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Trump, North Korea's Kim exchanged letters of ‘magical force,’ ‘special friendship’: reportNorth KoreaSept 10, 2020US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un spoke of a “magical force” and a “special friendship” in the letters they exchanged, CNN reported Wednesday, citing transcripts of two le... -
10th Supreme Court justice named by Moon takes officeSocial affairsSept 8, 2020Lee Heung-gu, the 10th justice of the Supreme Court to be named by President Moon Jae-in, took office Tuesday, raising anticipation that the top court will rule more in favor of the disadvantaged. L... -
Seoul bans rallies on Oct. 3 amid controversySocial affairsSept 7, 2020Seoul City and the police banned most of the rallies planned for National Foundation Day on Oct. 3 in line with social distancing rules amid political and social controversy over the right to protest... -
NK stole up to $2b by hacking financial networks: reportNorth KoreaSept 4, 2020North Korea is estimated to have collected up to $2 billion in illegal funds through hacking cryptocurrency exchanges, international financial networks and automated teller machine systems, Voice of ... -
Moon slammed for thanking nurses amid doctors’ strikePoliticsSept 3, 2020Opposition politicians continued to blast President Moon Jae-in for his social media post Wednesday, in which he thanked nurses for their efforts without mentioning doctors, who are currently taking ... -
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[News Focus] Democratic Party leader vows to speed up fourth extra budget planPoliticsSept 2, 2020The ruling Democratic Party of Korea leader Lee Nak-yon said Wednesday his party will speed up discussions with the government for the nation’s fourth extra budget this year to tackle the COVID-19 pa... -
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[Market Close-up] Korea seeks to stamp out naked short sellingMarketsSept 1, 2020To keep stock market volatility at bay amid concerns that COVID-19 will continue to affect the market next year, South Korea has extended its temporary ban on short-selling activities of all listed K... -
UN says only 5% of funds to tackle COVID-19 in NKNorth KoreaSept 1, 2020The UN said it has secured only about 5 percent of the funds necessary to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea. In its July update for Global Humanitarian Response Plan COVID-19, published Mo... -
Ultra-right-wing critics blast Moon while in quarantinePoliticsAug 26, 2020Ultra-right-wing critics of the Moon Jae-in administration who tested positive for the new coronavirus after attending a mass protest Aug. 15 continue to blast the government and complain about its p... -
NK urges Japan to pay for wartime killing of Koreans on shipNorth KoreaAug 24, 2020North Korea on Monday urged Japan to apologize and compensate for killing at least 524 Koreans returning home in 1945 by allegedly blowing up the ship they were on. A spokesman for the North Korean ... -
NK officials blame themselves for economic failureNorth KoreaAug 21, 2020Senior officials of the North Korean Workers’ Party blamed themselves on Friday for the country’s failure to meet economic growth targets after a general meeting Wednesday. It was a rare occasion for... -
DP leadership contest suffers virus setback, with frontrunner Lee quarantinedPoliticsAug 20, 2020The race for the ruling Democratic Party’s leadership has suffered a setback from a COVID-19 resurgence in the country, with its frontrunner, Lee Nak-yon, placed under two-week isolation. Its nation... -
Ratings for Moon, ruling party rebound amid resurgence of COVID-19PoliticsAug 20, 2020Approval ratings for President Moon Jae-in and the ruling Democratic Party inched up this week amid a major resurgence of COVID-19, which previously had declined for two consecutive weeks. A pollste... -
Childless foreign spouse should get disaster relief: rights watchdogSocial affairsAug 19, 2020The National Human Rights Commission said on Wednesday that it advised a local government to pay disaster relief to the foreign spouse of a Korean national as it is unfair to exclude her just because... -
7,600 police tested for COVID-19 after ralliesSocial affairsAug 19, 2020Police said Wednesday they will have all 7,600 officers who were deployed at the Liberation Day mass rallies in downtown Seoul, tested for COVID-19 as many of the protesters tested positive. “All me...
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