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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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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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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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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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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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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.