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[News Focus] Public worries mount over National Pension despite commitment to high returns

SEJONG -- The National Pension Service clarifies on its homepage that people will receive far higher payments in their 60s compared to their insurance premiums, which are 9 percent of their monthly i...

Mar 12, 2019
Social affairs
Prosecutors probe media heir over alleged embezzlement, breach of trust

Prosecutors on Tuesday began a probe into allegations that an heir to a South Korean media conglomerate misappropriated company assets and was paid unfair salaries by holding multiple positions. The...

Mar 12, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Moon's office protests opposition party whip's derision of president

The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Tuesday expressed strong regret after the floor leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party called President Moon Jae-in a spokesman for North Korean le...

Mar 12, 2019
Politics
NK media stress commitment to ‘complete denuclearization’

North Korean media stated their commitment to “complete denuclearization” nearly two weeks after the US-North Korea summit in Hanoi faltered. A propaganda website called Uriminzokkiri said in an art...

Mar 12, 2019
North Korea
N. Korea leader not mentioned among deputies newly elected to parliament

North Korea's state media did not mention leader Kim Jong-un in announcing a list of deputies newly elected to the communist state's rubber-stamp parliament on Tuesday, raising speculation about the ...

Mar 12, 2019
North Korea
S. Korean president arrives in Malaysia on state visit

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday to make a three-day state visit that will include a summit with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Moon's arrival here followed his th...

Mar 12, 2019
Politics
NK leader's sister elected to rubber-stamp parliament

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's younger sister was elected to the country's rubber-stamp parliament, state media reported Tuesday. Kim Yo-jong was on the list of 687 deputies newly elected to the ...

Mar 12, 2019
North Korea
S. Korea to seek talks with N. Korea to help stalled nuke negotiations move forward: ministry

South Korea will push for talks with North Korea, including summits, this year to deepen inter-Korean relations and help stalled denuclearization talks move forward between Washington and Pyongyang, ...

Mar 12, 2019
North Korea
N. Korea to limit number of foreign visitors starting next week: report

North Korea will begin restricting the inflow of foreign visitors starting next week as it is struggling to cope with a surge in the number of tourists following the first US-North Korea summit last ...

Mar 12, 2019
North Korea
S. Korea's Moon wraps up Brunei visit, heads to Malaysia

South Korean President Moon Jae-in headed for Malaysia on Tuesday, wrapping up his three-day state visit to Brunei, where he and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah discussed ways to boost their countries' coope...

Mar 12, 2019
Foreign Affairs
S. Korea, US to wrap up new alliance exercise

South Korea and the United States will wrap up their new, weeklong combined defense exercise on Tuesday, amid worries that the apparent downsizing of their springtime drills could hurt military readi...

Mar 12, 2019
Defense
Opposition party seeks to send special envoy to N.K.: floor leader

The floor leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party said Tuesday the party plans to send a special envoy to North Korea to examine whether it is sincere about denuclearization. At a parliame...

Mar 12, 2019
North Korea
Singer Jung Joon-young booked in illegal sex video case

Singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young has been booked on suspicion of illegally filming and propagating videos and photographs of a sexual nature, the police revealed Tuesday. The suspicions against Jun...

Mar 12, 2019
Social affairs
Trump is committed to N. Korea's denuclearization: White House

US President Donald Trump is committed to achieving denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, the White House said Monday following the breakdown of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un la...

Mar 12, 2019
North Korea
Jung Joon-young illicitly taped sex videos, shared with others including Seungri: report

Jung Joon-young, a K-pop singer, illicitly taped sex videos and shared them via mobile messenger group chats that included Seungri of K-pop idol group BigBang, a local broadcaster reported on Monday....

Mar 11, 2019
Social affairs

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