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Most Popular Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit North Korea this week Amid the deadlock in denuclearization talks between Pyeongyang and Washington, the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China revealed on Monday that Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit the North from June 20th to the 21st. North Korea's state media also confirmed the visit. "At the invitation of Kim Jong-un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to our country from June 20 to 21." This will mark President Xi's first trip to North Korea since he came to power in 2012. The last Chinese leader to visit the North was Hu Jintao in 2005. Chinese state media reports the visit marks the 70th anniversary of China and North Korea establishing diplomatic ties and will further contribute to improving bilateral relations. As for the rough itinerary, the two leaders are not only expected to discuss related issues but also participate in activities such as visiting the Sino-North Korean Friendship Tower in Pyeongyang. This monument commemorates Chinese soldiers who fought alongside North Koreans during the Korean War. The visit comes after North Korea's denuclearization talks with the U.S. collapsed dramatically in Hanoi earlier this year. An analyst told the South China Morning Post on Monday that the visit has great geopolitical significance and will allow Beijing to continue to play an important role in Korean Peninsula affairs. It's also worth noting that the meeting in North Korea will take place a week before the G20 summit in Japanwhere U.S. President Donald Trump and President Xi are expected to meet amid the escalating trade tensions between the two countries. Ko Roon-hee, Arirang News. 2019-06-18 Moon picks Yoon Seok-yeol to lead Korea's prosecution President Moon Jae-in's pick for the prosecutor-general is Yoon Seok-yeol, a nomination signaling sweeping reforms at the nation's law enforcement agency. Despite President Moon taking a day off after his week-long trip to Scandinavia, the top office announced the decision on Monday, adopting the proposal made by the Justice Minister earlier in the day. The reason behind the nomination Yoon's unshakeable principles. "The nominee for Prosecutor-General has worked to eradicate corruption while serving as a prosecutor. He has also shown that he's an upright individual who isn't swayed by other authorities." The top office added that the nominee has shown "excellent leadership and resolve for reform" while serving as the chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. The nomination of a new chief prosecutor comes as the Moon administration continues its readjustment of power and authority of the nation's prosecution and police, and Yoon's nomination, is interpreted as a show of the administration's will to continue its reform drive. The nominee has been the chief of Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, the largest prosecution office in the country, since 2017. Yoon's resume includes high-profile investigations, including the massive power abuse scandal involving the former President Park Geun-hye and her longtime friend Choi Soon-sil. He also led a probe into suspicions that the country's intelligence service intervened in the 2012 presidential election. If appointed, Yoon becomes the first chief prosecutor with no experience of heading the high prosecutors' office since Korea introduced fixed tenures for prosecution chiefs in the late 1980s and will replace Moon Moo-il who is scheduled to retire next month. The nominee will have to go through a parliamentary hearing, but the position does not require lawmakers' approval. Shin Se-min, Arirang News. 2019-06-18 Trump says he will hold talks with Xi at next week's G20 Summit in Osaka U.S. President Donald Trump has signaled a possible easing of trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. Trump tweeted Tuesday that he spoke over the phone with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and said they will have an extended meeting at next week's G20 Summit in Osaka. President Trump said their respective teams will begin lower-level talks prior to his face-to-face with President Xi in Japanand he emphasized the need for talks at this time. "China very much wants to discuss the future and so do we. So the relationship with President Xi is a very good one." Speaking to reporters on the same day, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow declined to provide details of the preparations President Trump mentionedbut emphasized that Beijing must make structural changes for a trade deal. "We want structural changes on all the items, theft of the IP, forced transfers of technology, cyber hacking, of course, trade barriers. We've got to have something that's enforceable." China's state broadcaster CCTV also announced that President Xi is ready to meet Trump in Osaka to exchange views on China-U.S. relations. President Xi said he expects positive outcomes at the G20 Summitand in terms of trade, he stressed the two sides should solve their problems through dialogue on equal footing. This comes after the world's biggest economies have put tariffs on around 360 billion U.S. dollars' worth of each other's goods since last year. Their trade negotiations ended in May without a deal and since then, Washington and Beijing have been blaming each other for the collapse of the talks. Analysts say Presidents Trump and Xi are also expected to discuss issues related to the Korean Peninsula, such as North Korea's denuclearization,because the G20 meeting will fall a week after President Xi travels to Pyeongyang. An analyst told the South China Morning Post that China may be using North Korea as leverage amid its trade conflict with the U.S. Ko Roon-hee, Arirang News. 2019-06-19 Health care, cosmetics sectors enjoy sharp export surge in 2018 K-beauty and K-medical products are becoming one of South Korea's biggest cash cowsall thanks to 'Hallyu' or the Korean wave. With Korean culture like K-pop growing in popularity around the globe, Korea's health care and cosmetics exports reached almost 15 billion U.S. dollars last year. That is almost the same amount as one of Korea's leading export products, mobile phones, during the same period. Korean cosmetics accounted for 43 percent of the sector's total exports followed by medicine and medical equipment. Demand for Korean makeup products has been on the rise with an average growth rate of around 35 percent a year for the past five years. China was the biggest overseas market for South Korean beauty products, bringing in almost 27 billion dollars in 2018. Hong Kong, the U.S. and Japan also have been major markets. In addition, exports of Korean medicine have been increasing every year since 2014, with an increase of 15 percent in 2018 compared to the year before. Biopharmaceuticals made up almost 40 percent of Korea's total medicine exports last year followed by vaccines and botox. South Korea has categorized cosmetics, clothing, medicine, baby goods and agricultural and fishery products as key consumption goods. Exports of these products was worth a total of 27 billion dollars last year. Recognizing their potential as key export items, the Finance Ministry proposed a plan last week to increase exports of these products to a target of 36 billion dollars by 2022. Kim Da-mi, Arirang News. 2019-06-18
