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US, Britain discuss stopping NK sanctions evasion

The United States and Britain held a workshop Friday to discuss ways to stop North Korea’s evasion of sanctions related to its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, the US State Department ...

Nov 17, 2018
North Korea
US upbeat about NK denuclearization despite new weapon test

The United States expressed confidence Friday that North Korea will honor its commitment to denuclearize despite its test of an unspecified high-tech weapon. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecte...

Nov 17, 2018
North Korea
Gyeonggi governor’s wife found to be owner of controversial Twitter account: police

Gyeonggi Province governor Lee Jae-myung (Yonhap) The wife of the governor of Gyeonggi Province will face a prosecution probe after police found that she violated election laws and committed defamat...

Nov 17, 2018
Social affairs
Moon meets Australian PM, vows to maintain ties

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (right) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (Yonhap) President Moon Jae-in met with the Australian prime minister on Saturday and agreed to strive to main...

Nov 17, 2018
Foreign Policy
Soldier dies after being found with gunshot wound to head at border guard post

YANGGU (Yonhap) -- A South Korean soldier died Thursday after being found with a gunshot wound to his head at a toilet within a guard post (GP) on the eastern section of the border with North Korea, ...

Nov 16, 2018
Social affairs
N. Korean official blasts Japan over wartime atrocities

A North Korean senior official rallied support for the Koreas’ efforts to advance peace and condemned Japan over its wartime atrocities during an international forum in South Korea on Friday. (Yonha...

Nov 16, 2018
Foreign Policy
Internet erupts over difficult Suneung English questions

Questions from this year’s English test for the Suneung, South Korea’s national college entrance exam, have baffled the internet community, including many Native English speakers. Final-year high sc...

Nov 16, 2018
Education
Seoul considers new taxis for pets, women, seniors

Seoul Metropolitan Government said Friday that it is reviewing to introduce new taxi services for pets and women, amid rising conflict between taxi drivers and carpooling services. According to an o...

Nov 16, 2018
Social affairs
N. Korea decides to deport US citizen detained for illegal entry

North Korea has decided to deport a US citizen detained for illegally entering the country, its state media reported on Friday. The US citizen, identified as Bruce Byron Lowrance, has been detained ...

Nov 16, 2018
North Korea
Foreign ministry official found unconscious in Singapore while accompanying Moon

SINGAPORE -- President Moon Jae-in said Friday that one of the foreign ministry officials accompanying him on his trip to Singapore was found unconscious in her hotel room following an apparent strok...

Nov 16, 2018
Foreign Policy
N. Korea may have tested new long-range artillery: source

North Korea's newly developed tactical weapon is thought to be a long-range artillery piece, a government source in Seoul said Friday, hours after Pyongyang's media reported on leader Kim Jong-un's s...

Nov 16, 2018
North Korea
Korean student attacked in London in alleged ‘hate crime’

A South Korean student alleged she was assaulted by a group of “racist” teenagers in what she deems a “hate crime” in central London on Nov. 11, which has left her feeling “broken” and “helpless.” I...

Nov 16, 2018
Social affairs
Man says he ‘beat separated wife after seeing her with another man’

A man in his 20s was booked without physical detention for allegedly beating his wife, whom he is separated from amid divorce proceedings, after he saw her with another man, police said Friday. Acco...

Nov 16, 2018
Social affairs
Korea, UAE launch high-level dialogue channel on nuclear cooperation

South Korea and the United Arab Emirates launched a high-level dialogue channel on nuclear cooperation on Friday, in another sign of their expanding partnership. The two countries held the inaugural...

Nov 16, 2018
Foreign Policy
NK weapon test doesn't signal abandonment of nuke talks: official

WASHINGTON -- North Korea's test of an unspecified high-tech weapon should not be interpreted as a sign that the regime is abandoning denuclearization talks with the United States, a senior South Kor...

Nov 16, 2018
North Korea

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