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Will Apple Music rock Korean market?

TechnologyAug 5, 2016

Apple Inc. surprised the local music and mobile service industry Friday by abruptly launching its streaming music service Apple Music in South Korea. The tech giant simultaneously launched Apple Musi...
Olympics' appeal tested in grim world

Olympic GamesAug 5, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Even if only for two weeks, can "Faster-Higher-Stronger" overpower deadlier, scarier and bloodier? Can the Olympic Games still offer the world momentary levity, distract from t...
Gov't disciplinary body recommends toughest penalty for official over controversial comments

Social affairsJul 19, 2016

The government's disciplinary body on Tuesday recommended the toughest penalty on public servants for an ex-education ministry official over controversial comments. The Central Disciplinary Committe...
Authorities seek to freeze assets of prosecutor arrested on bribery charges

Social affairsJul 19, 2016

Authorities are seeking to freeze the assets of a senior prosecutor arrested on charges of taking bribes from a major online game maker. An ad hoc team investigating the case on Tuesday filed for a ...
Korean football's oldest player retires at 46

SoccerJul 19, 2016

Goalkeeper Kim Byung-ji, the oldest player ever in South Korean professional football, will finally hang up his boots. Kim, 46, announced his retirement via Facebook on Tuesday, saying he wants to p...
S. Korean Lawmakers push for ‘lemon law’

Jul 11, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] A group of ruling party lawmakers plan to submit a bill that requires carmakers and salespeople to refund or exchange new vehicles that have defects. Saenuri Party Rep. Kwon Suk-chang...
STX Shipbuilding files for court-led restructuring

IndustryMay 27, 2016

Financially shaky STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Friday filed for a court-led restructuring scheme as it struggled with a protracted slump and mounting losses, officials at the shipbuilder and the S...
Seoul says it is meaningful for Obama to mention Korean victims

Diplomatic CircuitMay 27, 2016

South Korea said Friday that it is meaningful that U.S. President Obama explicitly mentioned Korean victims in his historic speech in Hiroshima, while visiting a memorial site honoring those killed i...
U.N. chief Ban back in S. Korea after short trip to Japan

PoliticsMay 27, 2016

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came back in South Korea on Friday after making a short trip to Japan to attend a G7 summit. Ban, a native South Korean, landed at Gimpo International Airport, jus...
Obama pays tribute at Hiroshima nuclear memorial

World NewsMay 27, 2016

Barack Obama paid moving tribute Friday to victims of the world's first nuclear attack, during a historic visit to Hiroshima. In a soaring speech watched by survivors of the atomic blast, Obama said...
S. Korea condemns N.K. missile launch

North KoreaApr 28, 2016

South Korea strongly condemned North Korea for its botched launch of another intermediate-range ballistic missile on Thursday, vowing to further pressure Pyongyang to give up its nuclear and missile ...
N. Korea's isolation to deepen if it conducts another nuke test: S. Korean FM

North KoreaApr 28, 2016

North Korea will be "further isolated and abandoned" by the international community if it goes ahead with its threat of conducting a fifth nuclear test, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se war...
S. Korean TV programs win large contracts in France, Hong Kong fairs

TelevisionApr 28, 2016

South Korean companies have signed deals worth $11.16 million to export their broadcasting content at MIPTV 2016, the world's biggest TV and digital content market, early this month, the government s...
CJ CGV's credit outlook 'negative' over deal to buy Turkey's cinema chain

IndustryApr 6, 2016

Korea Ratings, a leading credit rating agency in South Korea, downgraded the credit outlook for CJ CGV from "stable" to "negative" Wednesday, citing a growing financial burden from its planned takeov...
Two S. Korean ships freed from Chinese custody

Diplomatic CircuitApr 6, 2016

Two South Korean ships have been released by China after being seized for an alleged collision with a local fishing boat, officials said Wednesday. A tugboat and a barge were impounded on March 18 i...