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SK hynix wins nod to build semiconductor cluster near Seoul
Shareholders vote against reappointment of Korean Air chief
SK Innovation to spend W430b on LiBS plant in Poland
Hyundai’s new entry SUV to be called Venue
Study says young students' physical health deteriorating
NK leader guides military meeting in first public activity after elections
NPS votes against Hanjin, SK chairmen's board reappointment
Suzy expected to relocate from JYP to new management agency
GM to open Asia-Pacific regional office in S. Korea
Belgian king becomes honorary Seoul citizen

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Shareholders vote against reappointment of Korean Air chief

Shareholders of Korean Air Lines Co. on Wednesday voted against the reappointment of the airline chief Cho Yang-ho as director of the board. Seventy-four percent of shareholders attended an annual shareholders' meeting held at the national flag carrier's headquarters in western Seoul. A overwhelming 64 percent of them cast votes against Cho's reappointment. The move marks the first time that shareholders have voted to remove the head of the company from his post. (Yonhap)The National Pension Se

Study says young students' physical health deteriorating

The obesity rate for young South Korean students swelled to 25 percent last year from 21.2 percent in 2014, marking the fifth straight annual increase, the Ministry of Education said Wednesday.The overall health statistics of elementary, middle and high school students were also found to have deteriorated in recent years, as youths have reduced exercise and sleep and increased consumption of fast food, the ministry said, citing a recent study of physical health. (Yonhap)The ministry said its ann

Today
Social affairs
NK leader guides military meeting in first public activity after elections

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a conference of low-ranking military officers, the North's news agency said Wednesday, in his first public appearance since the elections of the country's rubber-stamp parliament about two weeks ago.Kim guided the fifth meeting of company leaders and political instructors of the Korean People's Army that took place in Pyongyang on Monday and Tuesday, the Korean Central News Agency said. (Yonhap)Attending the meeting was Kim's first public activity rep

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North Korea
Belgian king becomes honorary Seoul citizen

King Philippe of Belgium was awarded honorary Seoul citizenship on Tuesday, becoming the 25th head of state to be granted the symbolic status by South Korea's capital city.During a four-day state visit to South Korea, the Belgian king held a meeting with Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon to discuss ways to cooperate on a smart city project. King Philippe toured a digital mayoral system that provides information about major situations, including fires, disasters and traffic conditions, in real time. (Yo

Mar 26, 2019
Social affairs
Seoul to plant 30 million trees by 2022 to fight fine dust

A total of 30 million trees will be planted in Seoul by 2022 and two large forests will be formed as part of efforts to mitigate worsening air pollution and urban heat, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Tuesday. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)The city government plans to plant an additional 15 million trees, having already planted 15 million trees between 2014 and last year. Thirty million trees would have the effect of reducing particulate pollution generated by 64,000 aged diesel ca

Today
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Cooperative threat reduction a creative method to resume US-North Korea denuke talks: unification minister nominee

Kim Yeon-chul says he is reflecting on the language he used when discussing politically sensitive incidents

Today
Politics
North Korea-backed hackers intensify information warfare, financial theft

Cyber spies suspected of working for the North Korean regime have broadened attacks against official and corporate targets in South Korea, at a time of raised attention on nuclear negotiations and as its economy suffers from international sanctions. Early morning on Jan. 7, a group of reporters covering South Korea’s ministry in charge of relations with North Korea received a suspicious email carrying malicious code.The malicious email was disguised as an invitation to a press conference to prev

Today
North Korea
Owner of nightclub linked to Burning Sun scandal arrested

An owner of a nightclub linked to the sex-drug scandal involving a member of K-pop boy band Big Bang has been arrested on charges of tax evasion, a Seoul court said Tuesday. (Yonhap)The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant for the arrest of a man surnamed Kang over suspicions he underreported sales at the nightclub, Arena, in southern Seoul and inflated the salaries of employees from 2014 to 2017, dodging a tax bill that totaled 16.2 billion won ($14.3 million).Police say Kang named a

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Social affairs
‘Ex-chief of think tank stepped down due to pressure from presidential office’

An opposition lawmaker disclosed a recording on Monday substantiating allegations that the presidential office pressured a former chief of a state-run think tank to step down in January last year.In the four-minute recording of a Jan. 12, 2018, telephone conversation between Sohn Ki-woong, then chief of the Korea Institute for National Unification, and an official at the Prime Minister’s Office, the latter says that they “receive notifications from the office of the senior presidential secretary

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Politics
S. Korea denounces Japan for Dokdo claim in textbooks

South Korea strongly condemned Japan on Tuesday for approving new elementary school textbooks with intensified claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo.In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Japan to retract the measure, emphasizing that the islets in the East Sea belong to South Korea. (Yonhap)"The government strongly condemns the Japanese government's authorization of the elementary school textbooks, including its unjustifiable claim to Dokdo, which is clearly our indi

Mar 26, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Apparent senior N. Korean official visits Beijing

A top North Korean official, believed to be Ri Su-yong, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, apparently making a stopover on his way to Southeast Asia.Upon reaching a VIP section of the Beijing international airport, the official was greeted by Pyongyang's ambassador here, Ji Jae-ryong, and Chinese communist party officials. He was whisked away in a car, which later arrived at North Korea's embassy. (Yonhap)Diplomatic sources said the figure seems to be Ri, a vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party

Mar 26, 2019
North Korea
Memorial service held to mark death anniversary of Korean independence hero

A memorial service was held in Seoul on Tuesday to mark the 109th anniversary of the death of Ahn Jung-geun, a revered Korean independence hero who assassinated a prominent Japanese colonial leader more than a century ago.The Association for the Commemoration of Patriotic Martyr Ahn Jung-geun hosted the memorial service at the Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Museum in central Seoul, with an attendance of about 500 citizens, including Ahn's relatives. A cadet of the Korea Military Academy salutes after re

Mar 26, 2019
Social affairs
Inter-Korean liaison office in operation for 2nd day following NK's return

South and North Korean officials held a regular meeting at their joint liaison office in the North's border town of Kaesong on Tuesday, the unification ministry said, one day after Pyongyang partially returned its staff after an abrupt pullout last week.A total of 63 South Koreans, including nine people who crossed the border into the North earlier in the day, were to stay at the liaison office Tuesday, a ministry official said. (Yonhap)"Representative liaison officials (from South and North Ko

Mar 26, 2019
North Korea
NK leader's close aide heads home after trip to Russia

A close aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has headed back to Pyongyang after a trip to Russia amid speculation that Kim could visit Moscow soon for his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a source said.Kim Chang-son, known as leader Kim's de facto chief of staff, arrived in Moscow on March 19, by way of Beijing, for a five-day stay in Russia. He stayed there before traveling to Vladivostok in the country's far east on Sunday."The delegation, led by Kim Chang-son, headed to

Mar 26, 2019
North Korea
Five dead after car falls into sea on east coast

Five teens died when the vehicle carrying them crashed into a guardrail and fell into the sea in the eastern coastal city of Gangneung, police and firefighters said Tuesday. It appears to have struck the structure before falling into the waters on a coastal road in Okgye county, Gangneung, 237 kilometers east of Seoul, according to the district police. (Yonhap)A 119 call came in at about 6:30 a.m. that a car was drifting in the waters.The Coast Guard pulled a white Hyundai Kona out of the sea,

Mar 26, 2019
Social affairs

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