The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea

China Demands Answers Over Fishermen Held Hostage in N.Korea: The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday demanded to know how North Korea came to hold 16 Chinese fishermen to ransom and insisted such incidents must not happen again. >> Full Text

Baeknyeong Island Suffers Several Small Earthquakes: An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale was detected 33 km off the southern coast of Baeknyeong Island on the West Sea on Tuesday afternoon. The latest tremor was felt by residents of Baeknyeong and Socheong islands. >> Full Text

Osaka Mayor Weighs into Sex Slaves Debate Again: Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto has again found himself with his foot in his mouth after claiming that armies including Korea's have habitually used women to solve "the problem of sex on the battlefield." Hashimoto had earlier got into hot water by claiming the sex slaves were "necessary." >> Full Text