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Another IV bag with insect found, ministry orders recall

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety ordered a recall of some 110,000 intravenous fluid products from two local medical suppliers following two cases in which an insect was found inside the sealed pl...

Sept 20, 2017
Social affairs
PM vows to ramp up pressure on N. Korea

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Wednesday that South Korea will ramp up sanctions and pressure on North Korea to force the regime to return to the negotiating table, saying Pyongyang's nuclear and mi...

Sept 20, 2017
North Korea
Anti-THAAD activist dies after setting himself on fire

South Korean activist Jo Young-sam died one day after setting himself on fire Tuesday in Mapo-gu, Seoul, to protest against the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. “THAAD should go and peace...

Sept 20, 2017
North Korea
Trump's North Korea threats leave Asia struggling to explain

Was it a bluff? A warning that Washington would shoot down North Korea's next missile test? A simple restatement of past policy? Officials and pundits across Asia struggled Wednesday to decode Presid...

Sept 20, 2017
North Korea
Korea to provide humanitarian aid for Myanmar refugees

South Korea will extend $1.5 million worth of humanitarian assistance for refugees from Myanmar after an outbreak of violence last month caused an exodus into neighboring Bangladesh, the foreign mini...

Sept 20, 2017
Diplomactic Circuit
New panel launched to review NK policies of preceding conservative govt.

South Korea's unification ministry launched a new committee of civilian experts Wednesday to review previous conservative government's North Korea policies and offer policy recommendations. The nine...

Sept 20, 2017
North Korea
S. Korea, US, Japan vow ‘maximum pressure’ on N. Korea

South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Wednesday to ratchet up pressure on North Korea for its continued nuclear and missile development, according to South Korea's defense ministry. In a t...

Sept 20, 2017
North Korea
US warns financial organs against transactions with NK

The United States has issued an advisory cautioning its financial institutions against engaging in financial deals with North Korea, while calling the communist country a "primary money laundering co...

Sept 20, 2017
North Korea
Korean president vows to strive for economic democracy, peace

NEW YORK -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday said his country will work to set an example of economic democracy for the rest of the world, saying his election following the peaceful oust...

Sept 20, 2017
Politics
Seoul to separate aid to NK from political situations

South Korea will determine if and when it will provide humanitarian assistance to North Korea by taking all relevant factors into consideration but it will be pursued regardless of any political situ...

Sept 20, 2017
North Korea
Moon confident PyeongChang Games will be peaceful, successful

NEW YORK -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday sought to assure the world community that the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in South Korea will be held peacefully, apparently dismissing the...

Sept 20, 2017
Social affairs
US senator tells China to be aggressive with N. Korea, not just S. Korea

WASHINGTON -- A US senator urged China on Tuesday to use the same aggressive approach to North Korea that it has used to punish South Korea for hosting a US missile defense system. Sen. Cory Gardner...

Sept 20, 2017
North Korea
Seoul says Trump remarks show firm US resolve to maintain peace

NEW YORK -- US President Donald Trump has shown his firm resolve to maintain peace and security on the Korean Peninsula through his stern warning against North Korea, an official from South Korea's p...

Sept 20, 2017
North Korea
S. Korean, British leaders agree to seek peaceful resolution of NK nukes

NEW YORK -- The leaders of South Korea and Britain agreed Tuesday to work together for a peaceful and fundamental resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue and expand their countries' economic rel...

Sept 20, 2017
North Korea
Leaders of S. Korea, Czech agree to strengthen, expand bilateral cooperation

NEW YORK -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his Czech counterpart, Milos Zeman, agreed Tuesday to strengthen their countries' strategic partnership while also expanding their cooperation to ne...

Sept 20, 2017
North Korea

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