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Vivaldi Park introduces winter packages for foreign guests

Vivaldi Park, the resort complex of Daemyung Group, said it is launching packages for foreign visitors in Korea for the snow-covered season.This includes the one-day ski package and Snowy Land package that offers something for both children and adults.The one-day package is for those seeking to briefly enjoy the slopes on either skis or a snowboard. It includes a free shuttle bus between Seoul and the resort, a lift pass from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the rental of equipment along with parka and

Koreas discuss cooperation to fight tree diseases, modernize tree nurseries

South and North Korea discussed cooperation in combating forest diseases and modernizing tree nurseries in the North when a group of South Korean officials visited Pyongyang earlier this week, the unification ministry said Friday.The meeting was held between Lim Sang-seop, a senior official of the Korea Forestry Service, and his North Korean counterpart, Jang Yong-chol, according to the ministry. Lim headed a 10-member South Korean delegation to the North for a three-day trip from Tuesday. (Yonh

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North Korea
Moon replaces 16 vice ministers ahead of his third year in office

President Moon Jae-in on Friday named 16 new vice ministers including two vice finance chiefs in a sweeping reshuffle of senior government officials ahead of his third year in office next year.Moon nominated Lee Ho-seung, a presidential aide on jobs, as the first vice finance minister, replacing incumbent Koh Hyeong-gwon, according to the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. 16 new vice ministers (Yonhap)Koo Yun-cheol, chief of the budget office at the finance ministry, was named the second vice m

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Politics
S. Korea in consultations with US, UN for sanctions waiver before groundbreaking ceremony

South Korea is in close consultations with the United States and the United Nations to get sanctions exemptions ahead of a planned groundbreaking ceremony in North Korea for a joint project on connecting roads and railways over their border, the unification ministry said Friday.On Thursday, the two Koreas agreed to hold an event in Panmun Station, just north of the inter-Korean border on Dec. 26 to break ground for the railway and road connecting work. (Yonhap)It is a major project that their le

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North Korea
Korea gives 2 Yemeni asylum seekers refugee status

The immigration office on the southern island of Jeju decided Friday to grant refugee status to two Yemeni asylum seekers, the first move of its kind since South Korea began to grapple with their inflow early this year. The immigration office also gave 50 other applicants humanitarian stay permits while denying refugee requests of 22 applicants, according to the Ministry of Justice. (Yonhap)That wraps up the application reviews on a total of 484 Yemeni asylum seekers who have applied for refugee

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Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Strasbourg Christmas market gunman shot dead by French police

The gunman who killed three people at a Christmas market in Strasbourg was shot dead by French police on Thursday as the Islamic State jihadist group claimed him as one of its "soldiers".More than 700 French security forces had been hunting for 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt since the bloodshed on Tuesday night -- the latest in a string of jihadist attacks to rock France.Messages of support for the victims, as well as candles and flowers, are multiplying in Strasbourg streets. (AFP)Interior Minister

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World News
Minimum wage hike improves productivity in manufacturing sector

An increase in the minimum wage has helped improve productivity at South Korean manufacturing firms in general, but its impact varied by sector and size of business, a report said Friday.South Korea's minimum wage has gradually increased since the government first implemented the policy in 1988. (Yonhap)Between 2011-2016, the minimum wage rose to 6,030 won ($5.4) from 4,320 won, according to the report published by the Bank of Korea.The manufacturing industry saw its productivity improve over t

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Social affairs
Vietnam interested in hosting second US-NK summit

Vietnam has expressed interest in hosting the second US-North Korea summit, while high-level officials of the two countries were confirmed to have visited Vietnam recently, according to news reports.High-ranking Vietnamese officials delivered such intent to the South Korean government, CNN reported, citing a South Korean government source.(Yonhap)Mark Lambert, the acting US deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, recently visited Vietnam, Yonhap News Agency report

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North Korea
S. Korea holds NSC meeting to discuss creating int'l air route between Koreas

South Korea held a National Security Council (NSC) meeting Thursday to discuss ways to create an international air route linking the two Koreas, the presidential office said. During the meeting of the council's standing committee presided over by Presidential National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong, members shared the opinion that the new air route would increase practical benefits for not only the two Koreas but all airlines that will use it, Cheong Wa Dae said in a release. Presidential Na

Dec 13, 2018
North Korea
NK urges US to come to senses, stop sticking to sanctions

North Korea's official news agency on Thursday strongly blamed the United States for the impasse in their nuclear talks, saying Pyongyang is waiting for Washington to come to its senses and take corresponding steps for its denuclearization measures, instead of sticking to sanctions. "Prospects of relations between the DPRK and the US depend on when the US will wake up from its foolish thought," the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary. "The exit will be for the US to build up

Dec 13, 2018
North Korea
IATA expects higher net profits for Asia-Pacific airlines

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecast that airlines in the Asia-Pacific region will post higher net profits next year on a rise in the number of travelers and lower oil prices, Korean Air Lines Co. said Thursday. While expecting the global airline industry to post a net profit of $35.5 billion in 2019, up 4 percent from $32.3 illion a year earlier, IATA Director General and CEO Alexandre de Juniac said airlines in the Asia-Pacific region will report a net income of $10.

Dec 13, 2018
Industry
KDB completes $375m transfer to GM Korea via recapitalization

GM Korea, the local unit of the US automaker, said Thursday that the state-run Korea Development Bank has completed recapitalization of $375 million as part of the rescue plan signed in late April, raising prospects of the automaker and its second-largest shareholder narrowing their differences on GM’s spinoff plan.This is the latest development amid ongoing talks between related parties after a Seoul court approved an injunction against the process related to GM Korea’s spinoff of GM Technical

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Automode
‘US wants working-level talks with N. Korea without conditions’

The US wants to hold working-level talks with North Korea without set preconditions, a senior Korean government official said Thursday, amid Pyongyang’s continued silence in its denuclearization talks with Washington. (Yonhap)“I heard that Washington’s position is ... that it wants to meet North Korea at working-level negotiations without any conditions and listen to what the North wants first,” the official said on condition of anonymity.Denuclearization talks between the US and North Korea ap

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Foreign Policy
Koreas to hold railway, road groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 26

The two Koreas agreed on Thursday to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the modernization and reconnection of cross-border railways and roads this month, in accordance with the agreement reached between the two leaders in September. “As a result of an inter-Korean meeting (held Thursday), a consensus that the groundbreaking ceremony should be held on Dec. 26 at Panmun Station in North Korea’s border town of Kaesong was reached,” a statement released by the South’s Ministry of Unification said. I

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North Korea
[New Focus] Moon to enter midterm year amid economic, social polarization

SEJONG -- President Moon Jae-in has finished the first 19 months of his 60-month tenure and will enter his third administrative year in two weeks.About 70 to 80 percent of South Koreans supported his administrative affairs last year. But Moon’s current approval rating has fallen to a record low, staying under 50 percent, according to polls conducted in recent weeks. Surveys by Realmeter, Gallup Korea and R&Search showed approval ratings of 49.5 percent, 49 percent and 47.9 percent, respectively,

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