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S. Korea to spend 94b won this year to develop homegrown COVID-19 vaccine

EconomySept 25, 2020

South Korea will spend a total of 94 billion won ($80.3 million) this year to help local firms develop homegrown vaccines and treatment drugs to fight the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Friday....
Over 100 people injected with mishandled flu vaccines: authorities

Social affairsSept 25, 2020

More than 100 South Korean have been injected with seasonal flu vaccines that should not have been administered due to storage problems, but there have been no reported side effects, health authoriti...
KIAF's art talk offers tips on purchasing art for younger generation

Arts&DesignSept 25, 2020

An art talk show on collecting art for the millennial generation was livestreamed Thursday on the sidelines of the Korean International Art Fair -- the largest art fair in Korea, which kicked off Wed...
Govt. medical sector still haggling over state licensing exam

Social affairsSept 25, 2020

The government and the medical sector are still at odds over whether to give a second chance to fourth-year medical students to take the state medical licensing exam. Senior students had been boycot...
SuperM hopes to offer positive, hope-filled energy with 1st studio album

K-popSept 25, 2020

K-pop project group SuperM said Friday it hopes to deliver positive energy through its inaugural studio album "Super One" to fans during the difficult times of the pandemic. "We've felt a lot of pre...
N. Korea lost S. Korean official for 2 hours before finding, killing him: lawmakers

North KoreaSept 25, 2020

The South Korean official shot dead by North Korean troops this week was lost for two hours before he was found again and killed, lawmakers here said Friday. Citing South Korean military intelligenc...
Mobile carriers launch services, events to support noncontact Chuseok holidays

TechnologySept 25, 2020

Korean mobile carriers are preparing a variety of communication services and events for people staying at home during the Chuseok holidays next week. KT, the country’s No. 2 telecom company by subsc...
NK leader apologizes to S. Koreans for 'unsavory' shooting case: Cheong Wa Dae

North KoreaSept 25, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has offered an apology to the South Korean people for the killing of a fellow citizen by its military earlier this week, Cheong Wa Dae announced Friday. In a formal n...
KT, NGeneBio sign deal for genetic data-based digital health care service

IndustrySept 25, 2020

There is a surge of movement from Korean telecommunications firms noticeably seeking to enter the digital health care market. KT on Friday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with local...
FM says engagement must continue despite N. Korea's brutal killing of S. Korean official

North KoreaSept 25, 2020

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Friday that efforts to engage with North Korea toward denuclearization and peace must continue despite the North's brutal killing of a South Korean official. The...
S. Korea censored over 200,000 pieces of online data last year: report

TechnologySept 25, 2020

South Korea censored over 200,000 pieces of online data in 2019, a report showed Friday, marking a slight decline from the previous year. The Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC), the co...
S. Korea's trade terms rise for 5th straight month in Aug.

EconomySept 25, 2020

South Korea's terms of trade rose for the fifth straight month in August, as import prices fell at a faster pace than export prices, central bank data showed Friday. The country's net terms-of-trade...
[Newsmaker] Moon briefed 4 times on killed civil servant, UN message too late to be changed: Cheong Wa Dae

PoliticsSept 25, 2020

President Moon Jae-in was briefed on four occasions between Tuesday and Thursday on developments concerning the South Korean civil servant killed by the North Korean military, Cheong Wa Dae said. Ac...
Short-form online musical in the works

TheaterSept 25, 2020

Adjusting to the turbulent times caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, an online-only musical will be launched in November. In the past few months, it has become the norm for musical production companies...
Blue Jays' Ryu Hyun-jin exorcises Yankees demon in crucial victory

BaseballSept 25, 2020

When the team needed him the most, Ryu Hyun-jin rose to the occasion. With the Toronto Blue Jays a win away from clinching their first postseason in four years, Ryu threw seven scoreless innings for...