논문을 '자기표절'했다는 의혹이 제기된 조국 청와대 민정수석에 대해 서울대가 본격적인 조사에 착수한다. 18일 자유한국당 이종배 의원실이 서울대로부터 받은 자료에 따르면 서울대 연구진실성위원회는 "(조 수석 논문 표절 의혹 관련) 조사위원회를 구성해 본조사를 진행할 예정"이라고 밝혔다. (사진=연합뉴스) 지난해 5월 보수 성향 인터넷 언론 '미디어워치' 산하의 '연구진실성검증센터'는 조 수석이 '헌법적 형사 소송의 관점에서 본 형사 절차상의 인권, 고시연구 제27권 4호, 2000' 논문 등 8편에 대해 자기표절 의혹이 있다며 서울대에 제보했다. 제보를 받은 연구진실성위원회는 예비조사위원회를 꾸려 지난해 10월 31일부터 11월 23일까지 예비조사를 했다. 연구진실성위원회는 예비조사 결과 본 조사...

North Korea's offer on Wednesday to send its delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics via a land route raised hopes for the reopening of inter-Korean road links for the first time in two years. A herd of cattle is delivered to North Korea through the border village of Panmunjeom in 1998. (Yonhap) Working-level officials from the two sides met to discuss details of the North's participation...

South and North Korea on Wednesday agreed to form a joint women's hockey team at the upcoming Winter Olympics south of the border, an unprecedented breakthrough in the history of sporting exchanges between the two. The South Korean women`s ice hockey team. (Yonhap) They have now passed the ball -- or the puck -- to the International Olympic Committee, which will convene a meeting on Saturday in...

North Korea's "army of beauties" appears set for another charm offensive in the South during next month's Winter Olympics, spicing up the political rapprochement across the border and possibly helping soften the image of the belligerent regime of Kim Jong-un. North Korea on Wednesday offered to send a 230-member cheering squad to the PyeongChang Olympics during working-level talks with South at ...

A Seoul court on Wednesday ordered Asiana Airlines and one of its flight attendants to jointly pay a passenger about 100 million won ($93,569) for inflicting burns on her body by accidentally pouring instant noodle soup on her. The passenger, who is surnamed Chang and worked as a fashion model, was on her way to Paris from Incheon in a business class seat on March 17, 2014, when the flight atten...

Investigators raided the office of an auto parts company headed by the family of an elder brother of former President Lee Myung-bak on Wednesday as part of a slush fund investigation involving a partner firm that the former president is suspected of owning. Investigators from the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' office searched the offices and residences of people related to the parts firm IM...

South Korea‘s deficit in kimchi trade reached $47.28 million last year, up 11 percent from the year before, as cheap products from China flooded in, customs office statistics showed Wednesday. Last year’s deficit is the largest since the Korea Customs Service began to track data in 2000. Data showed that South Korea imported 275,631 metric tons of the fermented vegetables, a main side dish in Ko...

INCHEON -- A two Michelin-starred chef will open a Korean restaurant in the new passenger terminal of Incheon airport, the country's main gateway, this week, he said Wednesday. Pyunghwaok, located in the second terminal of Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, will be unveiled to the public Thursday in line with the official launch of operations of the new terminal. "The launch of Pyung...

North Korea on Wednesday harshly condemned South Korean President Moon Jae-in again for his latest remarks on unwavering sanctions on North Korea's nuclear development, irrespective of inter-Korean dialogue, calling them "stupid and nasty words." During a New Year press conference on Jan. 10, Moon expressed thanks to US President Donald Trump, saying that the inter-Korean talks that opened the p...

VANCOUVER -- Foreign ministers of 20 countries, including the United States, South Korea and Canada, on Tuesday expressed their support for ongoing inter-Korean talks, hoping that they will lead to steady eased tensions going forward. They also underlined the importance of diplomatic efforts to resolve the North's nuclear issue and agreed to take unilateral sanctions and diplomatic actions that ...

The South Korean delegation to an International Olympic Committee meeting on North Korea's Olympic participation will travel to Switzerland on Thursday. IOC President Thomas Bach will chair a four-party meeting Saturday at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, to discuss the North's presence at the Feb. 9-25 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the first Winter Games to take place in South Kore...

The leader of the ruling Democratic Party on Wednesday pressured former President Lee Myung-bak to come clean about mounting corruption allegations involving his former aides, as prosecutors accelerated probes into them. Choo Mi-ae made the remarks after prosecutors arrested two key former aides to Lee Tuesday night and early in the morning on allegations of receiving illicit funds from the Nati...

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co., an official partner for the 2018 Winter Games, said Wednesday it will hand out a special edition of the Galaxy Note 8 smartphone to athletes and officials participating in the event slated for next month. Under the plan, the company will offer 4,000 units of the Galaxy Note 8 Olympic Edition to all athletes and International Olympic Committee offi...

Hyosung Group Chairman Cho Hyun-joon appeared at prosecutors' office for questioning Wednesday about suspicions that he siphoned off company money to create a slush fund and engaged in other irregularities. "I am sorry for causing trouble with a family problem. I will be sincere during the questioning," Cho told reporters after arriving at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, referrin...