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• UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon praises both Japan, South Korea for settling ‘Comfort Women’ issues

  The road to recovery and healing is expected both nations, South Korea and Japan settle their disputes over comfort women.

• Top diplomats set to meet to discuss China, Japan, South Korea summit

  The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea are preparing to meet this month for their first talks in nearly three years, in a bid to resolve tension over Japan's wartime past and discuss a three-way summit.

• Knife-wielding attacker slashes face of U.S. ambassador in South Korea

  U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert underwent two-and-a-half hours of surgery after he was slashed in the face by a Korean nationalist in an attack at a forum held in Seoul on Thursday to discuss Korean reunification, officials said.

• No birthday celebrations for North Korea's Kim this year

  Exactly one year ago, flamboyant NBA hall of fame star Dennis Rodman stepped up to a microphone in the centre ring of a North Korean basketball court and sang 'Happy Birthday' to leader Kim Jong Un, the world's youngest head of state.

• Seoul prosecutors investigate data leak at nuclear plant operator

  Seoul prosecutors have launched an investigation of a leak of non-critical data at South Korea's nuclear power operator, the prosecutors' office said on Sunday, as worries mount about nuclear safety and potential cyberattacks from North Korea.

• Korean Air chief purser in nut row says insulted, forced to kneel

  The head of cabin crew who was kicked off a Korean Air Lines flight after a company executive raged over the way she was served macadamia nuts said he was insulted and forced to kneel down to apologize to the executive.

• Japan's Obuchi: Political 'princess' could be first female PM

  With a telegenic presence, powerful ruling party mentors and a talent for avoiding making political enemies, Japan's new trade and industry minister, Yuko Obuchi, may have what it takes to become the country's first female prime minister.

• Top North Korea officials make rare visit to South as diplomacy ramps up

  Isolated North Korea sent its highest level delegation to South Korea on Saturday to attend the Asian Games closing ceremony amid a flurry of diplomatic activity which has raised hopes for improved ties between the arch rivals.

• Hyundai-led group agrees to $10 billion land deal, stokes union rage

  Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) and its two affiliates approved Asia's biggest property deal since the financial crisis on Friday when their board members agreed to pay 10.55 trillion won ($10.12 billion) for a trophy plot of land to house a new headquarters in downtown Seoul.

• Ferry disaster weighs on S. Korean president steeled by tragedy

  South Korean President Park Geun-hye's voice trembled as she tried to comfort parents gathered near a makeshift morgue to identify the bodies of their children, among the hundreds drowned in a ferry disaster.

• North Korea says imprisoned American tried to become 'second Snowden'

  An American recently sentenced to six years hard labor by a North Korean court pretended to have secret U.S. information and was deliberately arrested in a bid to become famous and meet U.S. missionary Kenneth Bae in a North Korean prison, state media said on Saturday.