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[Newsmaker] Kakao delays formal launch of carpool service after taxi protest death

Kakao Mobility said Thursday that it will delay the formal launch of its carpool service that was initially slated for Monday, citing a need to engage in continued discussions with taxi drivers, the ...

Dec 13, 2018
Technology
[Newsmaker] Canada says second citizen 'missing' in China

A second Canadian citizen who has been questioned by authorities in China is "presently missing", Canadian officials said Thursday, adding to tensions following the arrest of a top Chinese telecom ex...

Dec 13, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] 15-story building in Gangnam evacuated after signs of collapse

15-floor office building in Gangnam, Seoul, was evacuated and left vacant Wednesday after signs of its impending collapse were reported the day before. City officials who inspected the building concl...

Dec 12, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Gunman on run after killing three at Strasbourg Christmas market

A gunman killed at least three people and wounded a dozen others at the famed Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday before fleeing the scene, authorities said. A manhunt was u...

Dec 12, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Na Kyung-won elected main opposition party floor leader

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party elected four-term lawmaker Rep. Na Kyung-won as its new floor leader Tuesday, amid escalating internal strife ahead of a leadership election next year. In the...

Dec 11, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Korail CEO resigns following KTX derailment accident

Korea Railroad Corp. CEO Oh Young-sik resigned Tuesday, taking responsibility for the recent series of train accidents. “I’ve emphasized the importance of train safety since I took the post in Febru...

Dec 11, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Korea cab driver burns himself to death in carpool protest

A South Korean taxi driver burned himself to death on Monday in protest at an Uber-like ride-sharing service being introduced by the country's largest mobile chat app, reports said. (Yonhap) South ...

Dec 10, 2018
Science
[Newsmaker] Lawmakers criticized for raising own salaries

The recent passage of the budget bill has sparked public fury, as it included a plan to increase the annual salaries of lawmakers, while the budget for job creation was reduced. The ruling Democrati...

Dec 10, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Investigation, trial records of 1974 student movement to be revealed

The investigations and trial records of the Federation of Democratic Young Students affair in 1974 are set to be revealed more than 40 years after the incident took place. National Archives of Korea...

Dec 10, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Former Gwangju mayor arrives in Korea for probe over fake first lady scandal

Former Gwangju Mayor Yoon Jang-hyun, who allegedly had engaged in a fake ex-first lady scam, arrived in Korea early Sunday morning for a prosecution investigation. Prosecutors seized Yoon’s mobile ph...

Dec 9, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Ex-ranking Army officer under probe jumps to death: police

A retired former Army general under a prosecution investigation on illegal surveillance charges jumped off a building in an apparent suicide, police said Friday. Lee Jae-su, former chief of the Defe...

Dec 7, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Dismissal of warrants for ex-justices in power abuse scandal raises questions

The court’s rejection of warrants for two former Supreme Court justices allegedly involved in a massive power abuse scandal on Friday raised questions on whether the judiciary was seeking to contain ...

Dec 7, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Court rejects arrest warrants for 2 ex-top court justices in power

A Seoul court on Friday denied prosecution requests for warrants to arrest two former Supreme Court justices in connection with a massive power abuse scandal in the judiciary. The Seoul Central Dist...

Dec 7, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Court rules against megachurch pastor in internal dispute

The court ruled in favor of members of a megachurch in Seoul’s Gangnam district who sought to strip the senior pastor of his position in a yearslong internal dispute. According to the Sarang Church,...

Dec 6, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Koreas in consultations for joint road inspection

The two Koreas are discussing when and how they will conduct a joint survey on cross-border roads, the Ministry of Unification said Wednesday, with inter-Korean railway inspections already underway. ...

Dec 5, 2018
North Korea

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