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[Newsmaker] Court to arraign Korean Air chief's wife over charges of illegally hiring Filipino housekeepers

A Seoul court arraigned the wife of Korean Air's chairman Wednesday to determine whether to issue an arrest warrant prosecutors requested for her on charges of illegally hiring Filipino housekeepers....

Jun 20, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Korean victims of toxic disinfectant ask public to boycott Strepsils

Victims of a toxic disinfectant for humidifiers that was sold in South Korea from 2001-2011 held a rally in central Seoul on Tuesday asking the public, especially local pharmacists, to boycott produc...

Jun 19, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Rescue team to conduct additional search inside Sewol ferry

A joint rescue team will search the unchecked areas of the Sewol ferry in a last-ditch effort to find the remains of victims who are still missing, a state-run commission said Tuesday. The ill-fated...

Jun 19, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Anti-refugee sentiment flares up on Cheong Wa Dae petitions

Cheong Wa Dae’s online petition system is once again making headlines with petitions calling for tougher regulations on refugees rapidly gaining traction. The online public petition system is promot...

Jun 18, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Police seek arrest warrant for KT chief over illegal political funding

Police sought an arrest warrant for the head of South Korea's major mobile carrier KT Corp. and three others on Monday for alleged involvement in the firm's illegal donations to lawmakers. Seven for...

Jun 18, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Why did Korean Air heiress illegally hire Filipina domestic workers?

It was not an unfamiliar sight when Cho Hyun-ah, the Korean Air heiress whose “rage” over nuts delayed a flight some four years ago, once again bowed and apologized for her “troubles” last month over...

Jun 17, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Former NIS chiefs guilty on transfers to Park

Former National Intelligence Service chiefs were sentenced to prison terms of three to 3 1/2 years Friday for regularly making secret money transfers to former President Park Geun-hye’s aides when sh...

Jun 15, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Rise and fall of presidential hopefuls

The June 13 local elections ended with a sweeping victory by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, and now the focus is on how it may benefit the next potential presidential candidates. Newly electe...

Jun 14, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Main opposition party leader steps down over election defeat

Hong Joon-pyo, the chief of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, resigned Thursday after his party suffered a crushing defeat in the previous day's local elections. The LKP won only two of the 1...

Jun 14, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Minor opposition party leader resigns after election fiasco

A co-leader of the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party resigned Thursday after the party fared so poorly in Wednesday's local elections in a fiasco that even raised questions about whether it can cont...

Jun 14, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Verification key to testing denuclearization promise

With North Korea and the US having wrapped up a historic summit with a vague promise to work toward “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” how far North Korea accepts verification will ...

Jun 13, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Trump retreats from US moral leadership stance

WASHINGTON -- Beaming in the moments after his summit with Kim Jong-un, President Donald Trump was asked about North Korea’s history of human rights horrors. “It’s rough,” he allowed. Then he added, ...

Jun 13, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Formal end to Korean War not part of Singapore meeting

Speaking to reporters at a post-summit press conference following the historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said he hopes the Korean...

Jun 12, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] South Koreans hope Trump-Kim meeting brings lasting peace

With the world watching US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hold a historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday, the eyes and ears of South Koreans were fixed to the live TV foot...

Jun 12, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Who joined Trump, Kim at summit table?

The first session of the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was joined by only the two leaders’ respective translators, but they were joined by their aides a...

Jun 12, 2018
North Korea

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