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  S Korea names new prime minister after ferry disaster

  World | May 22, 2014, 01:27 PM IST

  Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-hye Thursday nominated former Supreme Court justice Ahn Dai-hee for the post of prime minister as the incumbent offered to resign to take responsibility for last month's ferry sinking disaster,

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  South Korea against re-deploying US tactical n-weapons

  World | Apr 25, 2013, 05:08 PM IST

  Seoul, Apr 25: While reiterating Seoul's commitment to a denuclearised Korean Peninsula, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won Thursday opposed the idea of redeploying US tactical nuclear weapons in the country."The (South Korean) government remains