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No espionage involved in Shanghai scandal

PoliticsMarch 25, 2011

Official: Lack of discipline caused extramarital affairs, information leak South Korea concluded Friday that the recent sex scandal involving several of its officials in Shanghai and a young Chinese...
Carter expected to visit Pyongyang next month

Foreign AffairsMarch 24, 2011

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is expected to visit North Korea next month to thaw the frozen dialogue between the two sides, reports said Thursday, as Washington continues to snub holding two-wa...
S. Korea, Mongolia talk economic, civilian ties

PoliticsMarch 24, 2011

Prime ministers and foreign ministers of South Korea and Mongolia held talks here Thursday, discussing how to improve their economic ties and better cooperate in easing tensions on the peninsula, the...
Seoul to tighten rules on home loans amid rising household debts

March 22, 2011

South Korea will tighten its rules on loans for home purchases amid growing concerns that rising household debts could emerge as a drag on the nation's economic recovery, the government said Tuesday....
Prosecutors raid Orion Group over alleged illicit bond deal

Social affairsMarch 22, 2011

Prosecutors on Tuesday raided Orion Group, the nation's major confectionery company, and its affiliates over its chairman's alleged illegal bonds transaction during the process of taking over large s...
China loath to criticize N.K. nuke program

Foreign AffairsMarch 22, 2011

Foreign ministers of South Korea, China to meet in Beijing next week Tackling North Korea’s uranium enrichment activities within the framework of the stalled six-nation dialogue is the best solution...
Shin Jeong-ah returns with tell-all autobiography

PeopleMarch 22, 2011

The woman at the center of one of South Korea’s biggest scandals returned with an autobiography that includes accounts of her meetings with former Prime Minister Chung Un-chan and former President Ro...
Minister stresses ethics for envoys

Foreign AffairsMarch 21, 2011

Officials working at overseas missions should feel a heavier sense of ethical responsibility as representatives of the country, South Korea’s foreign minister said Monday amid a lingering sex scandal...
S. Korea ready to pull last people out of Libya

Foreign AffairsMarch 21, 2011

Destroyer on standby near Egypt South Korea is ready to pull out all of its nationals from Libya if necessary after examining safety conditions, an official here said Monday as allied forces launch ...
Ex-leader Roh’s loyalist becomes minority party chief

PoliticsMarch 20, 2011

Rhyu Si-min, a loyal supporter of the late President Roh Moo-hyun and one of the nation’s most influential liberal politicians, was elected chief of a minority left-leaning party over the weekend, ta...
Battle to recognize fishermen’s sacrifice continues

PoliticsMarch 20, 2011

On April 2 of last year, a week after the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, a small fishing boat collided with a Cambodian cargo ship and sank in the West Sea. Nine fishermen, who were ab...
Wind delays repatriation of N. Koreans

North KoreaMarch 16, 2011

South Korea temporarily suspended the return of 27 of the 31 North Koreans who accidentally strayed here on a boat last month until winds calm to allow their safe voyage back home, the Unification Mi...
N.K. says to discuss uranium program

Foreign AffairsMarch 15, 2011

North Korea is willing to discuss its uranium enrichment program within the framework of multinational denuclearization talks, its official media said Tuesday, as regional powers continue their tug-o...
S. Korea opens school in Rwanda

Foreign AffairsMarch 15, 2011

An elementary school built by South Korea opened in Rwanda last week, ready to provide education to hundreds of young students, a state-run institute here said Tuesday. A ceremony was held on March ...
Document verifies Japan forced labor of Koreans on peninsula

Foreign AffairsMarch 14, 2011

A decades-old document has revealed that Japan forced labor upon Koreans not only outside the country but at places on the Korean Peninsula during the 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea. The document, w...