South Korea said it agreed Tuesday to hold talks with North Korea on a potential volcano on the communist state’s border with China, proposing a meeting of experts next week amid growing speculation that the sides are seeking ways to re-establish contact. The proposal, made by the head of South Korea’s national weather agency and delivered through the liaison officials of the countries, calls fo...

...Tuesday to make a “heartfelt apology” for its two deadly military attacks last year, renewing Seoul’s demand for a prerequisite for resumption of any inter-Korean exchanges. Tensions on the Korean Pe...litary talks intended to ease tensions between the two Koreas broke down last month after the North’s representatives refused to accept the South’s demand that Pyongyang apologize and take responsible...

... which was established in May 2006 to “stamp out leftist pro-North Korea forces.” On March 10, Han’s body was found inside her own shop in Mia-dong, northern Seoul, by a neighbor. She had apparently ...een killed by terrorists, possibly from the North, or by pro-North Korea leftist figures as her son’s group has engaged in a series of activities that could provoke the communist regime. The KPF, wit...

Foreign ministers of South Korea, China to meet in Beijing next week Tackling North Korea’s uranium enrichment activities within the framework of the stalled six-nation dialogue is the best solution so far, a senior Chinese diplomat said this week, repeating his government’s reluctance to seek a U.N. condemnation of the program. Hu Zhengyue, Beijing’s assistant foreign minister, also called on ...

...disrupt electricity, they will inspect how the buildings resist the disasters and the safety system works. “The ministry will consider establishing an exclusive organization to strengthen the nation’s preparedness for nuclear disaster,” said Education, Science and Technology Minister Lee Ju-ho on Monday. Currently, safety regulations on nuclear plants are carried out jointly by the ministry and ...

... decision by the Korean National Police Commission, the police officer fitness regulations were raised, addressing concerns of a ruling party lawmaker after seeing questionable results from last year’s physical. A ruling party lawmaker released a report in 2010 on the subpar standards of the Korean National Police Agency’s fitness test, where over 94 percent of the 4,978 officers received first and second grades, calling the test “a waste of time.” The report by You Jung-hyun of the Grand National Party found that th...

...luation for state subsidies. The revisions come in response to growing public antipathy toward the poor working conditions of part-time lecturers. In a ministry report last year, an adjunct lecturer’s annual income was estimated at 7.68 million won, way below the per capita gross national income of 20.45 million won. Adjunct lecturers also face various pressures including demands for kickbacks a...

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Radiation-tainted spinach from Japan’s damaged nuclear reactors may sound scary, but here is a reality check: Even if any made it to stores there, you would have to eat an exorbitan...arthquake and tsunami. “The world is covered in cesium-137 from the atomic weapons tests of the ‘50s and ‘60s,” says nuclear physicist Patrick Regan of the University of Surrey in England. “There is...

Hyundai Motor Co. launched the midsized truck Mighty in Brazil on Monday, tapping into South America’s largest commercial vehicle market. The Mighty trucks sold in Brazil will be shipped as complete knockdown kits and assembled at CAOA Group’s facility in Anapolis in the state of Goias, the company said. CAOA Group is also responsible for sales of Hyundai vehicles in Brazil. The company has se...

...y, the customs office said Tuesday. Before the 9.0-magnitude quake struck Japan on March 11, Korea’s daily weekday imports of fishery products from the country averaged $3.4 million, according to the... foods and products from Japan due to concerns over radiation contamination. Lotte Mart Co., Korea’s third-largest discount store chain, said earlier it will not sell pollack that have mainly been im...

Korea’s mid-size builders have been dogged by severe financial problems due to a prolonged slump in the local housing market, a trade association said Tuesday. Over a quarter of the top 100 local builders, including LIG E&C Co., were put under a workout program or court receivership as of Tuesday, according to the Construction Association of Korea. The biggest reason for their cash shortages is...