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[Newsmaker] Mixed reactions in Singapore to Trump-Kim summit cancellation

SINGAPORE -- US President Donald Trump’s cancellation of his June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore threw cold water on civil servants and people in the hotel industry here ...

May 25, 2018
North Korea
Evidence will outlast explosion at NK nuclear site: experts

Experts who have tracked North Korea’s nuclear tests refuted media reports that the country’s dismantling of its nuclear site is nothing more than the destruction of evidence. “Despite whatever acti...

May 24, 2018
North Korea
Three firms bought more radioactive material than Daijin

Three companies each purchased more monazite, which contains radioactive substances, than the mattress maker for Daijin Bed, a lawmaker said on Wednesday amid rising public anger over mattresses emit...

May 23, 2018
Social affairs
Supermarket staff get jail term for planning to kill boss

An appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced two supermarket workers to prison terms for preparing weapons to kill their boss and hurting each other. The Seoul High Court said Wednesd...

May 23, 2018
Social affairs
Court recognizes 65 as retirement age for physical workers

With longer average life expectancy, courts are increasingly recognizing 65, instead of 60, as the retirement age for physical workers. Until recently, courts have followed a Supreme Court precedent...

May 22, 2018
Social affairs
Man who claims to have witnessed helicopter shooting in Gwangju speaks out

A resident of Gwangju spoke out about how he witnessed a military helicopter firing shots at a building during the deadly crackdown on a 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern city, and how ...

May 21, 2018
Social affairs
Top prosecutor vows to improve decision-making system

Top prosecutor Moon Moo-il said Monday the prosecution would improve its decision-making process following internal strife over an investigation into a corruption case involving a lawmaker. A team o...

May 21, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Seoul to ‘wait and see’ as NK threatens to freeze talks

Seoul’s presidential office said on Friday it will “wait and see” as North Korea threatened to not hold talks with South Korea unless it stops the ongoing joint military drills with the US. Citing t...

May 18, 2018
North Korea
NK upbeat about economic changes after Kim-Trump summit: NGO

North Koreans are upbeat about the economic changes the summit between their leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump might bring, according to a member of a nonprofit group who was in Pyongy...

May 17, 2018
North Korea
Group calls for stronger action against gender discrimination in employment

A collection of women’s groups and labor groups Wednesday called on the government to take stronger action against gender discrimination in employment. The Joint Action to Eliminate Gender Discrimin...

May 16, 2018
Social affairs
NK party officials visit China

Senior officials of North Korea’s ruling party are visiting China, Pyongyang’s state media said Tuesday, in what appears to be a trip to inspect China’s economic development following recent summits ...

May 15, 2018
North Korea
Lawyers’ group calls for investigation into alleged defection of NK restaurant workers

A group of liberal lawyers filed a complaint with the prosecution on Monday against a spy chief and a unification minister during the Park Geun-hye administration over allegations that Seoul’s spy ag...

May 14, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Singapore excited about Trump-Kim summit

SINGAPORE – News that Singapore will host the historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next month made top headlines here, drawing attention to where on t...

May 11, 2018
North Korea
Police execute arrest warrant to quiz Druking

Police obtained arrest warrants to interrogate on Thursday a blogger at the center of an online opinion rigging scandal as he has been refusing to be questioned. Kim Dong-won, known by his online al...

May 10, 2018
Social affairs
Last year saw record number of ship accidents

A record number of ships had accidents at sea last year, with over 90 percent caused by human errors, Korea Coast Guard statistics showed. Accidents involving 3,160 vessels were reported to 18 marit...

May 9, 2018
Social affairs

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