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Controversy looms over taekwondo fighter after drunk driving

South Korean taekwondo fighter Lee Ah-reum's participation in an upcoming international competition is drawing controversy here following an incident in which she was caught driving while intoxicated...

September 14, 2018
More sports
BTS' management agency plans global auditions to recruit new talents

The agency for K-pop superstars BTS said Friday it will conduct international auditions to recruit new talents in six major cities. The auditions will be held in Los Angeles and Vancouver on Oct. 6,...

September 14, 2018
Music
Finance minister vows to take additional steps unless housing prices stabilize

South Korea's chief economic policymaker said Friday that the government would take stronger measures if home prices do not stabilize. On Thursday, South Korea's government said it will levy tougher...

September 14, 2018
Economy
Two Koreas to hold working-level talks to prepare summit

Officials from South and North Korea were set to meet in the border village of Panmunjom on Friday to discuss details of an upcoming meeting between their leaders. The working-level dialogue comes f...

September 14, 2018
North Korea
US needs to tackle NK human rights, denuclearization together: Victor Cha

WASHINGTON -- A former US nuclear negotiator called on the Donald Trump administration Thursday to include the issue of North Korea's human rights in negotiations over the regime's nuclear weapons pr...

September 14, 2018
North Korea
US announces fresh sanctions over NK nuclear program

WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON -- The United States on Thursday sanctioned two companies in China and Russia for allegedly facilitating North Korea's nuclear weapons program. The Department of the Treasur...

September 14, 2018
North Korea
UNC approves S. Koreans' border crossing for communication infra construction

The United Nations Command (UNC) on Thursday approved authorized South Korean vehicles and personnel to cross the Military Demarcation Line to support construction of communication infrastructure tha...

September 13, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Supreme Court keeps 20-year jail term for teenager in kidnapping, murder of child

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's ruling and sentenced a teenager charged with kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl to 20 years in prison and her accomplice to 13 years of imp...

September 13, 2018
Social affairs
Seoul invites Kaesong businesses to opening of inter-Korean liaison office

South Korean businessmen who had run companies in a now-shuttered industrial park in the North’s Kaesong were among those invited to the opening ceremony for an inter-Korean liaison office there, the...

September 13, 2018
North Korea
Moon urges judges to address past wrongdoings, push for self reform

President Moon Jae-in on Thursday called for courts' efforts to correct their past wrongdoings and make the judiciary branch independent, calling it the only way to win the much-needed faith of the p...

September 13, 2018
Politics
Prosecution likely to appeal 1987 verdict in 'Brothers Welfare Center' case

The prosecution reform committee recommended Thursday that Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il invoke his right to file an emergency appeal against the 1987 not-guilty verdict for the operator of a welfar...

September 13, 2018
Social affairs
56% of Koreans favor stronger real estate taxes: poll

More than five out of 10 South Koreans are supportive of the government's plan to hike real estate tax rates to curb rising housing prices, a poll showed Thursday. In the survey on 500 adults conduc...

September 13, 2018
Finance
Inter-Korean summit on steady course despite delayed preparation meeting

Preparations are being made for the upcoming inter-Korean summit despite a delay in a proposed working-level meeting between the two sides, officials in Seoul said Thursday. South Korean President M...

September 13, 2018
North Korea
US looking at N. Korea among other nations for possible election meddling

WASHINGTON -- The United States is monitoring North Korea, among other nations, for possible interference in the US midterm elections in November, senior administration officials said Wednesday. US ...

September 13, 2018
North Korea
PM calls for international support for Seoul's peace efforts

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon called Wednesday for international support for South Korea's efforts to reconcile with North Korea, saying peace on the Korean Peninsula will contribute to prosperity in No...

September 12, 2018
Foreign Policy

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