N Korea warns of response to Biden’s ‘hostile policy’
AFP, SEOUL
North Korea yesterday accused US President Joe Biden of pursuing a hostile policy, dismissing “spurious” US diplomacy and warning of a response.
Biden had said on Wednesday that his administration would deal with the threat posed by Pyongyang’s nuclear program “through diplomacy as well as stern deterrence.”
The White House on Friday said that the president was open to negotiations with North Korea on denuclearization following the completion of a policy review, but Pyongyang said Biden had made a “big blunder.”
Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 2, 2019.
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Comfort Women Lose Lawsuit Against Japan Over Sexual Slavery During WWII
On 4/21/21 at 6:47 AM EDT
A South Korean court has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Japanese government by a group of South Korean comfort women who were forced to work in brothels serving Japanese soldiers during World War II.
Citing sovereign immunity, which allows a state to be immune from a civil suit in foreign courts, the Seoul Central District Court rejected the case brought forth by 20 people, including surviving victims of wartime sexual slavery and the families of some who have died.
Under the lawsuit, the group sought a total of 3 billion won (over $2.6 million) in reparations from the Japanese government.
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South Korea, US spar over Japan’s Fukushima plans
Reuters, SEOUL
Seoul raised concerns over Japan’s decision to release contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant into the sea with visiting US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
However, Kerry reaffirmed Washington’s confidence in the plan’s transparency.
Kerry arrived in Seoul on Saturday to discuss international efforts to tackle global warming on a trip that included a stop in China ahead of US President Joe Biden’s virtual summit with world leaders on climate change later this week.