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PM asks Koreans not to travel over Lunar New Year holidaySocial affairsFeb 5, 2021Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Friday called for continued caution against COVID-19, pointing out that the number of confirmed cases sharply increased in the US and the UK shortly after vaccination... -
Foreign minister says vaccine hoarding will only lengthen pandemicForeign affairsFeb 5, 2021Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Friday that the hoarding of vaccines by a few countries would only undermine the public interest and lengthen the pandemic. “It is especially important to keep a... -
Unification minister says it’s time to look at outcome of sanctions on NKNorth KoreaFeb 4, 2021Unification Minister Lee In-young said he is against additional sanctions on North Korea, which US Secretary of State has mentioned as one of the options the US may consider as it reviews its North K... -
Opposition advises lawmakers to focus on ‘sexual assaults’PoliticsFeb 3, 2021The main opposition party instructed its lawmakers to focus on the topic of sexual assaults among others when they shoot questions at the government during a series of interpellation sessions beginni... -
US weighs sanctions, incentives under NK policy reviewNorth KoreaFeb 2, 2021The United States is reviewing its North Korea policy to use the most effective tools to advance the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in his first m... -
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[Newsmaker] Seoul steps back on plan to raise tobacco priceSocial affairsJan 29, 2021South Korean health authorities have backtracked on a plan to raise tobacco prices to match the average levels of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, denying reports that... -
Politics gets uglier as lawmakers on all sides face harassment claimsPoliticsJan 28, 2021It has been harassment after harassment this week, with an opposition lawmaker using a “royal concubine” reference as she disparaged another female legislator, just a day after a progressive party le... -
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[Newsmaker] Belligerence of pro-Moon extremistsPoliticsJan 26, 2021A cohort of President Moon Jae-in’s unwavering loyalists who are most active on the internet has long been criticized or even abhorred for going to extreme lengths to attack anyone they think is bera... -
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[Newsmaker] Opposition lays siege to new justice minister nomineePoliticsJan 24, 2021Opposition lawmakers were geared up to use Monday’s confirmation hearing for Justice Minister nominee Park Beom-kye to their fullest advantage by bashing him over numerous issues, including his failu... -
COVID spread slows, with fewer than 400 new cases for 2nd daySocial affairsJan 19, 2021The number of new COVID-19 cases in South Korea remained below 400 for the second day on Tuesday, signaling a continued slowdown in the spread of the coronavirus, while the authorities called for con... -
Controversial travel ban on ex-vice minister backfiresSocial affairsJan 14, 2021The prosecution is stepping up the investigation into alleged irregularities regarding an overseas travel ban on a former vice justice minister last year, which has emerged as yet another point of co... -
Adoptive mother charged with toddler’s murderSocial affairsJan 13, 2021Prosecutors on Wednesday pressed murder charges against a woman who allegedly abused and killed her 16-month-old adoptive daughter in October, as the trial opened in the nation’s latest high-profile ... -
Seoul has coldest day in 35 yearsSocial affairsJan 8, 2021Cold air from the North Pole gripped the nation on Friday, pushing the mercury down to minus 29.1 degrees Celsius on a mountain peak in Gangwon Province and minus 21.7 degrees in northwestern Seoul. ... -
Govt. tightens monitoring after death of foreign worker in vinyl greenhouseSocial affairsJan 7, 2021The government said Wednesday it will not issue employment permits to those who provide foreign workers with unsuitable shelters such as makeshift structures inside vinyl greenhouses. The move by th... -
Failure to get NK to begin denuclearization was unfortunate: PompeoNorth KoreaJan 6, 2021US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a media interview that it was unfortunate that the US failed to get North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to begin the denuclearization process during his term. T...
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