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Yoon Suk Yeol's apartment raided over shaman's alleged gifts to wife Kim Keon Hee

Prosecutors carried out a search and seizure of the private residence of former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee on Thursday.

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DP shifts into election mode, launches Lee Jae-myung campaign team

The center-left Democratic Party of Korea officially went into election mode by announcing major hires for its new election campaign committee Wednesday with a focus on "social unity." Among the high-
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Korea’s intelligence agency urges SKT USIM card replacements across all ministries

South Korea’s top intelligence agency has ordered all government ministries and public agencies to replace SK Telecom USIM cards used in official devices, following a cyberattack that compromised the
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Supreme Court to deliver final verdict on Lee Jae-myung Thursday 3 p.m.

The Supreme Court of Korea announced Tuesday that it will deliver its verdict on Lee Jae-myung’s election law violation case Thursday at 3 p.m. The Democratic Party of Korea presidential contender's r

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Unionized bus drivers in Seoul stage 'work-to-rule' protest after wage talks break down

Unionized bus drivers in Seoul began a "work-to-rule" protest Wednesday that will likely impact bus operations after last-minute wage talks broke down.

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Korea's 'pandemic hero' joins Lee Jae-myung's presidential campaign

Jung Eun-kyeong, former director of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, joined the presidential campaign staff of the Democratic Party of Korea candidate Rep. Lee Jae-myung. Jung, 59, the

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LS Cable to build largest subsea cable plant in US

LS Cable & System announced Tuesday that it will invest $681 million to construct the largest submarine cable manufacturing plant in the United States.

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Neumeier’s ‘Camellias’ to bloom again in Seoul as its ‘best version yet’

Legendary choreographer John Neumeier’s “The Lady of the Camellias,” with which ballerina Kang Sue-jin became the first Asian dancer to win the Benois de la Danse award in 1999, will take the stage at

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'School was hard, I exploded' says suspect in school stabbing rampage

A high school student who carried out a stabbing attack that injured seven people on Monday told police he committed the crime out of frustration over difficulties at school. "School life was difficul