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[Newsmaker] Park aide Woo Byung-woo sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison

Former presidential aide Woo Byung-woo was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Thursday for dereliction of duty, abuse of power and perjury linked to the massive corruption scandal that led to the ...

Feb 22, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Witch hunt or mob justice? Inside South Korea’s world of ‘inseong’ trials of athletes

At a press conference that was abruptly arranged on Tuesday evening, Kim Bo-reum, South Korea’s speed skater, offered her public apology while tears rolled down her face. “I apologize to those who ...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[Newsmaker] NK hackers expand targets beyond South Korea: reports

A North Korean hacking group has broadened its scope of attack from the South Korean government and private sector to other nations as well, according to a top cybersecurity firm report. Workers at ...

Feb 21, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] South Korea’s female skaters under fire for bullying

There was something odd about the way the South Korean female skaters performed in the 500-meter team pursuit quarterfinals event at PyeongChang on Monday. The three-member team -- Kim Bo-reum, ...

Feb 20, 2018
Olympic Games
[Newsmaker] Olympic fans touched by Lee Sang-hwa’s friendship with her Japanese rival Nao Kodaira

After winning silver in the women’s 500-meter speedskating Sunday, Lee Sang-hwa, South Korea’s two-time defending Olympic champion, burst into tears. PyeongChang was her fourth and possibly her las...

Feb 19, 2018
Olympic Games
[Newsmaker] ‘Military talks likely to come before reunion of families separated by Korean War’

Despite an inter-Korean detente that came with North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics, uncertainty continues to loom over the reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. Sou...

Feb 18, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] 'Ice Prince' Hanyu reigns with second skating gold

Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu clinched the first back-to-back men's Olympic figure skating title in more than six decades on Saturday to cement his status as the "Ice Prince" of the modern era. The 23-year-o...

Feb 17, 2018
Olympic Games
[Newsmaker] S. Korean 'curleesis' score surprise wins against Canada, Switzerland

South Korea’s female curling team, which ranks eighth in the world, defeated second-ranked Switzerland Friday after dispatching first-ranked Canada in a surprise victory Thursday. The Korean team won...

Feb 16, 2018
Olympic Games
[Newsmaker] Meet Randi Heesoo Griffin: the figure who scored Korea joint ice hockey team’s first and only Olympic goal

After suffering two shutout losses against Switzerland and Sweden, the unified Korean women’s ice hockey team made Olympic history by scoring its first and only goal in its match against Japan on Wed...

Feb 15, 2018
Sports
[Newsmaker] 17 killed in Florida school shooting by former student: sheriff

PARKLAND, US (AFP) - A former student armed with an AR-15 rifle opened fire at a Florida high school on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, officials said, in a harrowing shooting spree that saw t...

Feb 15, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Prosecution likely to summon former Justice Ministry official suspected of sexual harassment

The prosecution’s special investigation team is likely to summon a former Justice Ministry official suspected of sexual misconduct after the Lunar New Year’s holiday, as it speeds up fact-finding eff...

Feb 14, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Korean-American snowboarding sensation Chloe Kim wins gold

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Korean-American snowboarding sensation Chloe Kim claimed her first Olympic gold medal in her parents’ native country on Tuesday, with her extended family watching her...

Feb 13, 2018
Olympic Games
[Newsmaker] Has Korea become too much for GM Korea?

Old rumors of GM Korea’s potential pullout from South Korea recently resurfaced, following moves and comments made by the automaker’s global management. Last week, General Motors International Presi...

Feb 12, 2018
Automode
[Newsmaker] Kim Il-sung’s face haunts South Koreans amid PyeongChang festivities

It has been 24 years since North Korean founder Kim Il-sung died, but the face of the man who started the reclusive regime has sparked furor among Koreans with the “Kim Il-sung mask” controversy. Th...

Feb 11, 2018
Olympic Games
[Newsmaker] President Moon cautious on North Korean leader's invitation to Pyongyang

South Korean President Moon Jae-in accepted North Korea’s invitation Saturday to visit Pyongyang, on condition that the circumstances that would allow for such a visit are established. According to ...

Feb 10, 2018
North Korea

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