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November 21, 2024 02:17pm
Yoo Joon-sang inaugurated as head of Korea UN Volunteer Corps
Yoo Joon-sang officially took office as the seventh president of the Korea UN Volunteer Corps on Tuesday, highlighting his vision to foster a culture ...
November 21, 2024 02:03pm
YouTuber gets life sentence for murder, 'thanks' court after verdict
A 56-year-old YouTuber who killed another YouTuber was sentenced to a lifetime in prison on Wednesday, after which he shouted "thank you" for unexplai...
November 21, 2024 02:01pm
Vietnamese teen investigated for abandoning newborn
South Korean police said Thursday a recently born girl was found inside the bathroom of an underground shopping district, and that the mother is under...
November 21, 2024 11:16am
Court decides against live broadcast of opposition leader's sentencing hearing
A local court on Thursday decided against broadcasting live opposition leader Lee Jae-myung's upcoming sentencing hearing for allegedly suborning...
November 21, 2024 09:55am
US House passes N. Korean human rights reauthorization act
The US House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill Wednesday to reauthorize and update the 2004 North Korean Human Rights Act aimed at promoting...
November 21, 2024 09:33am
N. Korea, Russia sign protocol on expanding economic cooperation
North Korea and Russia have signed a protocol on expanding cooperation following their committee meeting on economy, science, and technology in Pyongy...
November 21, 2024 09:25am
Yoon returns home from APEC, G20 summits
President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Seoul on Thursday from an eight-day trip to Peru and Brazil where he sought to expand global solidarity against the...
November 21, 2024 09:11am
UN committee adopts resolution on N. Korean human rights for 20th straight year
A UN General Assembly committee on Wednesday passed a resolution on North Korean human rights for the 20th consecutive year, calling for the UN system...
November 20, 2024 09:53pm
Labor union, farmers' association stage large-scale rally in downtown Seoul
South Korea's largest umbrella labor union and the farmers' association held a massive rally in central Seoul on Wednesday against the Yoon ...
November 20, 2024 05:35pm
Nearly half of pines at Seoraksan face extinction due to global warming: study
Nearly half of the Korean pines, a tree species emblematic of the nation, are at risk of dying at Seoraksan, a recent study revealed Wednesday. The re...
November 20, 2024 04:51pm
Porsche driver appeals six-year jail term for DUI killing teen
A man in his 50s who caused a fatal crash while speeding under the influence of alcohol has appealed a six-year prison sentence, according to a court ...
November 20, 2024 04:49pm
Labor, farmer groups stage large-scale rallies in central Seoul
South Korea‘s labor groups, including one of the nation’s two major umbrella unions, held a rally Wednesday calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol to ste...
November 20, 2024 04:32pm
Binding plastic pollution treaty unlikely: ministry
With less than a week left for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollutio...
November 20, 2024 04:15pm
Japan to hold 1st memorial for Korean forced labor victims at Sado mine
The first official memorial ceremony honoring Korean victims of forced labor at the gold mines on Sado Island during Japan's colonial rule from 1...