South Korean researchers on Tuesday called for a reevaluation of the amount of radiation that may have been emitted by mattresses amid a nationwide recall of the problematic products. Over 22,000 bed mattresses produced by Daijin Bed Co. -- which are known to emit radon, a colorless radioactive material -- have been collected nationwide. "The amount of radiation exposure announced before is bas...

The South Korean canoe governing body said Tuesday it has made joint team proposals to North Korea for this year's Asian Games and the dragon boat world championship. The Korea Canoe Federation also said it is in talks with the International Canoe Federation over co-hosting a future dragon boat world championship with the North. The 2018 Asian Games will be held in Jakarta and Palembang in Indo...

Police said Tuesday they began an investigation into allegations that the main opposition party engaged in massive manipulation of online opinion during past elections, including the 2007 presidential vote. The cyber crime unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said they were questioning party officials with the ruling Democratic Party who filed the complaints about the allegations. The L...

TONGYEONG, South Gyeongsang Province -- One sailor was killed after suffering a serious head injury following an explosion on a naval vessel off the southern coast on Tuesday. The accident happened at around 12:20 p.m. on a 1,500-ton Masan naval frigate about 25 nautical miles south of an island off the southern coastal city of Tongyeong, about 380 kilometers south of Seoul. This photo is irrel...

The ruling Democratic Party said Tuesday that senior officials from the party, the government and the presidential office will hold a meeting the next day to discuss follow-up measures to last week's US-North Korea summit. They will also discuss ways to stabilize the livelihoods of ordinary people and the government's policy on the minimum wage at a meeting to be held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday a...

Prosecutors have filed for arrest warrants for four officials at Samsung Securities Co. for knowingly selling bogus shares that were issued to them by the firm by mistake, a prosecution office said Tuesday. The four officials face charges of fraudulent trading, committing fraud using digital devices and embezzlement in violation of the Capital Market Act, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors'...

South Korea and North Korea may discuss the deadly and still mysterious sinking of a South Korean warship in 2010 when and if their relations improve enough and military tensions are removed, a senior South Korean official said Tuesday. The official, however, flatly dismissed reports that Seoul may have already demanded a North Korean apology for the deadly sinking of the Cheonan in a recent int...

Gen. Vincent Brooks, the commander of US forces in South Korea, called for continued efforts to "advance" defense capabilities on Tuesday, just hours after Seoul and Washington announced their decision to suspend a major combined exercise slated for August. "Security is a temporary condition," Brooks, the commander of the US Forces Korea, told a defense forum in Seoul. "If you are not attending...

The ruling Democratic Party said Tuesday that it "deeply" respects South Korea and the United States' decision to suspend their joint military drills slated for August, calling the move a proper step for peace. But the main opposition Liberty Korea Party stressed the need for North Korea to show sincerity in dismantling its nuclear programs, saying that the allies should resume exercises at any ...

A ranking official from Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae partly confirmed a trip by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to China Tuesday, saying the government is well aware of ongoing developments between Beijing and Pyongyang. "We are getting enough information about conditions between the North and China," the official told reporters, asking not to be identified. "Personally, I have com...

A joint rescue team will search the unchecked areas of the Sewol ferry in a last-ditch effort to find the remains of victims who are still missing, a state-run commission said Tuesday. The ill-fated ferry, which sank off the country's southwestern coast near Jindo Island in April 2014 claiming more than 300 lives, was hoisted from the seabed last year and moved to Mokpo, 410 kilometers southwest...

The ruling Democratic Party said Tuesday that it will push to set up a parliamentary special committee on inter-Korean ties to support economic cooperation between the two Koreas. Recent rapprochement on the Korean Peninsula is raising the prospect that the Koreas will promote economic cooperation if there is progress on the North's denuclearization. "The core of inter-Korean economic cooperati...

Retailers are adding evening programs at their culture centers to accommodate office workers who will have extra time due to shortened legal working hours starting next month, industry officials said Tuesday. More customers are registering in evening classes at some retailers, including Hyundai Department Store, which increased after-work programs by 10 to 20 percent for this year's June-August ...

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia -- The importance of winning the first match at the World Cup is rarely lost on players or coaches alike. And South Korea coach Shin Tae-yong went all-in to try to beat Sweden to start this year's tournament in Russia. But South Korea ranked 57th, failed miserably, losing 1-0 to world No. 24 without even putting a shot on target at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium. Shin used a 4-3...

업무 순찰용 자전거 1대당 100만원 넘는 경기용 자전거로 구매 20여만원 상당의 스포츠 고글 등 고가의 물품 개인적으로 지급 수천만원의 예산을 목적 외 사용하거나 부적정하게 집행해 낭비한 공무원의 징계는 마땅하다는 법원 판결이 나왔다. 이 공무원은 1대당 100만원이 넘는 고가의 경기용 자전거를 업무 순찰용으로 구매하거나 고가의 스포츠 고글과 등산복을 받아서는 개인용으로 사용했다. 춘천지법 행정 1부(성지호 부장판사)는 공무원 A씨가 강원도지사를 상대로 낸 정직 1개월 처분 취소 소송에서 원고의 청구를 기각했다고 19일 밝혔다. 강원도청 (사진=연합뉴스) 공무원인 A씨는 강원도청 산하 사업소에서 행정 지원 업무 등을 총괄했다. A씨는 2013년부터 2015년까지 부서원의 작업복과 작업화 등 ...