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Moon vows to ‘work together’ with Trump over NK issue

President Moon Jae-in said Sunday he will "work together" with his US counterpart Donald Trump to boost the two countries' alliance and resolve North Korea's growing threats, at the upcoming summit m...

June 25, 2017
Foreign Affairs
Ryu shoots course-record 61 at NW Arkansas Championship

ROGERS, Arkansas -- A few weeks off was all Ryu So-yeon needed to kick-start what is shaping up to be possibly the best year of her LPGA Tour career. The third-ranked South Korean star shot a cours...

June 25, 2017
Golf
S. Korean lawmaker says time running out to form joint Korean squad for PyeongChang 2018

MUJU -- A South Korean lawmaker said Sunday time was running out for the two Koreas to form a join squad at next year's Winter Olympics south of the border, urging political leaders from both sides t...

June 25, 2017
Politics
Gov't mulls raising diesel prices to curb fine dust

The government is considering a move to raise the price of diesel fuel with the aim of reducing fine dust emissions, government sources said Sunday. Among plans under consideration by the Ministry o...

June 25, 2017
Economy
Sailor at naval base found dead in suspected suicide

INCHEON -- A Navy petty officer was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head Sunday in a suspected suicide case, the military said. The 24-year-old, whose identity was withheld, was found by his ...

June 25, 2017
Social affairs
123 dead, more than 100 wounded in Pakistan oil tanker fire: official

ISLAMABAD (AFP) -- At least 123 people were killed and scores injured in a fire that broke out after an oil tanker overturned in central Pakistan early Sunday and crowds rushed to collect fuel, an of...

June 25, 2017
World News
Pakistan issues first transgender passport

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) -- Pakistan has issued its first third-gender passport to a transgender activist, who hailed the move as a step forward for the marginalized community in the deeply conservat...

June 25, 2017
World News
Seoul mayor proposes reviving Seoul-Pyongyang football exchanges

MUJU -- Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon proposed reviving a Seoul-Pyongyang football exchange program to a senior North Korean sports official on Sunday. Park broached the idea at a luncheon meeting with ...

June 25, 2017
Soccer
S. Korea-US alliance stands at 'critical juncture' amid threats from NK

South Korea and the United States stand at a "critical juncture" in their alliance in the face of the rapidly growing threats from North Korea but they will surely achieve their "common goal" to succ...

June 25, 2017
Foreign Affairs
US dollar likely to strengthen against Korean won in H2: think tank

The US dollar is expected to strengthen against the Korean won in the second half due to uncertainties surrounding trade conditions and rate hikes being undertaken by the Federal Reserve, a local thi...

June 25, 2017
Finance
Sprinter Kim Kuk-young breaks nat'l 100m record

South Korean sprinter Kim Kuk-young broke his own national record in the men's 100m dash on Sunday. Kim clocked at 10.13 seconds in the 100m semifinals at the KBS Cup National Athletics Championship...

June 25, 2017
More sports
Hyundai Motor affiliate fined for unfair business with subcontractors

South Korea's corporate watchdog said Sunday that it has slapped 360 million won ($316,000) in fines on Hyundai Wia Corp., an auto parts affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, for abusing its market power...

June 25, 2017
Companies
Seoul mayor to visit Russia, Uzbekistan

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon will visit the major cities of Russia and Uzbekistan this week to share city development ideas and expand cooperation with them, a Seoul city official said Sunday. "Mayor P...

June 25, 2017
Foreign Affairs
Korea's 5 major carmakers engage in wage talks: sources

Labor unions of South Korea's five leading carmakers are in the process of negotiation with their managements to narrow differences over pay raises and other issues, industry sources said Sunday. Wo...

June 25, 2017
Automode
PM Lee urges N. Korea to free detainees

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Sunday urged North Korea to free South Koreans and Americans detained in the reclusive country in the wake of the death of an American college student who died days afte...

June 25, 2017
North Korea

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