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Mandela daughter appointed ambassador to South Korea

The late anti-apartheid activist and Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zenani Mandela-Dlamini has been appointed South Africa’s ambassador to South Korea, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. ...

Oct 17, 2019
Diplomatic Circuit
US has no secret plan to make UNC operational headquarters: Abrams

The United States does not have any “secret plan” to make the United Nations Command an operational command, and media reports regarding this are “fake news,” Gen. Robert Abrams, the UNC commander sa...

Oct 17, 2019
Defense
‘N. Korea wants innovative approach from US for nuke talks’

Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul said Thursday that North Korea may be seeking an epoch-making approach from the US for a breakthrough in their deadlocked nuclear talks. Nuclear negotiators from W...

Oct 17, 2019
North Korea
Top prosecutor Yoon promises bold in-house reforms at audit

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl pledged to drastically reform his agency at a parliamentary audit Thursday. “All of us are aware that the people are demanding prosecution reform more strongly than...

Oct 17, 2019
Politics
Senior NK military official in Beijing to attend regional security forum

A senior North Korean military official arrived in Beijing on Thursday, apparently to attend a regional security forum to be held next week. Kim Hyong-ryong, the North's vice defense minister, was s...

Oct 17, 2019
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Top court confirms suspended sentence for Lotte chief

South Korea’s top court on Thursday confirmed a suspended sentence for Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin for his involvement in a corruption scandal that removed former President Park Geun-hye from ...

Oct 17, 2019
Social affairs
S. Korean, ASEAN officials look ahead to special summit and stronger regional ties

BUSAN -- Ahead of the highly anticipated summit in Busan next month between the leaders of South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, top officials from participating countries gathe...

Oct 17, 2019
Diplomatic Circuit
Cho’s wife grilled amid questions over diagnosis

The wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk left the prosecutors’ office around midnight on Wednesday after being questioned over allegations that she forged a document and managed a dubious private ...

Oct 17, 2019
Social affairs
S. Korean soldier who lost legs to landmine aims for Paralympic gold

Pulling with smooth, steady strokes along a rowing course on an artificial lake, South Korean Paralympic hopeful Ha Jae-hun is the picture of calm determination, but it has taken him four years and 2...

Oct 17, 2019
Social affairs
US seeks to address N. Korea's security interests: official

The United States will address North Korea's security interests if the regime gives up its nuclear weapons program, a senior US official said Wednesday, beckoning Pyongyang to return to denuclearizat...

Oct 17, 2019
North Korea
PM Lee likely to hold talks with Abe next week: Seoul official

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon is likely to meet one-on-one with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his trip to Tokyo next week, though the plan has yet to be finalized, a Seoul official said Wedn...

Oct 16, 2019
Politics
Moon urges swift prosecution reform, strengthened audit of prosecution

President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday ordered the interim chief of the Ministry of Justice to complete processes related to prosecutorial reform within the ministry’s authority within the month. In a m...

Oct 16, 2019
Politics
Foundation to be launched for victims of Japan’s forced labor

A private foundation aimed at supporting Asian victims forced into labor during Japan’s colonial rule of Korea will be launched as early as this year amid frayed relations between Seoul and Tokyo. “...

Oct 16, 2019
Social affairs
Kim Jong-un says pain caused by US turned to rage

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un rode up Paektusan on a horse, the North’s state media reported Wednesday, highlighting it as a historical event. Visiting upper Samjiyon County -- the birthplace of h...

Oct 16, 2019
North Korea
Seoul subway union, company reach deal to resume operations

Unionized workers of Seoul Metro on Wednesday canceled their planned strike after reaching an agreement with the management, minutes before it was slated to start. The government-operated subway com...

Oct 16, 2019
Social affairs

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