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Tour agency sells trips to Pyongyang for soccer match between Koreas

A tour agency specializing in trips to North Korea has launched the sale of a tour package to Pyongyang for a rare World Cup qualification soccer match between South and North Korea, its website show...

July 21, 2019
Social affairs
Hyundai Mobis develops camera system to replace side mirrors

Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea's largest auto parts maker, said Sunday it has developed a camera monitoring system that will replace side-view mirrors in next-generation vehicles. Three high-perform...

July 21, 2019
Industry
S. Korea, US mulling renaming next month's joint military exercise

South Korea and the United States have been considering staging a joint military exercise next month as scheduled but under a different name, sources said Sunday, amid warnings from North Korea that ...

July 21, 2019
Foreign Policy
FAO predicts food shortages in N. Korea will worsen in Q3

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations forecast North Korea will suffer worsened food shortages in the third quarter, the Radio Free Asia reported Saturday. In its quarterly Ear...

July 20, 2019
North Korea
Memory chip prices jump following Japan export curbs

Major memory chip prices have jumped 25 percent in the past two weeks following Japan's restrictions on exports of high-tech materials to South Korea, industry data showed Saturday. The prices of dy...

July 20, 2019
Technology
[Newsmaker] S. Korea remains on alert over Typhoon Danas

South Korea was set to remain on alert Saturday for any remaining impact of Typhoon Danas, though it appears to by dying down, government officials said. The central government and local administrat...

July 20, 2019
Social affairs
N. Korea calls Japan's export curbs politically motivated move for electoral gain

North Korea on Saturday claimed that Japanese export restrictions targeting South Korean companies are politically motivated and aimed at getting more votes in an upcoming election. Japan has tighte...

July 20, 2019
North Korea
Seoul shares forecast to remain in tight range next week

South Korean shares are expected to remain in a tight range next week as investors take to the sidelines ahead of the release of key economic data and earnings reports from major players such as Hyun...

July 20, 2019
Finance
Court rejects arrest warrant for Samsung BioLogics CEO

A Seoul court on Saturday again rejected an arrest warrant for the head of Samsung BioLogics Co., who is under suspicion of orchestrating accounting fraud. The Seoul Central District Court said "the...

July 20, 2019
Social affairs
Fate of S. Korea-Japan military pact in doubt amid escalating export row

A rancorous diplomatic spat between South Korea and Japan is casting doubts over the fate of a military intelligence-sharing pact seen as a rare symbol of their trust and a key platform for trilatera...

July 19, 2019
Foreign Policy
Cheong Wa Dae says Japan violating int'l law, ponders ‘all options’

The office of President Moon Jae-in accused Japan on Friday of breaching international law with unilateral export restrictions against South Korea. Kim Hyun-chong, deputy chief of Cheong Wa Dae’s na...

July 19, 2019
Foreign Policy
Government eyeing increased workweek for localization of materials

The government said Friday that it is considering allowing selected people to work more than 52 hours per week for tests that are part of localization of key industrial materials. Last year, South K...

July 19, 2019
Industry
Moon mentions responsibility for cases of lax military discipline

President Moon Jae-in said Friday he feels responsible for recent cases of lax military discipline and ordered his defense minister and military chief to take stern countermeasures. "The people are ...

July 19, 2019
Defense
Parties fail to reach deal on June plenary meeting

Rival parties failed to reach a deal Friday to discuss conditions for a plenary meeting, effectively scuttling the passage of an extra budget bill during the June extraordinary parliamentary session....

July 19, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Korea's southern regions on alert for typhoon

South Korea was on high alert Friday for the arrival of a typhoon that is forecast to churn through southern parts of the country with heavy rain and strong winds this weekend. Jeju Island and other...

July 19, 2019
Social affairs

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