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Heads of 6 N. Korean universities to visit Canada next week: report

The heads of six major North Korean universities will visit Canada next week at the invitation of the University of British Columbia, American broadcaster Radio Free Asia reported on Friday. The Can...

Oct 12, 2018
North Korea
[Weather] Chilly, sunny weather continues on weekend

Friday morning in Korea will be even colder than Thursday’s, as the temperatures plunge below 5 degrees Celsius nationwide. Some central regions and mountain areas will see sub-zero temperatures with...

Oct 12, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Gyeonggi governor’s home raided on alleged violations of election law

Police raided Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung’s home Friday as part of a probe into allegations that Lee forcefully institutionalized his estranged brother in a mental hospital and lied about th...

Oct 12, 2018
Social affairs
Kim, Putin exchange messages to mark 70th anniversary of bilateral ties

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin have exchanged messages to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties, Pyongyang's state med...

Oct 12, 2018
North Korea
Moon voices regret over dispute over building of naval base

President Moon Jae-in on Thursday expressed "deep regret" over the dispute over the building of a naval base on South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju in a move widely seen as the first apology...

Oct 11, 2018
Defense
[Video] Sunfull Internet Peace Prize goes to Japanese anti-hate speech network, online activist

Japanese anti-hate speech organization the Kawasaki Network of Citizens Against Hate Speech and Japanese online activist Ken Ogiso have been awarded the 2018 Internet Peace Prize of the Promotion of ...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
Seoul City dispenses free sanitary pads to tackle ‘period poverty’

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched a pilot program to provide free female sanitary products at 10 public facilities in the South Korean capital, including the Seoul Museum of Art and the ...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan joins Jeju fleet review

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan joined South Korea's once-in-a-decade international fleet review in waters off the southern island of Jeju on Thursday. The 103,600-ton Nimitz-...

Oct 11, 2018
Defense
Truth panel confirms prosecution covered up police torture in 1980s

The truth committee under the Ministry of Justice confirmed Thursday the prosecution covered up the police torture of two pro-democracy activists in the 1980s, one of whom died in the process. Park ...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
[Herald Interview] ‘Barriers to international adoption should be eliminated’

When thousands of children were orphaned by the Korean War in the early 1950s, Susan Soonkeum Cox was among the eight people who were placed for adoption outside South Korea, pioneering intercountry ...

Oct 11, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea struggles to contain concerns over sanctions relief

The South Korean government scrambled to play down concerns over the lifting of its unilateral sanctions against North Korea on Thursday, amid intensifying controversy after a top diplomat hinted at ...

Oct 11, 2018
North Korea
[Graphic News] S. Korea's senior employment rate constantly rising: data

According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, the number of people aged 65 years or older reached 7.38 million in 2018, accounting for 14.3 percent of the country's total population. The emp...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
New defense paper no longer describes NK military has ‘overwhelming superiority’

Experts voice concern that as long as North Korea’s nuclear threat persists, qualitative assessment provides misleading information

Oct 11, 2018
Defense
‘7 in 10 Koreans oppose death penalty’

The majority of South Koreans agree that the death penalty should be abolished and replaced with alternative forms of punishment, the state-run human rights body announced Wednesday. According to da...

Oct 11, 2018
Social affairs
Chadwick International offers experience-based learning opportunity

From its diverse education methods and state-of-the-art facilities, Chadwick International in Korea offers experience-based learning opportunities. Located in Songdo International Business District ...

Oct 11, 2018
Education

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