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[Photo News] Wolmi Sea Train kicks off

The Wolmi Sea Train service’s two-car monorail leaves Wolmi Park Entrance Station in Jung-gu, Incheon, Tuesday. The longest tourist monorail service in South Korea, which went into service Tuesday, ...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
[News analysis] North Korea needs to back down for nuke talks to yield results: experts

Neither North Korea nor the US adopted a new stance at their recent working-level denuclearization talks, and the road ahead appears rough unless the North comes to the table with substantial concess...

Oct 8, 2019
North Korea
[News brief] 8 in 10 retired public officials reemployed in senior posts

Almost 80 percent of retired senior government officials were reemployed in other high-ranking positions in the last 4 1/2 years, data from the Ministry of Personnel Management showed. Of the 1,030 ...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
Moon calls for speeding up industrial reforms

President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday urged for speeding up plans to strengthen the country’s industrial structure, and called for the swift passage of economy-related bills in the National Assembly. Spe...

Oct 8, 2019
Politics
S. Korea's JCS chief vows stern responses to any violation

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Park Han-ki on Tuesday vowed stern responses to any violations by Japan of South Korea's airspace over the easternmost islets of Dokdo. "Should Japanese warplanes...

Oct 8, 2019
Defense
S. Korea calls for successful replenishment of green climate fund

South Korea on Tuesday called for a successful replenishment of the UN Green Climate Fund to better deal with climate change. The fund -- launched in 2010 -- aims to channel money from industrialize...

Oct 8, 2019
International
[News brief] 55 percent of the time, teachers who accept bribes don’t get fired

Between 2014 and 2018, an average of 30 schoolteachers were punished every year for taking bribes, according to Education Ministry data obtained by a Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker and presented ...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
UN grants sanctions waivers for equipment needed for World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang

The United Nations has granted sanctions waivers for equipment to be brought into North Korea for next week's inter-Korean World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang, a unification ministry official said Tuesd...

Oct 8, 2019
North Korea
Justice minister's wife grilled over corruption allegations

Prosecutors summoned the wife of Justice Minister Cho Kuk for the third time Tuesday as part of its widening investigation into corruption allegations surrounding his family. His wife, a professor s...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Democratic Party to bring opposition lawmaker to ethics panel for swearing

Democratic Party Floor Leader Lee In-young said Tuesday the ruling party will refer an opposition lawmaker to the parliamentary ethics committee for alleged intervention in ongoing probes and the use...

Oct 8, 2019
Politics
[News Focus] Hog-raising industry alarmed by spread of swine fever

Hog farms are in every part of S. Korea, except Seoul

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
S. Korean, US JCS chiefs to hold annual talks in Seoul next month

The military chiefs of South Korea and the United States plan to hold their annual talks in Seoul next month to discuss regional security situations and a wide range of alliance issues, Seoul's Joint...

Oct 8, 2019
Defense
S. Korea in final disinfection stretch with no new confirmed ASF case for 5th day

South Korea's quarantine authorities are doubling disinfection efforts to stem the nationwide spread of African swine fever as no new confirmed ASF case has been reported in the past five days. The ...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs
S. Korea, Russia pushing to set up military hotline: JCS

South Korea and Russia have been pushing to set up a military hotline between their air forces as part of efforts to prevent any accidental entry into each other's air defense identification zones, S...

Oct 8, 2019
Defense
Large drone festival to take place in Seoul

A large drone festival will take place at a Han River park in Seoul this weekend, offering citizens rare opportunities to enjoy the latest and future technologies of unmanned flying objects, municipa...

Oct 8, 2019
Social affairs

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