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[Newsmaker] Two-time Olympic speed skating champion Lee Sang-hwa announces retirement

Two-time Olympic speed skating gold medalist Lee Sang-hwa announced her retirement Friday, putting an end to an illustrious career that includes a world record and multiple world championships. In a...

May 10, 2019
More sports
[Newsmaker] Ex-vice minister summoned for questioning over sex bribery scandal

Former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-eui appeared before the prosecution for the first time Thursday, to undergo questioning with regard to allegations of rape, abuse of power, and accepting bribes i...

May 9, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Minor opposition party floor leader offers to step down amid fast-track row

The floor leader of a minor opposition party offered to step down Wednesday, apparently taking responsibility for internal strife over the push to "fast track" key reform bills. Rep. Kim Kwan-young ...

May 8, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] 27 hospitals violate narcotics law: ministry

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety found instances of overprescribing or giving patients illicit access to drugs at 27 clinics and hospitals, the ministry’s report said Wednesday. Out of the 36,00...

May 8, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Top prosecutor holds meeting on investigation rights bill

The contention over revising the investigative powers of police and the prosecutors’ office appears set to intensify, with Prosecutor-General Moon Moo-il holding a senior prosecutors’ meeting Tuesday...

May 7, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Tension mounts over police-prosecution investigative rights reform

Tension is rising over plans to redistribute investigative rights between the prosecution and police in South Korea, in the wake of a public denunciation from the country’s top prosecutor. (Yonhap) ...

May 6, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Justice minister urges prosecution and police to end judicial reform dispute

Amid an escalating conflict between the prosecution and the police over investigative rights reform, the justice minister called on both sides to approach the issue from the "perspective of the peopl...

May 3, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] N. Korea chides THAAD training by USFK

North Korean state media on Friday chided a weeklong Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense drill by the US Forces Korea, calling on the South Korean government to “behave with discretio...

May 3, 2019
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Ex-Korean Air vice president admits to illegally hiring Filipino maids

Former Korean Air Vice President Cho Hyun-ah admitted Thursday to illegally hiring Filipino maids as the trials began for her and her mother Lee Myung-hee, who faces the same charges. Cho, 45, and L...

May 2, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Seoul mayor condemns Liberty Korea Party sit-in plans

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Wednesday said he will “not stand idly by” as the main opposition Liberty Korea Party plans to set up tents at Gwanghwamun plaza in central Seoul as part of its protest a...

May 1, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Labor Day rallies held nationwide, ILO conventions at issue

Tens of thousands of South Korean workers marked Labor Day with a rally in central Seoul on Wednesday, urging the government to adopt major international regulations on promoting labor rights. Comme...

May 1, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Ex-KT chairman faces arrest over alleged hiring irregularities

Lee Suk-chae, former chairman of telecom firm KT Corp., appeared before a local court Tuesday morning to attend an arrest warrant hearing in connection with allegations that he gave preferential trea...

Apr 30, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Politics take over Blue House petitions board

The petitions board of the presidential office website is once again making headlines, this time over calls for the dissolution of political parties. A petition filed on April 22 requesting the diss...

Apr 29, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] [Feature] Debunking Saxenda myth

In recent months, an unusual buzzword has spread among trendsetters, social media influencers and the general public. Injectable medicine “Saxenda” is being touted across various circles as one of th...

Apr 28, 2019
Industry
[Newsmaker] Singer-actor Park Yoo-chun arrested over suspected meth use

K-pop singer-actor Park Yoo-chun was arrested Friday (early Saturday) on suspicion of purchasing and using methamphetamine. (Yonhap) Park, 33, is suspected of buying 1.5 grams of methamphetamine on...

Apr 26, 2019
Social affairs

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