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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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Seoul aims to halve current suicide rate by 2030
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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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103 autumn foliage paths in Seoul
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[Newsmaker] Parliament OKs bills on extra budget, special counsel probe
South Korea's parliament on Monday passed a 3.83 trillion won ($3.54 billion) extra budget bill and a proposal to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate an online opinion rigging scandal involving a former ruling party lawmaker.The passage came after the rival parties reached a compromise to break the long-running parliamentary impasse last week. Under the deal, the ruling Democratic Party agreed to an independent counsel probe into the scandal while the main opposition Liberty Korea Party
May 21, 2018
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Moon commemorates May 18 Democratization Movement
GWANGJU – The government on Friday promised to delve further into the 1980 Gwangju movement on the 38th anniversary of the May 18 Democratization Movement.The commemoration event took place under a rainy sky, with thousands gathered at the May 18 National Cemetery commemorate the movement that was met by a brutal crackdown by the government. Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon speaks at the 38th commemoration of the May 18 Democratization Movement at May 18 National Cemetery in the southwestern city of G
May 18, 2018
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Moon commemorates 1980 democratic movement with pledge to find truth
President Moon Jae-in on Friday commemorated the Gwangju pro-democracy uprising in 1980, with a renewed pledge to bring to justice those responsible for the military's bloody crackdown."Today, I solemnly commemorate those killed in Gwangju and look back on the tears of many citizens who did not hold back to defend the values of democracy," Moon wrote in a Facebook message.The president noted much about the uprising and the military's armed crackdown on what was initially a peaceful demonstration
May 18, 2018
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Parliament scheduled to vote on bills on extra budget, online rigging scandal
The National Assembly is scheduled to vote on proposals for a 3.9 trillion won ($3.6 billion) extra budget and a special counsel probe into an online opinion rigging scandal on Friday.Ending a 40-day parliamentary stalemate, rival parties agreed on Monday to proceed with the controversial bills -- one for the supplementary budget aimed at creating jobs for young people and one on an independent inquiry into the Internet comments manipulation case involving a former ruling party lawmaker -- at a
May 18, 2018
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Moon's approval rating slips for second consecutive week
President Moon Jae-in's approval rating dropped for a second consecutive week, a poll showed Friday, as North Korea's abrupt suspension of dialogue and toughening rhetoric raised uncertainties over his peace efforts.In a survey conducted by Gallup Korea, the president's approval rating came to 76 percent this week, down 2 percentage points from a week earlier.The reading also marks a 7 percentage point plunge from two weeks earlier, when the number reached a record high of 83 percent following h
May 18, 2018
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Govt. vows to deal sternly with fake news ahead of local elections
The prosecution and police will crack down sternly on fake news creators and distributors in the run-up to next month's local elections, officials said Thursday.The government issued the warning after an inter-agency ministerial meeting presided over by Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon as part of efforts to make the June 13 gubernatorial and mayoral elections clean and fair. (123RF)Police and prosecutors will set up teams dealing exclusively with fake news and put them into operation as soon as offici
May 17, 2018
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Parliament speeding up review of extra budget bill
The National Assembly will speed up its review of a 3.9 trillion won ($3.6 billion) extra budget proposal Thursday as lawmakers seek to pass key bills the following day, party officials said.Ending a some 40-day parliamentary stalemate, ruling and opposition parties earlier agreed to vote on bills on the supplementary budget aimed at boosting job growth and a special counsel probe into an online rigging scandal on Friday.In March, the government proposed the extra budget largely to create new jo
May 17, 2018
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Six-term lawmaker Moon elected as candidate for parliamentary speaker
South Korea's ruling Democratic Party on Wednesday elected Moon Hee-sang, a six-term lawmaker, as its candidate for parliamentary speaker.The 73-year-old Moon beat rival Park Byeong-seug, a five-term lawmaker, by 67 to 47 in a vote cast by party lawmakers, according to party officials.The National Assembly is scheduled to hold a plenary session May 24 to vote on whether to confirm him as the next parliamentary chief.If elected, Moon will head the National Assembly for a two-year term, replacing
May 16, 2018
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Local governments hosting US bases keen on NK-US summit
Local governments along the western stretch of the inter-Korean border, which have U.S. military bases in their jurisdictions, are showing keen interest in the upcoming North Korea-U.S. summit as its outcome will have a significant influence on their prolonged relocation. In 2004, South Korea and the United States agreed to move the bases from northern Gyeonggi Province, near the inter-Korean border, to Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, some 70 km south of Seoul, by 2008. But the transition has been
May 15, 2018
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Moon urges stern punishment against sexual crimes
President Moon Jae-in has called for enhanced punishment against sexual crimes, saying such crimes may have been condoned in the past but should not be any more, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday."Crimes involving hidden cameras and dating violence are malicious crimes that destroy the lives of women. It is true that the investigations of our police authorities have been somewhat loose and that the punishments were not too severe even when such crimes were exposed," the presiden
May 15, 2018
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Koreas to discuss joint liaison office, war-torn families at high-level talks
South and North Korea are expected to discuss details about setting up a joint liaison office and reunions of war-torn families at this week's high-level talks, officials said Tuesday.Senior officials from the ruling Democratic Party, the government and the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae held a trilateral policy coordination meeting earlier in the day mainly to discuss follow-up steps to last month's inter-Korean summit."At the high-level talks (slated for Wednesday), the two sides are expect
May 15, 2018
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Jeju governor attacked by protester during debate
Jeju Gov. Won Hee-ryong was attacked by a local protester at a public debate session held on Jeju Island on Monday. A man surnamed Kim throws an egg at Jeju Gov. Won Hee-ryong during a public debate held Monday. (Yonhap)The protester, surnamed Kim, threw an egg at Won, who was sitting on a podium, and went on to strike the governor’s face, before attempting to use a prepared weapon against himself. Kim was rushed to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Won was also taken to a hospital a
May 14, 2018
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[Herald Interview] ‘Migrant families should contribute to Korean society for equal share’
Wang Kena, a naturalized Korean citizen who originally came from China, believes that in order for migrant families and individuals to have a voice in Korean society, it is important for them to contribute to society. Working to improve awareness of migrant households and their children for the past five years, Wang ran for the ruling Democratic Party of Korea’s proportional representative seat in the Suwon City Council for the upcoming local and gubernatorial election slated for June 13. While
May 14, 2018
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Rival parties agree to normalize parliament after prolonged standoff
The ruling and opposition parties agreed Monday to normalize parliament in a dramatic deal that ended more than 40 days of legislative impasse over a set of disputed bills and partisan issues.Their floor leaders reached an agreement to handle a bill to open an independent counsel probe into an online opinion rigging scandal and another for the government's proposed supplementary budget at a parliamentary plenary session slated for Friday. Members of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party hold a
May 14, 2018
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Moon's approval rating drops to 76.3%
President Moon Jae-in's approval rating dropped slightly last week, ending a three-week streak of increases, a poll showed Monday.In a survey conducted by Realmeter, Moon's approval rating came to 76.3 percent last week, down 1.1 percentage points from the week before.The weekly survey was conducted Monday through Friday, involving 2,002 adults across the nation.Moon's ratings shot up to record high levels after he held a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on April 27 at the Jo
May 14, 2018
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Progressive groups call for review of USFK character amid peace efforts
Two progressive civic groups on Sunday called for a review of the character of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) in line with the two Koreas‘ efforts for reconciliation and peace on the Korean Peninsula. The People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy and Minbyun-Lawyers for a Democratic Society issued the call, with Seoul and Washington set to hold a third round of negotiations this week on sharing the cost for the upkeep of 28,500 American troops in the South. “As (the two Koreas) are in the proc
May 13, 2018
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Cheong Wa Dae pushes to expand anti-corruption campaign
The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday that it would expand the government‘s ongoing anti-corruption campaign to target cases that directly affect citizens’ everyday lives. Marking the first anniversary of President Moon Jae-in‘s inauguration, it gave an evaluation of the campaign to “eliminate accumulated ills,” which has focused largely on power abuse cases, involving officials from former governments. “From now on, (the government) will expand (the campaign) to stamp out accumulat
May 13, 2018
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Ruling-opposition wrangling spills over to NK, US issues
Rival parties’ wrangling over the local elections and North Korean denuclearization continued Sunday, with the ruling Democratic Party accusing the opposition leader of damaging national interests. “(Liberty Korea Party) Chairman Hong is misleading (the public) as if the Moon Jae-in administration pleaded (with the US) to hold the US-North Korea summit on June 12, a day before the local elections,” said Rep. Back Hye-ryun of the Democratic Party. Liberty Korea Party Chairman Hong Joon-pyo deliv
May 13, 2018
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Parties watching impact of upcoming US-NK summit on local elections
South Korean ruling and opposition parties are gauging the possible impact of the upcoming summit between the United States and North Korea on local elections as the meeting will be held just one day before the poll.US President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will be held in Singapore on June 12, the first-ever summit between sitting leaders of the two nations.The parties appear to think the timing of the summit will not much affect the local
May 11, 2018
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Ruling party elects Hong Young-pyo as new floor leader
Three-term lawmaker Rep. Hong Young-pyo was elected as the new floor leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea on Friday.The new floor leader faces the task of reducing differences with the opposition parties to normalize the National Assembly that has been crippled for the past two months. Hong decisively beat Rep. Noh Woong-rae for the leadership position, garnering 78 votes out of 116 ballots cast. Noh, who is also a three-term lawmaker, obtained 38 votes. Hong, a close aide of President
May 11, 2018