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S. Korea, Britain agree on closer cooperation to tackle climate changeForeign affairsSept 11, 2020South Korea and Britain agreed to forge closer cooperation to tackle climate change, Seoul's finance ministry said Friday. The agreement was reached during a telephone discussion between Finance Min... -
Med students continue to boycott classesSocial affairsSept 11, 2020Medical school students will keep boycotting classes in protest against the government’s plan to increase med school student quotas and open a medical school for public health. Despite a tentative a... -
Ex-Army colonel says he was informed of multiple calls seeking favors for justice minister's sonSocial affairsSept 11, 2020A retired Army colonel said Friday that he received multiple reports of phone calls seeking special favors for Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae's son during the latter's mandatory military service in 2017... -
Some e-textbooks for primary school kids to be government-authorizedEducationSept 11, 2020South Korea will see a wider variety of e-textbooks offered for elementary school students with the government’s plan to allow more options to schools and students. The Ministry of Education announc... -
Gyeonggi governor slightly ahead of DP leader in presidential hopeful pollPoliticsSept 11, 2020Lee Jae-myung, governor of Gyeonggi Province, topped an opinion poll on potential presidential candidates for the second consecutive month. In a survey by Gallup Korea released Friday, Lee of the ru... -
FM Kang to visit Vietnam next week for bilateral talks: sourcesForeign affairsSept 11, 2020Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha plans to travel to Vietnam next week for talks with her counterpart on various bilateral issues, including joint efforts for cooperation amid the coronavirus pandemic,... -
Govt. to tighten discipline among civil servants amid pandemicPoliticsSept 11, 2020Cheong Wa Dae said Friday that it will toughen a crackdown on possible corruption, lax discipline and other wrongdoings among South Korea's public servants, especially as the country is struggling to... -
First driver indicted for violating stricter school zone safety laws gets prison sentenceSocial affairsSept 11, 2020BUCHEON -- A man on Friday received a prison sentence for hitting and injuring a child with his car, becoming the first driver to be punished after the laws mandating heavier punishment for car accid... -
Kim Jong-un in ‘good health,’ says President TrumpNorth KoreaSept 11, 2020US President Donald Trump said Thursday on Twitter that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is in “good health” and people should not “underestimate” Kim, without elaborating. It was unclear what had pr... -
Govt. bans Oct. 3 protest rallies in Seoul due to coronavirus fearsSocial affairsSept 11, 2020The government said Friday it will ban anti-government protest rallies planned by conservatives in central Seoul early next month, due to fears of coronavirus transmission. Conservative activist gro... -
Rights panel finds ministry lacked fairness in handling New Zealand sexual abuse caseForeign affairsSept 11, 2020The foreign ministry failed to fairly handle allegations that a senior diplomat sexually abused a local embassy employee in New Zealand, and even included officials directly under him in an internal ... -
Intelligence looking into NK’s submarine missile launch: reportNorth KoreaSept 11, 2020South Korean and US intelligence are closely looking into the possibility of North Korea test-firing a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) at a military parade in October and showcasing a new... -
Top diplomats of S. Korea, Canada hold phone talks on COVID-19Diplomatic CircuitSept 11, 2020The top diplomats of South Korea and Canada held phone talks Friday to discuss joint responses to the new coronavirus and other bilateral cooperation issues, the foreign ministry said. During the ta... -
Army officer tests positive for virus after contact with infected familySocial affairsSept 11, 2020An Army officer stationed in the eastern city of Wonju has tested positive for the new coronavirus after his family members were infected, the defense ministry said Friday. Officials said the possib... -
COVID-19 infections at major Seoul hospital increase to 23Social affairsSept 11, 2020Cluster infections at one of the biggest hospitals in the South Korean capital have increased to 23 as of Friday, raising alarm over a possibly bigger outbreak. The cluster has been growing after a ...
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