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NewJeans to terminate contract with Ador
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Korean Air gets European nod to become Northeast Asia’s largest airline
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NewJeans terminates contract with Ador, embarks on new journey
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Seoul snowfall now third heaviest on record
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Heavy snow of up to 40 cm blankets Seoul for 2nd day
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Chaos unfolds as rare November snowstorm grips Korea for 2nd day
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BOK makes surprise 2nd rate cut to boost growth
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‘VCHA, Katseye and Dear Alice are not K-pop groups,’ industry experts say
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[Graphic News] South Koreans favor Japan for repeat overseas trips
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Ador claims exclusive contracts with NewJeans still valid
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[News Analysis] Yoon's win reflects South Korea's unquenched thirst for justice
The dramatic victory for Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party marks a shift for South Korea where voters veered back to give support to the right after five years of the liberal faction rule under President Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea. Yoon's win symbolizes South Korea's wish to bring justice and equality to society after many felt the opposite in the performance of the Moon administration, which also came to power from voters’ yearning for the same five years ago. Ma
PoliticsMarch 10, 2022
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30-yr prison term confirmed for man who killed sister, abandoned her body
The Supreme Court has confirmed a 30-year prison term for a man who murdered his older sister and abandoned her body on a west coast island in 2020, officials said Thursday. The 28-year-old man, whose identity was withheld, was convicted of stabbing his older sister, in her 30s, multiple times and killing her at an apartment building in Incheon, about 40 kilometers west of Seoul, on Dec. 19, 2020. He put the victim's dead body in a piece of luggage and hid it inside storage on the rooftop of the
Social AffairsMarch 10, 2022
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Future first lady Kim: ‘I will help with my humble capabilities’
Kim Keon-hee, President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s wife and future first lady, spoke to local media early Thursday morning after Yoon won the 20th presidential election. “I will assist, with my humble capabilities, the president-elect to fulfill the tasks given to him by the people,” said Kim, 49, in an interview with a local media outlet early Thursday morning after Yoon’s win became clear. “I will try to help the president-elect pay more attention to (people living
Social AffairsMarch 10, 2022
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Yoon wins by 0.74% point; Huh Kyung-young gets 0.83% of votes
Wednesday’s election came down to the slimmest margin ever seen in South Korean presidential election history, with the conservative opposition’s Yoon Suk-yeol beating his rival from the ruling camp, Lee Jae-myung, by just over 247,000 votes. It was the tightest race ever seen in the country’s 35-year-old democracy. Yoon, who was until March last year the country’s prosecutor general, took 48.56 percent of votes cast, just 0.73 of a percentage point ahead of former Gyeo
PoliticsMarch 10, 2022
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President-elect Yoon vows to 'trust, follow will of people'
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said Thursday he will trust and follow the will of the people as he vowed to close any national divisions. "I will solely trust the people and follow the people's will," Yoon said in his remarks given at the National Assembly Library in western Seoul. "(The election results) constitute a call for reform, and the restoration of justice and common sense as well as the people's desperate appeal to do politics of unity, not division," Yoon noted.
PoliticsMarch 10, 2022
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Yoon may meet Biden shortly after taking office in May
As South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol received a congratulatory call from US President Joe Biden hours after his election victory Thursday, drawing keen attention is when they will meet. Observers say they may hold their first summit talks as early as in late May. Biden is reportedly considering a visit to Japan in late May for a Quad summit, which will offer a chance for him to make a stopover in South Korea. Yoon is slated to be inaugurated on May 10. If they meet before the end of the
PoliticsMarch 10, 2022
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Moon congratulates President-elect Yoon on winning election
President Moon Jae-in on Thursday congratulated President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol on winning the presidential election as they held a telephone conversation, Moon's spokesperson said. Moon told Yoon that they need to hold a meeting to discuss a smooth transition of power and his administration will provide support for the next administration's inauguration, presidential spokesperson Park Kyung-mee told reporters. Moon asked Yoon to restore national unity and heal national division shown in the ele
PoliticsMarch 10, 2022
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Japan's prime minister hopes to work together with S. Korea's newly-elected leader
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reportedly congratulated South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol Thursday on his election win and expressed hope to work together to improve Seoul-Tokyo ties. He was quoted as saying the strained relations between the neighbors need to improve, especially as "healthy" bilateral ties are "indispensable" amid major challenges in the international community. There has been no report of Yoon and Kishida having a direct phone conv
PoliticsMarch 10, 2022
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President-elect Yoon holds phone conversation with Biden
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol held a phone conversation with US President Joe Biden on Thursday, during which they reaffirmed the strong alliance against North Korea's repeated launches of ballistic missiles, according to officials in Yoon's party. Biden congratulated Yoon on winning the presidential election and invited the conservative president-elect of South Korea to the White House, officials of the People Power Party (PPP) said. During the 20-minute conversation, Yoon emphasized the need
PoliticsMarch 10, 2022
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Desire for regime change leads prosecutor general to presidency
On June 29, 2021, a political novice declared his bid for the presidency, vowing to achieve a transfer of power away from the administration that took him to the peak of his profession. Riding on the back of a public desire for the same goal, it took him only nine months to make good on his promise. Yoon Suk-yeol was an aggressive, hard-nosed prosecutor, helping to convict former presidents and business tycoons on corruption charges. His unyielding reputation eventually led Pres
PoliticsMarch 10, 2022
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S. Korea likely to return to nuclear power generation under new govt.
South Korea is likely to make a U-turn from its yearslong nuclear phase-out drive as President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has vowed to scrap the policy and make the country a powerhouse in nuclear power generation. President Moon Jae-in has championed breaking away from nuclear energy since his inauguration in 2017 by retiring old plants and refraining from building new ones. But Yoon, as presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, slammed the policy and pledged to use nuclear pow
PoliticsMarch 10, 2022
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[Graphic News] What voters look for in a presidential candidate
More than 1 in 3 people in South Korea said competence and personality are what they look for in a presidential candidate, according to a survey from local pollster Realmeter, which asked people about the qualities they look for in a presidential candidate. The survey, which was conducted on Friday and Saturday last week, also showed that around 25.1 percent of people vote based on the candidate’s policy position and election pledges. Those people who answered that they look fo
NationalMarch 10, 2022
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USFK mobilizes 5 choppers to help contain east coast wildfires
The US Forces Korea (USFK) has sent five helicopters to help contain wildfires in eastern coastal areas, the defense ministry said Thursday. Local authorities have been struggling to put out the blazes that began Friday in Uljin, 330 kilometers southeast of Seoul, and spread to other areas. South Korea's military also deployed 1,600 troops and 48 choppers to support firefighters for the seventh day. (Yonhap)
DefenseMarch 10, 2022
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S. Korea's new daily COVID-19 cases top 300,000 for 2nd day as omicron spreads fast
South Korea confirmed more than 300,000 coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day Thursday as the dominant omicron variant of the coronavirus continued to spur new outbreaks nationwide. The country reported 327,549 new COVID-19 infections, including 327,490 local cases, raising the total caseload to 5,539,650, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Daily infections exceeded the 300,000 mark for the first time the previous day with 342,446 cases, when voters w
Social AffairsMarch 10, 2022
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NK leader says satellite development aimed at collecting info on US military, its 'vassal forces'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited the country's space agency, and said the recent development of a reconnaissance satellite is aimed at collecting information on the US military in the region and its "vassal forces," Pyongyang's state media reported Thursday. On Saturday, North Korea fired a ballistic missile in a second such test in less than a week that Pyongyang claimed was for developing a reconnaissance satellite. "(Kim) noted that the purpose of developing and op
North KoreaMarch 10, 2022
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US intensifies intelligence reconnaissance, missile defense around Korean Peninsula
WASHINGTON -- The United States has intensified its intelligence collection activities around the Korean Peninsula, while its missile defense forces in the region have also been ordered to increase alert amid an increase in North Korean missile activities, the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) said Wednesday. The move follows nine rounds of North Korean missile tests, including seven in January that marked the largest number of missile tests conducted by North Korea in a single month. "Th
Foreign AffairsMarch 10, 2022
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Chronology of major events in President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's biography
The following is a chronology of major events related to President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol. -- Dec. 18, 1960: Born in Seoul -- 1979: Graduates from Chungam High School in Seoul -- 1983: Graduates from Seoul National University with an undergraduate degree in law -- 1988: Graduates from Seoul National University's School of Law with a master's degree -- 1991: Passes the 33rd state bar exam on his ninth try -- 1994: Completes courses at Judicial Research & Training Institute -- 1994-2001: Works at
PoliticsMarch 10, 2022
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PPP sweeps 4 of 5 seats in parliamentary by-elections
The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) claimed four of the five National Assembly seats up for grabs in by-elections, putting the icing on the cake in its victory during a tightly fought presidential race. The by-election result will increase the conservative PPP's presence at the National Assembly to 110 seats, though the number is still far behind the ruling Democratic Party (DP)'s 172 seats in the 300-member National Assembly The PPP's first win came in Anseong, south of Seoul, where ve
PoliticsMarch 10, 2022
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N. Korea poses serious regional threat, but US remains ready to deter aggression: USFK chief
WASHINGTON -- North Korea poses a serious threat to Northeast Asia but the combined forces of South Korea and the United States stand ready and capable to deter any aggression, the commander of US Forces Korea (USFK) said Wednesday. Gen. Paul LaCamera made the remarks in a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee on national security challenges and US military activities in the Indo-Pacific region. "While the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) continues to pose multiple t
Foreign AffairsMarch 10, 2022
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Yoon confirms of victory, says he will repay the people
As the poll confirmed of his victory, President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol arrived at the party’s campaign headquarter to deliver his speech at an early dawn on Thursday. Ahn Cheol-soo, the chief of the minor opposition People’s Party who dropped out of the race to merge campaign with Yoon, also came to celebrate the victory wearing a red tie to match the color of the main opposition party. “I believe (the presidential election) was a very heated, and passionate race. In that proc
PoliticsMarch 10, 2022