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June 15, 2018 Travel

[Eye Plus] Tigers find new home at Baekdudaegan National Arboretum

At the center of the mountain range Baekdudaegan, southeast of the North Gyeongsang province, lies the Baekdudaegan National Arboretum in an area of 5,179 hectares. (Photographed by Park Hyun-koo) ...

[Newsmaker] Former NIS chiefs guilty on transfers to Park

Former National Intelligence Service chiefs were sentenced to prison terms of three to 3 1/2 years Friday for regularly making secret money transfers to former President Park Geun-hye’s aides when sh...

June 15, 2018
Social affairs
Democratic Party of Korea to normalize parliament next week: floor leader

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea will soon set up a task force to carry out the election campaign promises made by the party‘s candidates, its floor leader Hong Young-pyo said Thursday. Democrat...

June 14, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Rise and fall of presidential hopefuls

The June 13 local elections ended with a sweeping victory by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, and now the focus is on how it may benefit the next potential presidential candidates. Newly electe...

June 14, 2018
Politics
[2018 Local Elections] Liberal educators re-elected for Seoul, Gyeonggi superintendents

The June 13 local elections determined 17 new education chiefs across the country where education is a big focus, along with other administrative and legislative posts. Seoul’s superintendent hopefu...

June 13, 2018
Politics
[From the scene] S. Korean voters flock to polls amid peace mood with NK

In a queue at a polling center in Yongsan District, northern Seoul, Park Jung-sook, 54, was finally nearing the voting booth, sure of which candidate she would cast her ballot for. For the long-time...

June 13, 2018
Social affairs
South Korea’s local elections kicks off day after US-NK summit

South Korea’s quadrennial local elections will kick off Wednesday at 6 a.m. across 14,134 polling centers nationwide, one day after the historic meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US...

June 12, 2018
Politics
Controversies heat up as local elections nears

With two days to go before South Korea’s local elections, controversies started heating up Monday, surrounding political scandals. Former spokesman for the major conservative opposition Liberty Kore...

June 11, 2018
Politics
How Trump-Kim summit will affect local elections in South Korea

South Korea’s quadrennial local elections this year come at an extraordinary time: The historic meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump takes place Tuesday, just...

June 11, 2018
Politics
Seoul tops world’s carbon footprint list: Norwegian researchers

Seoul’s carbon emissions are the worst in the world, according to researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology who surveyed the carbon footprints of global cities. Namsan Seou...

June 10, 2018
Social affairs
Democratic Party of Korea files complaint against Liberty Korea Party over alleged online rigging

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea on Thursday filed a complaint with the prosecution against the main conservative opposition party over allegations that it had engaged in online opinion rigging c...

June 7, 2018
Social affairs
[2018 Local elections] Early voting begins Friday

Early voting for the June 13 local elections and parliamentary by-elections begins on Friday and runs until Saturday, according to the National Election Commission. During the two-day advance voting...

June 7, 2018
Politics
[2018 Local elections] Daegu offers a preview of future S. Korean politics

DAEGU -- Just a week before South Korea’s upcoming local elections, Daegu mayor hopeful Kwon Young-jin of the major conservative opposition Liberty Korea Party running for re-election was campaigning...

June 6, 2018
Politics
[2018 Local elections] Political hate crimes spike as elections near

A series of attacks on politicians have taken place in South Korea, heightening concerns about a rise in hate crimes as local elections close in. Rep. Kwon Young-jin of the Liberty Korea Party falls...

June 5, 2018
Politics
'Seoul fell behind in fourth industrial revolution era': Ahn Cheol-soo

The next Seoul Metropolitan Government should pay closer attention to the “fourth industrial revolution” as part of measures to create more jobs, Seoul mayoral candidate Ahn Cheol-soo said Monday at ...

June 4, 2018
Social affairs

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