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[Newsmaker] Time is against embattled President Park

South Korean President Park Geun-hye closes her eyes after making a public apology over the leak of some confidential documents, at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap)...

Oct 26, 2016
Politics
[Newsmaker] The woman behind scandals plaguing Park

Throughout her nearly four years in office, President Park Geun-hye has been criticized on various fronts, ranging from her government’s slipshod response to a ferry sinking to faltering diplomacy an...

Oct 25, 2016
Politics
[Newsmaker] Korean cultural figures accused of sexual harassment

A number of prominent individuals in the Korean literary and art worlds -- including a poet, a contemporary art museum curator and a novelist whose recent work explored a love affair between a high s...

Oct 24, 2016
Theater
[Newsmaker] AT&T eyes new media future with deal for Time Warner

AT&T on Saturday unveiled a megadeal for Time Warner that would transform the telecom giant into a media-entertainment powerhouse positioned for a sector facing major technology changes. The stock-a...

Oct 23, 2016
World News
[Newsmaker] Ex-governor Sohn returns to politics, leaves Minjoo Party

After a humiliating defeat in the 2014 by-election for a parliamentary seat, former Gyeonggi Province Gov. Sohn Hak-kyu did not just cut all ties with the world of politics, he retreated from urban l...

Oct 20, 2016
Politics
[Newsmaker] Moon in hot seat over ambiguity on memoir scandal

Faced with attacks from both conservative foes and fellow liberals, Moon Jae-in, in 2012, had urged political parties to stop questioning his ability to deal with inter-Korea relations as a president...

Oct 19, 2016
Politics
[Newsmaker] Fears rise of more Hanjin vessel seizures

Concerns are growing over additional seizures of Hanjin Shipping vessels that could lead to costly delays in unloading operations after a local court greenlighted the arrest of a vessel despite the t...

Oct 18, 2016
Industry
[Newsmaker] Ex-FM stirs dispute with memoir

While lawmakers continue their political tit-for-tat over bribery scandals involving President Park Geun-hye’s close associates, an unlikely figure has shifted political talk in a completely new dire...

Oct 17, 2016
Politics
[Newsmaker] Former foreign minister thrust into spotlight over controversial memoir

While lawmakers continue their political tit-for-tat over bribery scandals involving President Park Geun-hye’s close associates, an unlikely figure has shifted political talk in a completely new dire...

Oct 17, 2016
Politics
[Newsmaker] King's death puts Thai royals in spotlight

Until his death on Thursday Thailand‘s King Bhumibol Adulyadej was the world’s longest-reigning monarch. Officially known as King Rama IX, he descended from the Chakri dynasty which came to power in...

Oct 16, 2016
World News
[Newsmaker] A soldier’s way

On Oct. 9, 1983, a bomb went off at a national cemetery in Yangon, Burma, where scores of top South Korean government officials were waiting for the arrival of President Chun Doo-hwan. The attack, p...

Oct 14, 2016
Defense
[Newsmaker] Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature Prize

American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, a stunning announcement that for the first time bestowed the prestigious award on a musician. The Swedish Aca...

Oct 13, 2016
World News
[Newsmaker] How to refund or exchange your Galaxy Note 7

The owners of explosion-prone large smartphone Galaxy Note 7 are able to refund or exchange their device from Thursday until the end of this year, according to Samsung Electronics. The short-lived G...

Oct 13, 2016
Technology
[Newsmaker] Hospital illegally transferred blood samples

Employees at a well-known general hospital just outside Seoul handed over approximately 4,000 blood samples of patients to a local medical supplier without patients’ consent for two years, it was rev...

Oct 12, 2016
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Giving up on Trump? Ryan focusing on saving GOP majority

House Speaker Paul Ryan, the nation’s top elected Republican, effectively abandoned Donald Trump on Monday, telling anxious fellow lawmakers he will not campaign for or defend the floundering busines...

Oct 11, 2016
World News

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