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October 15, 2024 09:32pm
Russian court extends detention of S. Korean national for another month: media
A Russian court has renewed the detention period of a South Korean national arrested in Moscow on suspected espionage charges for another month until ...
October 15, 2024 07:35pm
Defense chief apologizes over 'Silmido' unit for 1st time
Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun apologized Tuesday over the fate of members of a past secret unit that trained commandos to infiltrate into North Korea...
October 15, 2024 06:29pm
'Respect each other as human beings’: Hanni testifies at National Assembly audit
NewJeans member Hanni appeared as a reference witness at a National Assembly audit of the Environment and Labor Committee on Tuesday, where she expres...
October 15, 2024 06:12pm
Seoul expresses regret over Moscow's defense of Pyongyang
The South Korean government on Tuesday expressed "deep regret" over the Russian Foreign Ministry’s defense of North Korea’s unilateral claims that Sou...
October 15, 2024 05:27pm
Jeju Island plans to expedite screening of cruise passengers
The government plans to spend 5.2 billion won ($3.8 million) to set up an automated security screening system next year to expedite the embarking and ...
October 15, 2024 05:14pm
Woman found dead in tent near Gunsan rest area
A woman in her 30s was found dead in a tent near a rest area in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, police said Tuesday. According to the Gunsan Police Sta...
October 15, 2024 05:08pm
Rival parties clash over allegations involving first lady, Moon's daughter
The rival parties engaged in heated exchanges over two high-profile incidents involving President Yoon Suk Yeol's wife, first lady Kim Keon Hee, ...
October 15, 2024 04:28pm
Ex-prosecutors make up over 20% of conglomerate execs with civil service background
Former officials from the judiciary and finance-related branches of the government appear to be popular recruits for conglomerates across the country,...
October 15, 2024 04:09pm
North Korea exploding inter-Korean roads ‘symbolic move’: JCS
North Korea blew up roads near the border on each side of the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday, in another demonstration of cutting ties with the South. Ex...
October 15, 2024 03:56pm
Construction worker falls to his death at 5-star hotel in Incheon
A 39-year-old construction worker replacing an elevator at a five-star hotel in Yeongjongdo, Incheon sustained a critical injury on Monday, after he f...
October 15, 2024 03:35pm
Kim Jong-un charts military action over alleged drone incursion
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Monday convened an unprecedented meeting resembling a national security council, where he outlined the course of "i...
October 15, 2024 03:34pm
[Exclusive] Primary health care workforce expansion needed for future challenges: WHO
The World Health Organization, when asked about the monthslong medical standoff in South Korea, said Tuesday that expanding the primary health care wo...
October 15, 2024 03:30pm
Yoon floats plan for tertiary hospital on Jeju Island
South Korea's southern Jeju Island could have its first tertiary hospital in 2027. President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday that the government is co...
October 15, 2024 03:11pm
Seoul's foreign caregiver project, river bus under fire at audit
Various projects driven by the Seoul city government, such as the foreign caregiver scheme involving 100 Filipina workers and the Hangang River Bus, c...