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S. Korea’s nuclear envoy seeks to visit US next week: report

North Korea slams South Korea, US for creating working group on North Korea issues

Nov 14, 2018
Foreign Policy
Floor leader of ruling party supports lowering of voting age

Rep. Hong Young-pyo, the floor leader of the ruling Democratic Party, said at a meeting with youth activists Wednesday that he will make efforts to lower the voting age to 18 from the current 19. ...

Nov 14, 2018
Politics
List of delinquent taxpayers includes former chaebol leader, former president

A number of high-profile figures, including former chairman of Daewoo Group Kim Woo-choong and former President Chun Doo-hwan, are on a newly released list of some 9,260 delinquent taxpayers -- those...

Nov 14, 2018
Social affairs
Moon holds summit with Brunei's sultan

SINGAPORE -- President Moon Jae-in held a summit with Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in Singapore on Wednesday and discussed ways to bolster bilateral relations between Korea and the Association of...

Nov 14, 2018
Foreign Affairs
NK officials to arrive in S. Korea for peace forum

Seven North Korean officials were to arrive in South Korea late Wednesday to attend an international peace forum. The delegation includes Ri Jong-hyok, vice chairman of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace...

Nov 14, 2018
North Korea
Korea boosts budget for basic science sector to W1.69 tr

South Korea said Wednesday that it has raised its budget for the basic science sector to 1.69 trillion won ($1.49 billion) next year as it vowed to focus on researcher-oriented research and developme...

Nov 14, 2018
Science
[Photo News] Koreans rally behind senior students before college entrance exam

Wednesday in South Korea was an orientation day to prepare high school seniors for Thursday’s national college entrance examination, or Suneung. Before the seniors departed for their designated test ...

Nov 14, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Body of missing college student recovered from Seokchon Lake

The body of a college student surnamed Cho was recovered Wednesday from Seokchon Lake in the Songpa area of Seoul, not far from where he was last seen getting into a taxi on Nov. 8. According to the...

Nov 14, 2018
Social affairs
Moon highlights cooperation, suggests multilateral summits at ASEAN meeting

SINGAPORE -- President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday called for closer cooperation between South Korea and the ASEAN member states. At the ASEAN meeting, Moon proposed special back-to-back summits next ...

Nov 14, 2018
Foreign Policy
Govt., party to push for early passage of spy agency reform bill

South Korea's government and ruling party agreed Wednesday to handle a revised bill on the spy agency's operations during the ongoing parliamentary regular session. The bill calls for stripping the ...

Nov 14, 2018
Politics
Smoking ban within 10m of kindergartens starts Dec. 31

Smoking will be banned within 10 meters of child care facilities starting from the end of December. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday that the latest amendment to the National Health...

Nov 14, 2018
Social affairs
Middle-school students arrested in death of classmate

Four middle-school students were arrested Wednesday morning in connection with the death of a classmate who fell from a 15-story apartment building in Incheon on Tuesday. The Incheon Yeonsu Police S...

Nov 14, 2018
Social affairs
Dashcam footage of man throwing food at drive-thru employee goes viral

A video clip of a man throwing food at a fast-food drive-thru employee in Ulsan has gone viral after being shared Sunday on Bobae Dream, a South Korean internet community for car lovers. The video h...

Nov 14, 2018
Social affairs
Korea, UAE to hold high-level talks on nuclear energy cooperation this week

South Korea and the United Arab Emirates will hold the inaugural session of their high-level dialogue on nuclear energy cooperation in Seoul later this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday. ...

Nov 14, 2018
Foreign Policy
Truth panel calls for reinvestigation into Shinhan's bribery allegations

A truth panel under the Ministry of Justice called Wednesday for a reinvestigation into allegations that former and incumbent executives at a major banking firm bribed a brother of former President L...

Nov 14, 2018
Social affairs

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