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Defector suggests NK pushing for constitutional amendment for leader Kim

A high-profile North Korean defector suggested Monday that North Korea may be pushing for an amendment to its Constitution in a way that will stipulate that its leader Kim Jong-un is the official hea...

Mar 18, 2019
North Korea
Minister: US seeks 'big picture' master plan to handle NK's nuclear, missile programs

South Korea's top diplomat said Monday the United States wants a deal with North Korea on a "big picture" roadmap to get rid of its nuclear and missile programs. On the other hand, in the Hanoi talk...

Mar 18, 2019
North Korea
Prosecution office decides not to directly investigate Burning Sun scandal

The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office assigned the Burning Sun investigation to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office on Monday amid snowballing allegations over collusive ties between the police ...

Mar 18, 2019
Social affairs
[Graphic News] Number of gas stations drops for 4th year in 2018

The number of gas stations in South Korea dropped for the fourth straight year in 2018, amid worsening profitability facing the industry, data have showed. As of end-December, 11,769 gasoline stat...

Mar 18, 2019
Social affairs
Moon names Joo Hyung-chul new economic adviser

President Moon Jae-in on Monday named Joo Hyung-chul as his new economic adviser. The post had been vacant since late January when Kim Hyun-chul resigned over controversy raised by his comments regar...

Mar 18, 2019
Politics
Moon calls for thorough investigation of past, current scandals

President Moon Jae-in on Monday ordered thorough investigations of prominent scandals involving celebrities and a former ranking Ministry of Justice official. President Moon Jae-in gives orders rega...

Mar 18, 2019
Social affairs
Sanctions hinder humanitarian efforts in North Korea

Legislator claims Seoul’s plan to give $8 million to World Food Program, UNICEF impeded by US, citing US envoy to Seoul.

Mar 18, 2019
North Korea
Trump hopes to resolve NK issue through negotiation: Bolton

US national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday that US President Donald Trump hoped to resolve the North Korean situation through negotiations, but warned Pyongyang against resuming weapons ...

Mar 18, 2019
North Korea
Human rights body says punishing women for abortion unconstitutional

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea has delivered its opinion to the Constitutional Court that criminal penalties for women who undergo abortion, as well as doctors who perform them, are un...

Mar 18, 2019
Social affairs
Medium-range missile accidentally launches, explodes in air

A surface-to-air missile was accidentally launched from an air base in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, Monday and exploded in the air, South Korea’s Air Force said. The medium-range Cheongung M-SAM, al...

Mar 18, 2019
Defense
3 construction workers plunge to deaths in Andong

Three construction workers fell to their deaths while working at the construction site of a new town in North Gyeongsang Province on Monday, rescue officials said. The workers fell about 20 meters a...

Mar 18, 2019
Social affairs
Altar for ferry victims removed from Gwanghwamun after 5 years

The work to dismantle a memorial altar for the victims of the 2014 Sewol ferry accident kicked off at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Monday, five years after the deadly disaster rocked the co...

Mar 18, 2019
Social affairs
Govt. to pay young job seekers monthly subsidy of 500,000 won

The government will dole out allowances to about 80,000 young jobless people this year to help support their employment activities, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said Monday. The monthly "you...

Mar 18, 2019
Social affairs
S. Korea, US defense chiefs to meet in Washington next month

The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States will hold talks in Washington early next month over the security situation on the peninsula and joint peace efforts, Seoul's defense ministry s...

Mar 18, 2019
Defense
Police seek Jung Joon-young’s arrest over sex video allegations

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday that it would seek an arrest warrant for K-pop singer Jung Joon-young, 30, on suspicion of secretly recording and distributing sex videos. It would be...

Mar 18, 2019
Social affairs

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