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Moon stresses people’s role in democracy

President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday stressed the importance of the role the public played in the country’s democracy and promised the government’s support in achieving “better democracy.” Speaking at...

Oct 16, 2019
Social affairs
[ASEAN-Korea summit] ASEAN-Korea Train Launch

ASEAN-KOREA TRAIN LAUNCH -- (From first, from fifth left to right) Secretary-General of the ASEAN-Korea Center Lee Hyuk, Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy of Brunei Ahmaddin Abdul Rahman, KOICA ...

Oct 16, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Rival parties meet over bills to reform prosecution

Political parties launched a meeting Wednesday to discuss how to handle key bills designed to reform the prosecution amid partisan wrangling over the timing of their passage at parliament. The contr...

Oct 16, 2019
Politics
S. Korea, Australia hold vice-ministerial talks on bilateral ties

Senior diplomats of South Korea and Australia held talks in Seoul on Wednesday and discussed joint efforts to boost bilateral cooperation in a range of areas including economy and regional security, ...

Oct 16, 2019
Foreign Affairs
7th case of African swine fever in wild boar found near inter-Korean border

South Korea said Wednesday that a seventh wild boar found dead near the border with North Korea has tested positive for African swine fever. The confirmation came a day after the wild boar carcass w...

Oct 16, 2019
Social affairs
Crew from North Korean ship fall overboard near Japan: NHK

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Crew of a suspected North Korean ship fell overboard in the East Sea near Noto Peninsula, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday, citing government sources. It was ...

Oct 16, 2019
North Korea
Defense minister meets with US Pacific Air Forces commander

Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and US Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. Charles Brown agreed Wednesday to boost cooperation between the two countries' air forces for the denuclearization of the Ko...

Oct 16, 2019
Defense
[Newsmaker] KBS reporters slam sexual harassment on Rhyu’s show

KBS reporters on Wednesday called on former liberal politician Rhyu Si-min to take responsibility for inappropriate remarks made by a guest on Rhyu’s YouTube show. During the live broadcast of the s...

Oct 16, 2019
Politics
Moon calls for 'better democracy,' alluding to prosecution reform

President Moon Jae-in stressed Wednesday that South Korean people are still eager for "better democracy" and urged "powerful government institutions" to care about the public's demands. He was atten...

Oct 16, 2019
Politics
Seoul subway union, company reach deal

Unionized workers at Seoul Metro reached an agreement with the management Wednesday, effectively canceling a strike that was expected to affect public transportation in the capital. The two sides at...

Oct 16, 2019
Social affairs
Former consul general to Vietnam named new ambassador

Former South Korean Consul General to Vietnam Park Noh-wan was appointed its next ambassador, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. Currently ambassador for international relations to South Korea’s ...

Oct 16, 2019
Foreign Affairs
US sanctions aim to make N. Korea productive at talks: Pentagon

WASHINGTON -- The United States' sanctions campaign against North Korea is intended to bring the regime to the negotiating table with a mindset to be productive and reach solutions, a senior US defen...

Oct 16, 2019
North Korea
Cho Kuk’s resignation dominates parliamentary audit of Justice Ministry

The parliamentary audit of the Justice Ministry, held Tuesday without the minister, was dominated by political wrangling over Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s resignation the previous day over corruption a...

Oct 15, 2019
Politics
Ex-Justice Minister Cho Kuk returns to law faculty

Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk is returning to the faculty of Seoul National University School of Law. According to the school on Tuesday, Cho faxed a request to return to his teaching job at the s...

Oct 15, 2019
Politics
S. Korea, Japan to hold working-level talks amid tensions over trade, history

South Korea and Japan will hold working-level diplomatic talks in Seoul this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday, in what appears to be another move to address tensions over history and trade...

Oct 15, 2019
Foreign Affairs

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