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Early voting for next week's by-elections begin

PoliticsApr 2, 2021

Voters headed to polling stations Friday as two-day early voting kicked off ahead of next week's by-elections for mayors of the country's two biggest cities. Early voting began at 6 a.m. and will la...
Denuclearization will be at center of new N. Korea policy: State Dept.

North KoreaApr 2, 2021

Denuclearization of North Korea will be at the center of any new US policy toward the reclusive nation, a State Department spokesman said Thursday, adding the country's policy review will soon be con...
About half of foreign embassies closed in N. Korea amid COVID-19 restrictions: Russian Embassy

North KoreaApr 1, 2021

North Korea's highly restrictive coronavirus measures and lack of essential goods have caused many foreign embassies to close and international humanitarian workers to leave the country, the Russian ...
N. Korean airline publishes flight schedule to China, but no flight detected yet

North KoreaApr 1, 2021

North Korea's national carrier was set to operate two flights between Pyongyang and Beijing this week, its website showed Thursday, drawing attention to whether the route will resume after more than ...
Gyeonggi Gov. Lee calls for clarification from Myanmar military over including two protesters on wanted list

Social affairsApr 1, 2021

Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung has officially requested clarification from the Myanmar military regarding the inclusion of two representatives of the Myanmar Democracy Network in Korea on a lis...
Military to resume search for remains from Korean War

DefenseApr 1, 2021

South Korea’s military and an international recovery team led by the UN Command will resume an annual search for the remains of Korean and UN soldiers missing from the 1950-53 Korean War, the Ministr...
[News Focus] Age gap seen in jobless payouts

Social affairsApr 1, 2021

Unemployment benefits surge most in male 20-somethings; least in male 30-somethings
Defense ministry voices confidence in probe results of deadly Cheonan ship sinking

DefenseApr 1, 2021

The defense ministry said Thursday that it trusts the results of a civilian-military joint probe blaming North Korea for the 2010 sinking of a South Korean warship, after a presidential committee dec...
Janssen's COVID-19 vaccine eligible for approval: panel

Social affairsApr 1, 2021

A South Korean panel of experts on Thursday recommended the approval of the COVID-19 vaccine by Johnson & Johnson's Janssen, saying it showed around 66 percent efficacy. The advisory board consistin...
Seoul High Court judge nominated as new Supreme Court justice

PoliticsApr 1, 2021

A senior judge at the Seoul High Court has been selected as the final candidate to succeed outgoing Supreme Court Justice Park Sang-ok, the top court said Thursday. Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su picke...
N. Korea likely to conduct more KN-23 variant missile tests to replace Scud missiles: think tank

North KoreaApr 1, 2021

North Korea is expected to conduct more test launches of its Iskander-variant ballistic missiles in an effort to replace old Scud missiles with advanced solid-fuel ones, an expert of the state-run de...
[From the scene] Jeong Eun-kyeong gets AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Social affairsApr 1, 2021

Despite suspensions of jab elsewhere, Korea continues use
Assembly speaker starts trade mission in Central Asia

PoliticsApr 1, 2021

National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug began his nine-day visit to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to strengthen economic ties with the three emerging Central Asian nations, the National As...
Japan’s bigger presence adds complexity to NK nuke talks

Foreign affairsApr 1, 2021

Despite lingering expectations that the Tokyo Olympics could set the stage for reviving diplomacy on the North Korea issue, as when the 2018 PyongChang Winter Olympics led to the historic US-North Ko...
Korea starts 2022 minimum wage deliberations

Social affairsApr 1, 2021

Labor, business at odds again - just like last year