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Moon calls for UN’s support for ending Korean WarNorth KoreaSept 23, 2020Moon proposes infectious disease initiative including North Korea -
Police unsatisfied with revised law on investigative powerSocial affairsSept 23, 2020Police are making a last-ditch effort to ensure that they will be on equal footing with prosecutors as the government moves to finalize the revised laws that would reorganize the jurisdictions of pol... -
ASEAN-Korea Centre to organize 2020 ASEAN Youth Career Mentorship ProgramSocial affairsSept 23, 2020The ASEAN-Korea Centre will organize its annual 2020 ASEAN Youth Career Mentorship on Saturday to support ASEAN students in building their future careers in South Korea. At the event, to be livestre... -
Seoul church officials, members indicted for allegedly violating in-person worship banSocial affairsSept 23, 2020Officials and members of a Seoul church at the center of a recent surge in COVID-19 cases have been indicted on charges of violating the government's no-assembly order imposed to control the spread o... -
Fisheries official goes missing in waters near sea border with N. KoreaSocial affairsSept 23, 2020A South Korean fisheries control official went missing while on duty aboard an inspection boat off the western border island of Yeonpyeong earlier this week, and authorities are looking into intellig... -
New defense chief to travel to US to resolve disputesDefenseSept 23, 2020South Korea’s Defense Minister Suh Wook will attend an annual security meeting with the US in mid-October, military sources confirmed Wednesday. He is expected to facilitate the stalled defense cost-... -
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[News Focus] Minister vows attention on overworked delivery workersSocial affairsSept 23, 2020Labor Minister Lee Jae-kap on Wednesday pledged continued attention to the working conditions of delivery workers, as months of increased demand due to COVID-19 have pushed them to their limits and l... -
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[Newsmaker] Trump skips NK for first time in UN speechNorth KoreaSept 23, 2020US President Donald Trump made no mention of North Korea in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday (US time), for the first time in any of his four UN speeches since taking off... -
Of people with disabilities in transition to independent living, just 4% receive public supportSocial affairsSept 23, 2020Only 4 out of 100 people with disabilities who moved out of care centers received support funds to help them build new lives, data showed Wednesday, suggesting the need for a strategic support system... -
USFK relaxes health guideline, quarantine rulesDefenseSept 23, 2020United States Forces Korea said Wednesday it had decided to downgrade by a notch the peninsular-wide health emergency declaration to Bravo, the second level of the four stages of guidelines, citing “... -
23,000 video letters yet to be sent to families in NKNorth KoreaSept 23, 2020Over 23,000 videos of South Koreans hoping to reconnect with their kin in North Korea have yet to be sent across the border, according to government data released by a lawmaker on Wednesday. Ever si... -
KDCA head, Bong Joon-ho included on TIME 100 list of influential peopleForeign affairsSept 23, 2020Jeong has been serving as the "field commander" of the country's fight against COVID-19, which is said to be a global example. Many agree that she has gained public trust for her relevant role and wo... -
S. Korea, US hold nuclear security working group sessionForeign affairsSept 23, 2020South Korea and the United States held a video-linked session of their Nuclear Security Working Group on Wednesday to discuss cooperation on the minimization of the use of highly enriched uranium and... -
New defense minister pushing to visit US next month for first talks with Esper: officialsForeign affairsSept 23, 2020Defense Minister Suh Wook is likely to visit the United States next month for his first talks with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, officials said Wednesday. Discussions are under way with the US ab... -
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[Graphic News] Percentage of Koreans visiting hometowns this Chuseok at record low: pollSocial affairsSept 23, 2020Record-low numbers of South Koreans are expected to visit their hometowns or travel during the upcoming Chuseok holiday amid lingering coronavirus fears, a poll showed. In the survey of 1,000 adul...
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01Level 2 social distancing rules to be in place over Chuseok holiday
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North apologizes for 'suspected' killing of South Korean civil servant02
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03Seoul strongly condemns Pyongyang, demands explanation for civilian killing
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S. Korea sees triple-digit gains in daily COVID-19 cases for 2nd day04
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05Moon’s call for end-of-war declaration ‘out of sync’ with US: experts
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[Newsmaker] Moon briefed 4 times on killed civil servant, UN message too late to be changed: Cheong Wa Dae06
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07Nightlife establishments outside of capital area to be closed for at least 1 week: PM
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[Newsmaker] Korean lawmakers to summon Google, Netflix chiefs08
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09Civilian killed by NK left no signs suggesting defection
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Defense ministry confirms N. Korea shot missing S. Korean official to death10