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[Video] LGBT people share what Pride means

Tens of thousands of people descended on Seoul Plaza on Saturday to celebrate this year’s Seoul Queer Culture Festival. In honor of the annual event, we asked a group of LGBT people what the Pride e...

Jul 15, 2018
Social affairs
Koreas agree to form joint doubles teams at table tennis competition in South

The two Koreas agreed to form joint doubles teams at a table tennis competition south of the border, Seoul officials said Sunday, following North Koreans' arrival in South Korea. North Koreas' 25-me...

Jul 15, 2018
North Korea
UN panel allows S. Korea to provide fuel to N. Korea: report

A UN Security Council sanctions committee has reportedly allowed South Korea to temporarily supply fuel and vehicles to North Korea, an exception granted for the Koreas to restore their military comm...

Jul 15, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korean pro-unification group to visit N. Korea this week

A major South Korean pro-unification organization, chaired by a son of late President Kim Dae-jung, is set to visit North Korea this week to discuss a joint project of bringing home the remains of vi...

Jul 15, 2018
North Korea
S. Korea leads world in proportion of people working more than 49 hours per week: report

Korea is ahead of leading economies in terms of the percentage of people putting in more than 49 hours per week at offices or factories, a report by the central bank showed Sunday. According to the ...

Jul 15, 2018
Social affairs
[Photo News] Beat the summer heat at the beach

As the scorching weather continued over the weekend, people flocked to beaches in Korea to enjoy summer. The Korea Meteorological Administration has issued heat wave warnings in most regions of the ...

Jul 15, 2018
Social affairs
[From the Scene] ‘We exist’: Korean queers seek visibility through pride parade

When Ryu Hee-seon, 25, attended her first queer parade in 2011, she could not help but burst into tears. A young lesbian who had very limited exposure to the queer community at the time, she had neve...

Jul 15, 2018
Social affairs
Government must swiftly confirm facts on NK restaurant workers: lawyers’ group

With the controversy surrounding the arrival of North Korean restaurant workers in 2016 snowballing, a lawyers’ group on Sunday urged the South Korean government to confirm the facts before it is “to...

Jul 15, 2018
North Korea
Ruling party urges labor, business to accept minimum wage decision

The ruling Democratic Party appealed Sunday to both labor and business to accept the decision on next year's minimum wage as the main opposition party stepped up criticism that the hike will deal a b...

Jul 15, 2018
Politics
US, N. Korea hold talks about return of American troops' remains

The United States and North Korea held general-level talks for the first time in more than nine years on Sunday to discuss the details of an agreement to repatriate the remains of American troops kil...

Jul 15, 2018
North Korea
US-N. Korea summit medallions to be up for sale

Medallions that commemorate the historic US-North Korea summit will be sold here, a local TV shopping channel operator said Sunday. The Singapore Mint will present the US-North Korea summit 2018 med...

Jul 15, 2018
North Korea
NK restaurant manager claims Seoul's spy agency lured him into defecting

A former North Korean restaurant manager who defected to South Korea in 2016 together with a dozen female workers claimed Sunday that Seoul's spy agency had lured and blackmailed him into defecting. ...

Jul 15, 2018
North Korea
[Weather] Temperature to rise to 37 C Sunday afternoon

Scorching weather is expected to continue through Sunday nationwide, with daytime highs hovering from 30 degrees Celsius to 37 C. The Korea Meteorological Administration has issued heat wave warning...

Jul 15, 2018
Social affairs
Did S. Korea army plot coup to keep ousted leader in power?

A group of army generals rolling tanks and troops into Seoul to seize power. Paratroopers firing at large crowds calling for democracy. Tanks and armored vehicles stationed at universities to intimid...

Jul 15, 2018
Defense
Military prosecutors to launch special probe into martial law allegations

A special team of military prosecutors will launch an investigation Monday into revelations that the military's intelligence unit reviewed the possibility of imposing martial law last year in respons...

Jul 15, 2018
Defense

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