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Bareunmirae Party floor leader proposes changes to rules for May 18 fact-finding committee

Minor conservative Bareunmirae Party Floor Leader Kim Kwan-young proposed a revision to the Special Act on the May 18 Democratization Movement that would allow a fact-finding committee to be launched...

Mar 11, 2019
Politics
Seungri retires amid sex, drug, corruption scandal

A series of allegations surrounding Seungri of Big Bang may have brought down his entire career, as the Korean pop star on Monday announced his retirement. “I feel like it is best from me to retire ...

Mar 11, 2019
Social affairs
Police officer bitten by woman, loses part of finger

A woman bit off part of a police officer’s finger during a confrontation at her home, local media outlets reported Monday. According to the Daegu Police, a man reported his wife to the police after ...

Mar 11, 2019
Social affairs
Ex-President Chun denies Gwangju libel charges at court

Former President Chun Doo-hwan denied libel charges against him, appearing before a Gwangju court Monday, 22 years after he was pardoned from a life sentence for his role in the crackdown on the May ...

Mar 11, 2019
Social affairs
[Diplomatic circuit] Swedish Embassy promotes peace-making efforts

To mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Sweden, the Swedish Embassy in Seoul hosted commemorative events this month. The embassy held a ceremony and reception, followed by a...

Mar 11, 2019
Diplomatic Circuit
[Diplomatic circuit] Korea, Australia hold development cooperation consultations

Officials from South Korea and Australia met in Seoul on March 7 to discuss ways to foster bilateral development cooperation and support the stable development of Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific ...

Mar 11, 2019
Diplomatic Circuit
[Newsmaker] Seungri says he will retire, probe to continue

K-pop star Seungri announced his retirement Monday via Instagram, adding that he will continue to cooperate with the current police investigation over allegations of sex bribery involving foreign inv...

Mar 11, 2019
Social affairs
Army seeks to strengthen supervision of troops assigned to US military

South Korea's Army is seeking to tighten the supervision of its troops assigned to the US Forces Korea, a military official here said Monday, following the recent indictment of five soldiers on charg...

Mar 11, 2019
Social affairs
Existence of strafing during Gwangju crackdown is key issue at Chun's trial

The primary issue of former President Chun Doo-hwan's ongoing libel trial involves his denial of the existence of helicopter strafing at citizens during a bloody military crackdown on the 1980 pro-de...

Mar 11, 2019
Politics
Leaders of S. Korea, Brunei agree to expand economic cooperation

The leaders of South Korea and Brunei agreed Monday to expand the countries' energy industry cooperation and expand the partnership to new technology sectors. In a bilateral summit held in the Brune...

Mar 11, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Unification minister nominee says he agrees with govt. on inter-Korean projects

Unification minister nominee Kim Yeon-chul said Monday he has similar views to the government on pushing for inter-Korean projects as a way to help the nuclear talks between the United States and Nor...

Mar 11, 2019
Politics
Natl. Assembly to pass 7 bills this week to fight fine dust

Rival parties are speeding up deliberation on various bills on fighting fine dust pollution, with a goal of passing at least seven of them in a plenary session of the National Assembly this week, off...

Mar 11, 2019
Politics
Ruling party floor leader urges N.Korea to make wise choice amid rocket site speculation

Hong Young-pyo, floor leader of the ruling Democratic Party, called on North Korea on Monday to make a wise decision for peace amid reports about its restoration of a rocket launch site. At a parlia...

Mar 11, 2019
North Korea
Former President Chun stands trial for libel over Gwangju memoirs

Former President Chun Doo-hwan appeared in a libel trial in the regional city of Gwangju on Monday over his controversial memoirs, in which he allegedly defamed victims of his brutal crackdown on a 1...

Mar 11, 2019
Politics
[From the Scene] ‘Change has already begun’

S. Korean feminists say sentiment is slowly progressing, still long way to go

Mar 10, 2019
Social affairs

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