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Financial regulator, police, stock exchange probe radiation leak rumors

PoliticsMar 16, 2011

The state financial regulator has launched an inquiry into rumors about the possible effects of radioactive leakage from Japan on Korean soil, which apparently contributed to Tuesday’s plunge in Kore...
Korean rescue team starts work in Japan

PoliticsMar 15, 2011

By Song Sang-ho South Korean rescue workers Tuesday began searching for survivors in a Japanese northeastern coastal city, devastated by last week’s earthquake and tsunami, according to the Foreign ...
Cheonan sinking marks 1st anniversary

PoliticsMar 15, 2011

South Korea plans to hold a series of commemorative events next week to mark the first anniversary of the sinking of the corvette Cheonan, which North Korea torpedoed in March last year, killing 46 s...
Opposition leader visits Japanese embassy over quake

PoliticsMar 14, 2011

The leader of South Korea's main opposition party on Monday visited the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to express deep consolation for Japan's enormous human and property losses caused by massive earthqua...
S. Korea, Philippines defense chiefs hold talks

PoliticsMar 14, 2011

Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin discussed bilateral military exchanges and cooperation in the defense industry with Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin in Seoul on Monday, officials said. Gaz...
S. Korea joins rescue work, readying more assistance

PoliticsMar 13, 2011

S. Korea sends 102-member rescue team to devastated areas Seoul has accepted a request to divert liquefied natural gas to Japanese power companies to help fight power shortages in the wake of Friday...
Officials in Shanghai to probe sex scandal

PoliticsMar 13, 2011

A government investigation team arrived in Shanghai, China, Sunday, to investigate the sex-for-favors scandal involving several South Korean diplomats and a Chinese woman, officials said. The high-p...
Gov. Kim faces potentially damaging probe

PoliticsMar 10, 2011

Prosecution probes alleged illicit funding involving sponsors of Gyeonggi governor Gyeonggi Governor Kim Moon-su, one of the ruling bloc’s strong presidential hopefuls, is facing a potentially criti...
‘S. Korea behind North in electronic warfare’

North KoreaMar 9, 2011

Experts say latest GPS disruption proves new kind of military threat from North North Korea’s recent jamming of communications signals in South Korea is drawing keen public attention to its electron...
Seoul to streamline military leadership

DefenseMar 8, 2011

The Ministry of National Defense on Tuesday confirmed its plan to revamp the top military command structure for the first time in some 20 years in efforts to enhance interoperability among all milita...
All universities to have female ROTCs

PoliticsMar 8, 2011

All universities with the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in place will be allowed to recruit their female students for the program this year, officials at the Ministry of National Defense s...
China stole South Korean secrets on drone: lawmaker

PoliticsMar 7, 2011

China hacked South Korea’s secret military information on plans to introduce a U.S-made high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle, last June, an opposition lawmaker claimed Monday. Observers say Beijing...
Four North Koreans’ decision to live in South may add chill to bilateral relations

North KoreaMar 4, 2011

North Korea did not respond on Friday to the proposal to send back 27 of the 31 North Koreans whose fishing boat strayed across the western inter-Korean sea border on Feb. 5. Despite Pyongyang’s rep...
Parties gear up for April by-elections

PoliticsMar 3, 2011

Polls to elect three lawmakers, 23 other officials Rival parties are speeding up preparations for the April 27 by-elections as their lists of potential candidates take shape. The ruling Grand Natio...
Seoul accelerates stealth fighter program

PoliticsMar 3, 2011

Boeing’s F-15SE, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 likely candidates for FX-III project South Korea is accelerating moves to purchase a high-end fleet of stealth fighter jets to counter North Korea’s asymmetri...