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New defense chief vows to buttress Korea peace efforts

South Korea's new Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo took office Friday, vowing to buttress Seoul's ongoing efforts to foster a lasting peace on the divided peninsula. In his inauguration speech, he ...

Sept 21, 2018
Defense
Naval cadet installed secret camera inside women’s bathroom

A naval academy cadet was found to have installed a secret camera inside a women’s bathroom in a dormitory, the state naval academy said Thursday. The camera was first discovered by another cadet wh...

Sept 21, 2018
Defense
Key points of Kim’s commitments explained by Moon

Upon his return to Seoul after a three-day visit to Pyongyang for an inter-Korean summit, South Korean President Moon Jae-in offered details on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s commitments. One of ...

Sept 21, 2018
Foreign Policy
Kim Jong-un says ‘I can’t quite make the shape’ while trying ‘finger heart’

The South Korean fad of making “finger hearts” has crossed the border to the North, with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un himself trying the gesture while posing for photos on top of Paektusan. The g...

Sept 21, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea had proposed Moon extend stay for another day: official

North Korea had suggested President Moon Jae-in extend his stay in the country for another day, but the South had to turn down the proposal due to its own circumstances, the presidential spokesman sa...

Sept 21, 2018
North Korea
Gift from Kim Jong-un worth estimated W1.5b

The value of 2 tons of pine mushrooms that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent to the South as a gift Thursday is believed to be 1.5 billion won ($1.34 million). According to the Yangyang branch of...

Sept 21, 2018
Politics
N. Korea's ambassador to UN begins official work

NEW YORK -- North Korea's new top envoy in the United Nations began his official service Thursday at a time when Pyongyang and Washington are gearing up to resume denuclearization talks. Amb. Kim So...

Sept 21, 2018
North Korea
Defense chiefs of S. Korea, US discuss outcome of Pyongyang summit in phone talks

The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States on Friday held telephone talks to share the outcome of this week's inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang, Seoul's defense ministry said. During the...

Sept 21, 2018
Defense
Govt. to supply 300,000 public homes from 2021

The South Korean government will supply 300,000 public homes starting in 2021 in a move to stabilize the overheated real estate market, the land ministry said Friday. The government will complete th...

Sept 21, 2018
Politics
[Weather] Temperatures to plunge after autumn rain nationwide

The rain falling across Korea on Friday morning will cease in the afternoon and chilly fall weather will settle in after the rain, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. (Yonhap) The...

Sept 21, 2018
Social affairs
US dismisses N. Korea's conditional offer to dismantle nuclear site

WASHINGTON -- The United States on Thursday dismissed North Korea's conditional offer to dismantle a key nuclear site, saying denuclearization must come before concessions. North Korean leader Kim J...

Sept 21, 2018
North Korea
Pompeo: US making progress it needs with North Korea

WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States is making the progress it needs with regard to North Korea's denuclearization, rejecting criticism that negotiations are failing...

Sept 21, 2018
North Korea
Trump announces names of identified Korean War remains

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the names of two American soldiers whose remains were identified following their return from North Korea in July. In a tweet, Trump said...

Sept 21, 2018
North Korea
S. Korean businesses expect Kaesong complex to reopen this year

The chief of South Korean businesses that have operations in the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea said Thursday that he expects the now-closed industrial zone to reopen this year. Kaesong, ...

Sept 20, 2018
North Korea
Moon calls for swift resumption of NK-US denuclearization talks

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday called for the US to swiftly resume talks with North Korea on denuclearizing the communist country, while also saying that a declaration of the end of t...

Sept 20, 2018
North Korea

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