecutors arrested three newspaper owners on Aug. 17 over allegations they evaded billions of won in corporate and private taxes. The photo shows Bang Sang Hoon, president of the Chosun Ilbo, enters the prosecutors' office in Seoul.

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S. Korean media firms probed for tax evasion

SEOUL, South Korea - Son Young Lae, commissioner of the Seoul Regional Tax Office, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on June 29 to announce the decision to refer six newspaper companies and some of their owners to prosecutors on suspicion of violating tax laws. The six firms are Chosun Ilbo, Dong-A Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo, Hankook Ilbo, Korea Daily News and Kukmin Ilbo.

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Japan detains man who may be son of N. Korea's Kim

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, apparently taken about 20 years ago, shows Kim Jong Nam (R) siting beside his father, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Japanese immigration officials have detained a man believed to be the son at Narita airport on suspicion of illegal entry into Japan. He arrived at the airport, located east of Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture, around 3 p.m. Tuesday on a flight from Singapore and was carrying a forged Dominican Republic passport, officials said. Photo provided by South Korean newspaper Joong Ang Ilbo.

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Ex-N. Korean terrorist gives birth to baby in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Hyun Hee (file photo), a former North Korean agent who was sentenced to death in South Korea in 1989 for the murder of 115 people in the 1987 terrorist bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, gave birth to a boy last October, the South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo said Jan. 26. Kim, now 39, was pardoned and released in 1990. She now runs a Japanese restaurant in Seoul, the paper said.