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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 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 05:08pm
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 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 11:20am
Yoon calls for bipartisan efforts to scrap financial investment income tax
President Yoon Suk Yeol urged Tuesday bipartisan efforts to abolish the planned financial investment income tax and instructed the government to prepa...
October 14, 2024 10:12pm
[Exclusive] South Korean defense companies lacking cyber security workforce
Even South Korea’s largest defense companies do not have adequate cyber security workforce in place, and their contractors exempt from government moni...
October 14, 2024 05:19pm
Yoon's former chief of staff named ambassador to China
Kim Dae-ki, who was President Yoon Suk Yeol's chief of staff during the first two years of Yoon's term, has been named the ambassador to Chi...
October 14, 2024 05:09pm
Rival parties lock horns over N. Korean provocations
The tension between the two largest political parties in South Korea escalated Monday as the main opposition criticized the Yoon Suk Yeol administrati...
October 14, 2024 02:39pm
Yoon-Han meeting to take place next week
President Yoon Suk Yeol's office said Monday that a meeting between Yoon and ruling People Power Party Chair Han Dong-hoon will be held next week. Acc...
October 13, 2024 05:55pm
[News Focus] Momentum builds for 3-way summit by end of year
South Korea, the United States and Japan are accelerating efforts to convene a trilateral summit by the end of this year to bolster deterrence against...
October 11, 2024 09:06pm
Yoon returns home from 3-nation Southeast Asia trip
President Yoon Suk Yeol returned home Friday from his trip to the Philippines, Singapore and Laos that focused on diplomacy to strengthen ties with So...
October 11, 2024 06:06pm
Early voting begins for Seoul education superintendent by-election with low turnout
As early voting kicked off Friday in the by-election to fill the Seoul education superintendent post, polling stations across Seoul remained relativel...
October 11, 2024 03:12pm
Yoon expresses S. Korea's appetite for Australia's Project Sea 3000
VIENTIANE, Laos -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday expressed South Korean companies' appetite for Australia's frigate replacement project ...
October 11, 2024 01:36pm
Yoon unveils $23m humanitarian aid to Myanmar
VIENTIANE, Laos -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday unveiled plans to provide $23 million to Myanmar in humanitarian aid this year, as he attended th...