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Top Chinese official to arrive in S. KoreaForeign affairsAug 21, 2020A top Chinese official will arrive in South Korea on Friday to discuss a range of bilateral issues, including the matter of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visit. Yang Jiechi, a member of the... -
NK leader’s decision confirms Kim Yo-jong’s No. 2 statusNorth KoreaAug 21, 2020North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has transferred some of his powers to others, entrusting oversight of different aspects of state affairs to his closest aides, according to Seoul’s National Intelligen... -
Rumors and conspiracy theories hamper fight against COVID-19Social affairsAug 20, 2020Rumors that the government is manipulating COVID-19 test results and that the virus is being used for political purposes are spreading among conservative groups, hampering the fight against the pande... -
Top Chinese official to visit Busan this weekForeign affairsAug 19, 2020Yang Jiechi, a senior Chinese government official, will visit Busan this week to discuss issues, including Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to South Korea. According to Cheong Wa Dae, Yang -- a ... -
Presidential hopeful Lee tests negativePoliticsAug 19, 2020Ruling Democratic Party leadership contender Rep. Lee Nak-yon announced Wednesday that he was free of the novel coronavirus. Lee is a former prime minister and is considered one of the ruling bloc’s... -
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[Newsmaker] Runaway COVID-19 patient caught at Seoul cafeSocial affairsAug 19, 2020A COVID-19 patient who ran away from a hospital was apprehended in the early hours of Wednesday. The man, in his 50s, was confirmed to have the coronavirus after attending a service at the Sarang Je... -
Presidential hopeful Lee tested for coronavirusSocial affairsAug 19, 2020Ruling Democratic Party leadership contender Rep. Lee Nak-yon has been tested for the new coronavirus and gone into self-isolation after coming into indirect contact with an infected individual. Lee... -
Moon and opposition leader may hold 1-on-1 meetingPoliticsAug 18, 2020President Moon Jae-in could meet with Kim Chong-in, the interim leader of the main opposition United Future Party, in a one-on-one meeting if necessary, Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday. Kim, whose party ... -
Parties clash over controversial rallyPoliticsAug 18, 2020The main opposition party has come under fire after some of its members joined a rally against Moon Jae-in that was held in defiance of disease control orders and was also attended by Jun Gwang-hun, ... -
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[67th Anniversary Special] Pandemic sets off changes with lasting consequences for KoreaSocial affairsAug 15, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the world and it has prompted calls for sweeping changes across society. While its impact on South Korea has been relatively small compared to o... -
Ruling party’s ratings lag behind opposition for the first time in nearly 3 yearsPoliticsAug 13, 2020The ruling Democratic Party’s support rating has fallen behind that of the conservative opposition United Future Party for the first time in nearly three years, a survey showed Thursday. In the surv... -
Moon replaces two more senior aidesPoliticsAug 12, 2020President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday named new senior secretaries for public relations, and social policy, continuing the reshuffle that began last month. For the post of social policy senior secretar... -
Moon replaces three senior aides, withholds decision on chief of staffPoliticsAug 10, 2020President Moon Jae-in on Monday named three new senior secretaries, three days after six of his top aides including his chief of staff offered their resignations. The three posts replaced are that f... -
Senior presidential aides offer to resign, but draw ridicule and attacks from oppositionPoliticsAug 9, 2020Recent offers to resign by top presidential aides have presented another major hurdle for the Moon Jae-in administration, resulting in ridicule from the public and harsher attacks from the opposition... -
Shincheonji joins resistance against prosecution reform: Justice MinisterSocial affairsJul 31, 2020Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae on Thursday said the religious sect Shincheonji Church of Jesus was attacking her over her prosecutorial reform drive. “As the media and the United Future Party’s grou...
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