Hundreds of cars trapped on coastal highway amid heavy snow
Social affairsMar 1, 2021
CHUNCHEON -- Hundreds of cars were trapped on some parts of a highway along the east coast Monday as heavy snowfall caused a traffic gridlock, the road authority said. Gangwon Province received about 10 centimeters of snowfall earlier in the day, which caused many cars returning from a three-day holiday to be stuck on the snow-covered Donghae Expressway, according to Korea Expressway Corp. (KEC)'s regional office. Monday is Independence Movement Day, a South Korean n
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Ex-Startups Minister Park Young-sun wins ruling party‘s ticket for Seoul mayoral electionPoliticsMar 1, 2021Former Startups Minister Park Young-sun on Monday won the ruling Democratic Party‘s ticket to run in the Seoul mayoral by-election next month. Park, also a former four-term lawmaker, was declared the winner of the party primary against sitting four-term lawmaker Woo Sang-ho for the April 7 mayoral election, according to the voting results. Park won an overwhelming 69.56 percent of the ballots cast by voters in and outside of the party over the phone and the internet for four days t -
Small rallies held in Seoul amid coronavirus concernsSocial affairsMar 1, 2021Some conservative groups went ahead with small street rallies in Seoul on Monday to denounce the Moon Jae-in administration amid concerns about the spread of COVID-19. On the rainy day, the 102nd anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement against Japan's colonization of Korea, more than 10 members of a group staged a rally at around 11 a.m. in front of Gwanghwamun in the city center. The group, which calls itself Freedom Korea National Defense Corps, had applied for approval of the gathe
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Moon says South Korea ready for talks with Japan to mend tiesForeign affairsMar 1, 2021Tokyo has not responded to Seoul’s conciliatory overtures for months -
Navy urged to spell out W2tr weapon projectDefenseMar 1, 2021South Korea’s Navy saw a 15-year journey take off on Feb. 22, when the Ministry of National Defense approved a plan to build the nation’s first light aircraft carrier by 2033. But experts say that the Navy has yet to convince taxpayers and military watchers about the 2 trillion-won ($1.8 billion) project. The National Assembly will approve the budget for the vessel, which was first discussed in 1996, after looking through an independent cost-benefit analysis. “A light aircra -
COVID response blocks N. Korea aid efforts: US State Dept.North KoreaMar 1, 2021The US State Department said North Korea’s border shutdowns to combat the pandemic are preventing the country from receiving outside help from humanitarian aid groups. “These severe measures have significantly hindered the efforts of humanitarian organizations, UN agencies, and other countries to deliver aid to those most in need after they received swift exemptions from the 1718 Committee,” the State Department told Voice of America on Sunday The statement came in response t -
Ahn Cheol-soo wins 1st round of primary for Seoul mayor candidacyPoliticsMar 1, 2021Ahn Cheol-soo, leader of the minor opposition People's Party, cleared the first hurdle Monday in his bid to become a single candidate of South Korea's opposition bloc, critical of the Moon Jae-in administration, for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election. He won a primary with Keum Tae-sup, a former lawmaker who left the ruling Democratic Party (DP), the outcome of which was decided by a public opinion poll. The two had two rounds of formal debates ahead of the two-day survey last week on their -
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Japanese collaborators sued over real estate assetsSocial affairsMar 1, 2021The South Korean government has started a legal challenge to confiscate 11 land properties from descendants of four Japanese collaborators, the Ministry of Justice said Monday. The ministry said it filed complaints with the Seoul Central District Court and the Seoul Western District Court on Friday to take back 85,094 square meters of land valued at 2.68 billion won ($2.4 million) from descendants of those on the list of pro-Japan collaborators announced in 2007. The four collaborators, named -
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[Newsmaker] Cardinal Cheong Jin-suk hospitalizedSocial affairsMar 1, 2021Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, the former Catholic archbishop of Seoul, has been hospitalized since Feb. 21, the office of the Seoul archdiocese said Sunday. The 90-year-old Catholic leader was admitted to the Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital days after reporting pain, but he can converse, the office said in a statement. The cardinal has refused to be put on life support, and had signed papers in 2006 to donate his organs and corneas upon his death. Days after h -
S. Korea to roll out prototype of first homegrown fighter jet next monthDefenseMar 1, 2021South Korea will showcase a prototype of the country's first indigenous fighter jet in April, the arms procurement agency has said. Jung Kwang-sun, heading the KF-X program at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, said the planned rollout event will be a "landmark moment" for the country and the aerospace industry. "After working only with the blueprint so far, we will now have something we can actually see and test whether what we have been studying actually works,&q -
Moon says S. Korea ready to talk with Japan anytime, urges separation of history with future-oriented tiesPoliticsMar 1, 2021President Moon Jae-in stated Monday that South Korea is ready to talk with Japan anytime for stronger cooperation, separate from longstanding disputes over shared history, as it would also be helpful to the trilateral partnership with the United States. "The South Korean government is always ready to sit down and have talks with the Japanese government. I am confident that if we put our heads together in the spirit of trying to understand each other's perspectives, we will also be able to -
New virus cases in 300s for 2nd day, cluster infections still worrisomeSocial affairsMar 1, 2021South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 400 for the second straight day Monday, but health authorities remained alert over a continued rise in cluster infections ahead of the start of the spring school semester. The country reported 355 more COVID-19 cases, including 338 local infections, raising the total caseload to 90,029, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The tally was lower than the 356 recorded Sunday and 415 on Saturday. The fall in new cases l -
Nation marks subdued Independence Movement anniversary amid pandemicSocial affairsMar 1, 2021South Koreans commemorated the 102nd anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement with smaller, subdued commemorations Monday as the nation is battling the coronavirus pandemic. The national holiday is usually observed with large ceremonies, processions and performances remembering the months of popular uprisings against Japan's colonial rule (1910-45), which started in Seoul on March 1, 1919. About 2 million people participated in the protests across the county and more than 7,500 were -
DP, government to allot W9.5tr for 4th relief fundsPoliticsFeb 28, 2021The ruling Democratic Party and the government agreed Sunday to allot 19.5 trillion won ($17.3 billion) for the country's fourth round of COVID-19 relief assistance. The agreement was made during a tripartite meeting of the DP, the government and Cheong Wa Dae, attended by DP Chairman Rep. Lee Nak-yon, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun and Kim Sang-jo, the presidential chief of staff for policy. The upcoming aid package will be funded by an extra budget bill worth 15 trillion won, with the remaini
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