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Sept 18, 2018 North Korea

[Newsmaker] Live broadcast distinguishes 2018 Pyongyang summit

One of the major differences that distinguishes South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s latest trip to Pyongyang from previous inter-Korean summits is the live broadcast of the event. The summit schedu...

[Newsmaker] Points to watch for at Pyongyang summit

With North Korea hard-pressed by international sanctions, it is unlikely that the third inter-Korean summit will yield immediate results in such areas as cross-border economic cooperation. Here are ...

Sept 18, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Gyeonggi Province to introduce first surveillance cameras inside operating rooms

Following recent reports of violence and medical malpractice in operating rooms at hospitals across the country, Gyeonggi Province announced Monday it will install surveillance cameras in operating r...

Sept 17, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Typhoon makes landfall in China after killing 59 in Philippines

Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into mainland China late on Sunday after leaving a trail of destruction in Hong Kong and Macau and killing at least 59 people in the northern Philippines. The world's bigges...

Sept 17, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Three chaebol chiefs join Moon’s Pyongyang trip

Chiefs of South Korea’s three biggest conglomerates -- Samsung, SK and LG, in order -- will join President Moon Jae-in’s visit to Pyongyang on Tuesday as part of the 52-member presidential business d...

Sept 16, 2018
Industry
[Newsmaker] Typhoon aims at south China after killing 28 in Philippines

TUGUEGARAO, Philippines — Typhoon Mangkhut roared toward densely populated Hong Kong and southern China on Sunday after ravaging across the northern Philippines with ferocious winds and heavy rain th...

Sept 16, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] More than 80% of Koreans support idea of ‘dignified death’

More than 80 percent of South Koreans support the idea of “dignified death” -- meaning they do not wish to receive life-prolonging treatment should they become terminally ill without the possibility ...

Sept 14, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Supreme Court keeps 20-year jail term for teenager in kidnapping, murder of child

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's ruling and sentenced a teenager charged with kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl to 20 years in prison and her accomplice to 13 years of imp...

Sept 13, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Apple unveils new iPhones, upgraded smartwatch

CUPERTINO, California (AFP) -- Apple unveiled three new iPhones on Wednesday in a bid to bolster its spot in the premium smartphone market, along with an upgraded smartwatch that takes electrocardiog...

Sept 13, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] Controversy escalates over budget plan for inter-Korean project

Controversy continues to mount over the government’s proposed budget for the implementation of April’s inter-Korean summit agreement, with opposition lawmakers accusing the government of scaling down...

Sept 12, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] 12 men allegedly gain weight to dodge military service

Twelve graduates of a college in Seoul allegedly tried to dodge South Korea’s mandatory military service by intentionally gaining too much weight to pass the physical exam, the Military Manpower Admi...

Sept 12, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Judge-turned-lawyer under probe appeals to judges in email

A judge-turned-lawyer under investigation for taking tens of thousands of confidential documents from the Supreme Court was found to have emailed incumbent judges on Monday to appeal his case while t...

Sept 11, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] MERS patient may have withheld information: Seoul Mayor

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Monday called for additional and thorough epidemiological investigation into South Korea’s first case in three years of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, confirmed Saturd...

Sept 10, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Queer festival severely delayed by violent anti-gay protests in Korean port city

The first queer festival held in the South Korean port city of Incheon was severely delayed throughout Saturday, as some 1,000 Christians staged an anti-gay protests on the scene, which led to physic...

Sept 9, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Six-largest steel firms fined W100b over price fixing

South Korea’s six largest steel companies were fined a combined total of 119 billion won ($105 million) by the antitrust watchdog for fixing the prices of steel reinforcement bars, officials said Sun...

Sept 9, 2018
Industry

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