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South Korea's annual greenhouse emissions hit record high in 2017

South Korea's annual greenhouse emission reached a record high of 709.1 million tons in 2017, a government environment agency said Monday. The Greenhouse Gas General Information Center, under the Mi...

October 7, 2019
Social affairs
N. Korea's deployment of new SLBM would take years: Seoul's defense agency chief

North Korea would need several more years to operationally deploy a recently tested new submarine-launched ballistic missile, the chief of South Korea's defense development agency said Monday. Last ...

October 7, 2019
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Entire North Korean crew of fishing boat that collided with

All of the roughly 60 North Korean crew on board a fishing boat that sank after colliding with a Japanese patrol ship in the East Sea early Monday were rescued, Japanese media said. The collision to...

October 7, 2019
North Korea
Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin wins NLDS Game 3 behind offensive outburst

With more than a little help from his friends in the lineup, Los Angeles Dodgers' South Korean left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin picked up his third career postseason victory over the Washington Nationals on ...

October 7, 2019
Baseball
Seoul city to expand free Wi-Fi network by 2022

The siblings in Korean director Bong Joon-ho's Cannes-winning film "Parasite" may not have to squat down in their basement-level apartment looking for Wi-Fi signal anymore. That is if they go out to...

October 7, 2019
Social affairs
Korea's 'Mr. Sunshine' wins top TV drama award at Busan film festival

"Mr. Sunshine," a South Korean TV drama about the country's resistance movement against Japanese colonialists, has won the top prize at the inaugural Asian Content Awards of the Busan International F...

October 7, 2019
Film
Ministry says it appears hard to send cheering squad for World Cup match in Pyongyang

The unification ministry said Monday it appears to be difficult to send a cheering squad for an inter-Korean World Cup qualifier to be held in Pyongyang next week as the North has not responded to an...

October 7, 2019
Social affairs
Actors of new 'Terminator' film to visit Seoul this month

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, the leading actors of "Terminator: Dark Fate," will visit South Korea this month to promote the new American science-fiction action film ahead of its imminen...

October 7, 2019
Film
Defense chief to visit Oman for ministerial talks this week

Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo was set to leave for Oman on Monday for talks with his counterpart about ways to boost cooperation in defense and arms industry fields, his office said. During his ...

October 7, 2019
Defense
[Newsmaker] Unionists of Seoul Subway Line No. 9 begin 3-day strike

Unionized workers of a Seoul subway began a three-day strike on Monday, demanding an increase in the number of workers and the introduction of a step-based salary system. The labor union of Seoul Me...

October 7, 2019
Social affairs
Top nuclear envoy to leave for US after Sweden talks break down

South Korea's chief nuclear envoy was set to leave for Washington on Monday for talks with his US counterpart after the breakdown of the working-level nuclear negotiations between the US and North Ko...

October 7, 2019
Foreign Affairs
N. Korea rules out talks with US until withdrawal of anti-North Korea policy

North Korea said Sunday it does not have any willingness to talk with the United States again until Washington takes "practical measures for complete and irreversible withdrawal of hostile policy aga...

October 6, 2019
North Korea
China-Taiwan dispute may further undermine S. Korean exports: report

China's political dispute with Taiwan may add to regional risks created by protest rallies in Hong Kong that could further undermine South Korea's exports to its neighbors, a central bank report sugg...

October 6, 2019
Economy
Japan-bound trips dip in Aug., demand for other regions shoots up

An increased demand on non-Japanese routes helped offset lower demand on Japanese routes in August amid trade tensions between Seoul and Tokyo, the transport ministry said Sunday. The number of Sout...

October 6, 2019
Travel
Hyundai Heavy faces protracted wage dispute

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., South Korea's top shipbuilder, is likely to have a lengthy standoff with its labor union over this year's wage deal, industry watchers said Sunday, adding a burden to it...

October 6, 2019
Industry

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