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Malfunctioning sprinkler suspected as cause of hotel fire in Cheonan

Police on Tuesday opened an investigation into the cause of a huge fire that engulfed a 21-story hotel in Cheonan, about 90 kilometers south of Seoul, the previous day, leaving one employee dead and ...

Jan 15, 2019
Social affairs
Over 40 percent of Korean females in 20s are feminist: survey

Over 40 percent of South Korean women in their 20s are surveyed to have deemed themselves as feminists, reflecting a social trend in which feminism is increasingly taking root among youngsters in a m...

Jan 15, 2019
Social affairs
Video family reunions not likely to take place around Lunar New Year's holiday: official

Video reunions of separated families of South and North Korea are unlikely to happen around next month's Lunar New Year's Day holiday as it takes time to make preparations, including obtaining a sanc...

Jan 15, 2019
North Korea
Defense white paper fudges on whether NK is 'enemy'

Ministry says NK has specialized battalion for assassination of key figures

Jan 15, 2019
Defense
N. Korea's vice FM travels to Sweden for conference

Choe Son-hui, North Korea's vice foreign minister, showed up in Beijing on Wednesday on her way to Sweden, where she will attend an international conference. Choe Son-hui (Yonhap) She arrived at Be...

Jan 15, 2019
North Korea
Ex-top court chief grilled for third time

Prosecutors were expected to decide whether to issue a warrant to detain former Supreme Court chief justice Yang Sung-tae after their third interrogatory session with him Tuesday over his alleged inv...

Jan 15, 2019
Social affairs
N. Korea, US may hold high-level talks this week: source

Senior North Korean and US officials may meet in Washington, DC later this week for consultations on a second summit, a diplomatic source in Seoul said Tuesday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is exp...

Jan 15, 2019
North Korea
Choking fine dust envelops Korea for 5th straight day

South Koreans started off another suffocating day Tuesday as thick fine dust continued to blanket most of the country for the fifth consecutive day. The ultra-fine dust level of the Seodaemun distri...

Jan 15, 2019
Social affairs
NK propaganda outlet urges 'practical' reciprocal measures from Washington

A North Korean propaganda outlet urged the United States on Tuesday to take practical reciprocal measures in denuclearization negotiations, warning the nuclear standoff won't ever be resolved if Wash...

Jan 15, 2019
North Korea
[Newsmaker] No breakthrough from Korea-Japan military talks over radar tussle

Despite having held military talks, South Korea and Japan failed to narrow differences Monday in stand-offs over a recent radar incident, an informed source said. General-grade representatives from ...

Jan 15, 2019
Foreign Policy
One body found in capsized fishing boat

A body, believed to be that of one of two missing people who were aboard a recently capsized boat, was discovered inside the vessel, the Coast Guard said. The 9.77-ton Mujeok, carrying 14 people, ca...

Jan 14, 2019
Social affairs
One employee dead, others injured in hotel fire

A huge fire tore through a 21-story hotel in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, on Monday, leaving one employee dead and at least 19 others injured. (Yonhap) The 53-year-old hotel worker was foun...

Jan 14, 2019
Social affairs
Japan sets deadline for talks with Korea over ruling on forced labor

Japan has demanded that South Korea respond within 30 days to its request for talks over wartime forced labor of Koreans at Japanese firms’ factories. Tokyo’s request came Wednesday, after a South K...

Jan 14, 2019
North Korea
US, NK engage in fine-tuning ahead of summit

The US is fine-tuning the details of a second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un amid media reports naming Vietnam as a possible site for talks. Asked when ...

Jan 14, 2019
North Korea
[Graphic News] Fine dust blankets South Korea

Fine dust filled South Korea’s sky Sunday, prompting authorities to take countermeasures and issue advisories. The fine dust level stood at 79 micrograms per cubic meter for Seoul as of 10 a.m., a...

Jan 14, 2019
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