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Signs point to N. Korean troops in Russia-Ukraine combat zone
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Rose's 'Apt.' redefines K-pop's global appeal
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Two years on, thousands mourn Itaewon tragedy, calling for accountability
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[Herald Interview] Love for K-drama, food defines 'Secret Ingredient'
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Hanwha, HD Hyundai vie for Poland’s $2.7b submarine program
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First lady’s controversies to top agenda at meeting of party leaders
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4 in 10 young South Koreans take up 'irregular' jobs: data
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[Photo News] Rallying against LGBTQ+
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Seoul aims to halve current suicide rate by 2030
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'1 million' Christians join anti-LGBTQ+ marriage rally
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Moon to call for parliamentary support for expansionary budget
President Moon Jae-in plans to use his budget speech this week to call for parliamentary cooperation in passing an expansionary government budget for next year designed to help tide South Korea over the deepening difficulties facing its economy, an official said Wednesday.The National Assembly address, set for Thursday, comes amid a grim outlook for Asia's fourth largest economy, with the government and economic agencies slashing growth forecasts for next year, the stock market plummeting day af
Oct. 31, 2018
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Mayors, governors urge parliamentary ratification of inter-Korean summit deal
Local administration chiefs affiliated with the ruling Democratic Party urged parliament Wednesday to approve a ratification motion for the April inter-Korean summit agreement, pending for nearly two months amid partisan wrangling. Fourteen city mayors and provincial governors belonging to the party, as well as Won Hee-ryong, the independent governor of the southern island of Jeju, issued a joint statement calling for parliamentary efforts to implement the landmark inter-Korean cooperation deal.
Oct. 31, 2018
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Moon to kick off series of regional trips to boost local economies
President Moon Jae-in will kick off a series of regional visits across the country with a trip to the southwestern city of Gunsan on Tuesday as part of efforts to help boost regional economies, his spokesman said."Beginning with a visit to North Jeolla Province on Oct. 30, President Moon will travel to cities and provinces across the nation one by one," presidential spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said in a statement. "This is part of efforts to breathe vigor into the regions and help them take the init
Oct. 30, 2018
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Ruling party chief calls for more steps to ease stock market instability
The ruling party chief on Tuesday called on the government to take pre-emptive actions to ease escalating jitters in the local stock market.South Korea's financial watchdog on Monday unveiled a plan to set up a 500 billion won ($438.4 million) fund to stabilize the stock market.But the move failed to prop up the market as South Korea's key stock index declined below the psychologically important 2,000 level Monday, the first time in about 22 months, on continued panic selling."It is urgent to d
Oct. 30, 2018
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Proposed special tribunal on judiciary power abuse stokes legal controversy
Lawmakers’ push to launch a special tribunal on the judiciary power abuse scandal involving a former top court chief is stoking controversy among legal experts over fairness and judicial independence.Floor leaders of the ruling Democratic Party and three minor opposition parties said in a joint press conference last Friday that a special tribunal must be launched to “fairly handle” the allegations that former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae led the abuse of judicial power.(Yonhap)Paper
Oct. 29, 2018
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Korea's parliament wraps up annual audit of govt. agencies
The National Assembly wrapped up its 20-day annual audit of government agencies Monday dominated by disputes over North Korea, corruption scandals and President Moon Jae-in's income-driven growth policy.Fourteen out of 17 parliamentary standing committees have examined the performance of 734 government agencies since Oct. 10. The three remaining panels, including the intelligence committee, will conduct separate audits of 19 organizations from Tuesday to Nov. 7.This year's audit was the first fu
Oct. 29, 2018
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Moon to deliver budget speech later this week
President Moon Jae-in will deliver a budget speech at the National Assembly later this week, officials said Monday. Moon is expected to use the address set for Thursday to urge the National Assembly to ratify his first summit agreement with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and call for budgetary support necessary to carry out the Panmunjom Declaration. (Yonhap)Moon is also expected to call for bipartisan support for a series of pending economic and reform bills.It will be Moon's second budget spe
Oct. 29, 2018
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Main opposition slams ruling party's attempt to create special court on judicial scandal
The main opposition Liberty Korea Party on Friday stepped up its attack on the ruling party's bid to establish a special panel of judges to try a judicial power abuse scandal.Four parties, including the ruling Democratic Party, announced Thursday that they will seek a motion to set up the tribunal during the ongoing regular parliamentary session over an allegation that ex-Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae used trials in its dealing with the presidential office. (Yonhap)Yang is alleged to
Oct. 26, 2018
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4 parties push for special court to deal with judicial scandal
Four parties, including the ruling Democratic Party, agreed Thursday to push for the establishment of a special court to try a judicial power abuse case involving the Supreme Court and its former chief.The Supreme Court under ex-Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae is alleged to have sought to use politically sensitive trials in persuading senior presidential aides to then-conservative President Park Geun-hye to support Yang's bid to establish a court of appeals.Under Yang's direction, the National Court
Oct. 25, 2018
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Opposition lawmakers demand environment minister nominee withdraw
Parliamentary environment committee members of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party refused Wednesday to adopt a confirmation hearing report for Environment Minister nominee Cho Myung-rae, saying he's unfit for the job due to a series of ethical lapses.The lawmakers, including Reps. Lim Lee-ja, Khang Hyo-shang and Moon Jin-kook, claimed at a press conference that Cho falsely registered his home address to get his children into better schools, and committed gift tax evasion and other irregular
Oct. 24, 2018
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Opinion-rigging blogger’s group aimed to take over conglomerate to implement economic democracy theory: investigators
A power blogger, who is standing trial on opinion-rigging charges, and his economic organization aimed to “promote economic democracy by taking over a conglomerate and creating a social community from the profit earned,” investigators said Tuesday. In the hearing of Kim Dong-won, nicknamed “Druking,” and members of his organization, the independent counsel team led by Huh Ik-bum revealed documents and testimony from the group. (Yonhap)Kim, with his group, has been indicted for manipulating thou
Oct. 23, 2018
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President Moon appoints 3 new Constitutional Court justices
President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday appointed three new justices of the Constitutional Court, ending what he earlier called an unprecedented vacuum created by the parliament's failure to endorse their appointments. (Yonhap)The three new justices -- Kim Ki-young, Lee Jong-seok and Lee Young-jin -- were appointed in a ceremony held at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae that was also attended by their spouses.The ceremony came about a week after the National Assembly approved their appointment in a
Oct. 23, 2018
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Cabinet approves inter-Korean summit deal before Moon ratifies it
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a wide-ranging peace agreement reached with North Korea at last month's third summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a procedural step necessary for Moon to sign and ratify the deal.The move came after the Ministry of Government Legislation concluded that the Pyongyang Joint Declaration does not need parliamentary consent for ratification because an earlier, overarching agreement, the Panmunjom Declaration reached at April's fi
Oct. 23, 2018
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Opposition parties demand parliamentary probe into Seoul Metro hiring scandal
Opposition parties on Monday submitted a proposal to launch a joint parliamentary probe into Seoul Metro and other public agencies’ alleged illicit hiring practices that involve giving jobs to the relatives and family members of those employed at the government entities. Seoul Metro, which is run by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, is at the center of the controversy at the ongoing parliamentary inspection. It was recently revealed that 11.2 percent of its 17,084 employees, some 2,000, were r
Oct. 22, 2018
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Cheong Wa Dae warns against fraud claiming connection to president, aides
Cheong Wa Dae on Monday issued a warning against fraud using the names of President Moon Jae-in and his close aides. According to the presidential office, Moon ordered the presidential office to disclose a number of examples of such cases and urged the public to report related developments to the police.Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom announces the warning from the presidential office on Monday. YonhapIn fraud cases uncovered so far, the suspects claimed ties to the president, or three of
Oct. 22, 2018
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Academics from Korea, Singapore discuss cooperation
SINGAPORE -- ASEAN, a regional bloc consisting of 10 Southeast Asian nations, is Korea’s second-largest trade partner after China, and is expected to be the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2030, after the US, China and the European Union.Through the Moon Jae-in administration’s New Southern Policy, Seoul seeks to expand cooperation and improve its relationship with ASEAN and India. President Moon Jae-in paid a state visit to India from July 8 to 11. During the visit, he and Indian Prime Minist
Oct. 19, 2018
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Ruling party hails pope’s stance on NK visit, stresses strong ties with US
The Pope effectively accepting the invitation to North Korea conveyed by Moon Jae-in on Thursday will aid the denuclearization process, and is evidence of international society’s support for peace, ruling Democratic Party floor leader Rep. Hong Young-pyo said Friday. Floor leader of the ruling Democratic Party Rep. Hong Young-pyo speaks at the party`s supreme council meeting on Friday. YonhapAccording to Cheong Wa Dae, Pope Francis responded positively to North Korean leader Kim jong-un’s sugges
Oct. 19, 2018
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Gov't hones in on winning orders from Vietnam, UAE
South Korea's industry ministry said it will hold a meeting of government agencies, industry organizations and companies Friday to discuss support measures in getting project orders from the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.The participants will present what has been achieved so far and the needed assistance from different agencies, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said.Discussion topics will include South Korea's attendance at the 2018 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Co
Oct. 19, 2018
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16 Seoul city employees committed suicide under mayor Park Won-soon: lawmaker
A total of 16 low-ranking civil servants working for the Seoul Metropolitan Government took their own lives since Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon took office in 2011, many of them due to work-related stress, a lawmaker claimed during the parliamentary inspection of the city government Thursday. According to Rep. Hong Moon-pyo of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, among the 16 deaths, 10 of them have been recognized as “deaths related to work stress” by the Government Employees Pension Service.
Oct. 18, 2018
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Moon and Italian president hold talks on bilateral ties
ROME -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Italian President Sergio Mattarella held a meeting Wednesday to discuss ways to further improve the countries' bilateral ties and expand their cooperation in dealing with various regional and global issues.Moon arrived here Tuesday for an official visit. He was set to hold a summit with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte later in the day."The two presidents discussed a wide range of issues, including the countries' diplomatic and defense cooperat
Oct. 17, 2018