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Suspected NK attackers hack into S. Korea's cyber command through main server

North KoreaDecember 7, 2016

Military investigators looking into the first hacking of South Korea's cyber command intranet said Wednesday the suspected North Korean attackers accessed the network through a server in the defense ...
Parliament holds second round of hearings on Choi scandal

PoliticsDecember 7, 2016

South Korea's National Assembly started the second round of hearings to investigate a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday. Among 27 figures summoned by the parliament, ...
Investors focus on outcome of impeachment vote

December 7, 2016

With a parliamentary vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye two days away, the glare of investor attention is focused on its outcome with a rejection more likely to increase stock market volatility ...
Park Tae-hwan wins 1st gold at short course worlds

More sportsDecember 7, 2016

Park Tae-hwan has grabbed his first gold medal at the world's top short course competition. The South Korean star won the men's 400-meter freestyle at the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championsh...
US Supreme Court rules in favor of Samsung in smartphone patent suit

IndustryDecember 7, 2016

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Samsung may not have to disgorge all profits from smartphone sales even if some designs of the phones were copied from Apple's iPhone, officials said. The dec...
Number of NK defectors up 16.7% on-year in first 11 months

North KoreaDecember 7, 2016

The number of North Korean defectors coming to South Korea rose 16.7 percent on-year in the first 11 months of the year, data showed Wednesday, as more elites and overseas workers chose to flee their...
Another Korean former sex slave dies

Social affairsDecember 7, 2016

Another South Korean woman who was coerced into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers during World War II has died, the government said Wednesday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Park...
Ruling party's lawmakers urge opposition to revise impeachment motion

PoliticsDecember 7, 2016

A group of Saenuri Party lawmakers who support the ouster of President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday urged the opposition bloc to revise details on the impeachment motion that will be put to a vote late...
Parliament to hold second round of hearings on Choi scandal

PoliticsDecember 7, 2016

South Korea's National Assembly is set to hold a second round of hearings to investigate a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday. Park's former key aides including an ex-...
Major leaguer Kang Jung-ho grilled over DUI

BaseballDecember 6, 2016

South Korean major leaguer Kang Jung-ho was questioned by police Tuesday over allegations of fleeing the scene after causing an accident while driving under the influence (DUI) last week. Kang, an i...
Chinese man sentenced to 3 1/2 yrs in prison for drug trafficking

Social affairsDecember 6, 2016

A 25-year-old Chinese man caught earlier this year trying to smuggle drugs into South Korea and swallowing them has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison, a local court said Tuesday. In handing do...
Watchdog picks 176 firms for restructuring

IndustryDecember 6, 2016

South Korea's state financial watchdog on Tuesday selected a total of 176 local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for immediate corporate restructuring. The Financial Supervisory Service (FS...
Korean shipbuilders to adopt information technology for competitiveness

IndustryDecember 6, 2016

South Korean shipbuilders will work to infuse information and communication technology into their field in order to raise their competitiveness, the country's information ministry said Tuesday. Unde...
Shinhan Bank completes acquisition in Indonesia

December 6, 2016

South Korea's Shinhan Bank said its Indonesian unit, Bank Shinhan Indonesia (BSI), has completed a merger with another Indonesian bank in the latest move to seek a new growth engine in the world's fo...
Thousands of Koreans file suit against Park over influence-peddling scandal

PoliticsDecember 6, 2016

A group of 5,000 South Koreans on Tuesday filed a suit demanding President Park Geun-hye compensate them for the mental suffering she caused over the ongoing influence-peddling scandal. The plaintif...