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[Photo News] Kim Jong-un and his ‘finger heart’
Moon leaves for New York to attend UN General Assembly
Chuseok exodus in full swing as highways clog with traffic
Record number of people give up on job seeking: data
Illegal immigrants on rise: data
S. Korea’s economic uncertainty hits highest in 15 months: data
World leaders at UN look for progress on N.Korea, brace for Trump
No. of foreign students in S. Korea on rise: data
Millions of S. Koreans head to their hometowns for Chuseok holiday
Kim Jong-un to visit Seoul in December: CJ chairman

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[Photo News] Kim Jong-un and his ‘finger heart’

THE SHAPE OF HIS HEART -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju, along with South Korean officials, pose for cameras with the so-called “finger heart” gesture against the backdrop of Cheonji Lake on top of Mount Paekdu on Sept. 20. The related photos, describing the last day of the inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang last week, were released by Seoul’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Sunday. (Cheong Wa Dae)

Moon leaves for New York to attend UN General Assembly

Moon to directly deliver North Korean leader’s message to Trump

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Politics
Chuseok exodus in full swing as highways clog with traffic

Traffic surged on Korea's expressways nationwide Sunday, the second day of the five-day traditional holiday of Chuseok.Hundreds of thousands of cars left Seoul and nearby Gyeonggi Province and bus terminals, train stations and airports were crowded with people heading to their hometowns, according to the Korea Expressway Corp.Around 3.86 million vehicles were on the roads across the country on Sunday, with 470,000 leaving Seoul for other parts of the country, the agency said. (Yonhap)Hitting the

Today
Social affairs
Illegal immigrants on rise: data

The number of foreign nationals staying in South Korea illegally increased by nearly 100,000 on-year to surpass 330,000 this year, government data showed Sunday.According to the data by the Ministry of Justice, 330,005 foreigners were staying in the country without a valid visa as of July, up 97,834 from 232,171 logged July of last year.The data -- which showed the number of illegal aliens over the past 10 years -- was submitted to the National Assembly. (Yonhap)The annual average number of rep

Today
Social affairs
No. of foreign students in S. Korea on rise: data

The number of foreign students enrolled in South Korea surged this year with the portion of those from China falling below 50 percent, a tally from a state-run educational body showed Sunday.The number of foreign students registered at South Korean universities and graduate schools rose 14.8 percent from a year earlier to 142,205 as of April, according to the National Institute for International Education, which is affiliated with the education ministry. (Yonhap)By country, the largest number of

Today
Social affairs
Millions of S. Koreans head to their hometowns for Chuseok holiday

Millions of South Koreans began the annual mass migration to their hometowns on Saturday to spend the major traditional holiday of Chuseok with their family members. As a major traditional holiday, Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, serves as a chance for family members to get together to give thanks and pay tribute to their ancestors by preparing a meal and visiting graves. Chuseok is celebrated on Aug. 15 in the lunar calendar, which falls on Monday this year, with the holidays ru

Sept 22, 2018
Social affairs
Kim Jong-un to visit Seoul in December: CJ chairman

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un plans to visit Seoul in December, the chief of South Korean conglomerate CJ Group has said.Sohn Kyung-shik was a member of the South Korean delegation that accompanied President Moon Jae-in this week for his three-day trip to North Korea. He joined the delegation as the head of the Korea Employers Federation, a major business lobby.During a joint press conference after the third summit, Kim said he made a promise to visit Seoul "in the near future." Moon later add

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
Trump says he received 'beautiful letter' from NK leader

United States President Donald Trump said he received "a beautiful letter" from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un this week, stressing "very good" relations between the two sides. In his speech in Missouri at a campaign rally on Friday (US time), Trump said, "Chairman Kim Jong-un sent me a beautiful letter two days ago," though he did not elaborate on details.The remarks came less than two weeks after the White House said Trump received a written message from Kim, in which the North Korean leader

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
High-profile spycam scandal fuels debate over protection of suspect’s identity

Incident involving actress Shin Se-kyung and Apink’s Yoon Bo-mi fuels debate over spycam crimes and legal protection of suspect’s identity

Sept 22, 2018
Social affairs
Trump says he won't rush into any deal with N. Korea

United States President Donald Trump has said he will not be hasty in making any deals with North Korea, stressing "very good" relations with the communist country's leader.In his speech in Missouri at a campaign rally on Friday (US time), Trump said, "Chairman Kim Jong-un sent me a beautiful letter two days ago," though he did not elaborate on details.Pointing to the release of Americans who had been detained in the North and the return of remains of American soldiers who went missing during th

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea again designated as a food-deficit country

A United Nations agency has listed North Korea as a food-deficit country in need of external assistance, a US broadcaster reported Saturday.In its latest report, the Food and Agriculture Organization put the communist country on a list of 39 countries that need external food assistance, calling for 641,000 tons of crops to be imported to sustain the people, according to the Radio Free Asia. Farmers plant rice on a paddy in South Hwanghae Province in North Korea on May 22, 2018. (Yonhap)This year

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
Sweden, Switzerland express willingness to send nuke inspection team to NK

Sweden and Switzerland have expressed their willingness to, upon request, send a team to inspect North Korea's possible dismantlement of nuclear and missile programs, a US broadcaster reported Saturday.After holding a summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday agreed to permanently dismantle the country's only missile engine test facility and launch pads in Dongchang-ri in the presence of international experts. (Pyeongyang Press Corps)Kim also of

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
Pompeo hopes for 2nd US-NK summit 'before too long'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced hope Friday for a second summit between the US and North Korea "before too long," but added there was still work to do.Both sides have floated the possibility of a second meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to move forward negotiations to dismantle the regime's nuclear weapons program.Following an impasse over what denuclearization entails, the talks appeared to be back on track this week, helped largely by a thir

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea's deputy PM admits economy in trouble: S. Korean official

North Korea's deputy prime minister has admitted economic difficulties and called for South Korea's assistance, a South Korean presidential official said Friday, in a rare appeal by the North to try to boost its economy.Ri Ryong-nam (Yonhap)Ri Ryong-nam made the comments in a meeting with top South Korean business executives earlier this week, Kim Hyun-chul, a special economic adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, told reporters of the meeting.The executives, including Samsung Electroni

Sept 21, 2018
North Korea
3 endearing moments of South Korean presidential couple on Paektusan

The candid interactions between South Korea’s presidential couple of Moon Jae-in and Kim Jung-sook are endearing in every way, and what their impact would be on their North Korean counterparts Kim Jong-un and Ri Sol-ju one could only surmise. Moon and his wife don’t put on a stuffy show for the camera. Their open dialogue invites the general public to see them more as the friendly neighborhood couple than distant rulers of the nation. Here are three moments that drew attention:"Here, let me tidy

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea

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