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N. Korea's Kim walked away with great deal: top Democratic senator

WASHINGTON -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un got a "great deal" out of his historic meeting with US President Donald Trump last week, a top Democratic senator said Sunday, contradicting the presiden...

Jun 18, 2018
North Korea
Trump says suspending 'war games' was his idea

United States President Donald Trump said Sunday it was his idea to suspend joint military exercises by South Korea and the US to foster favorable conditions for denuclearization talks with North Kor...

Jun 18, 2018
North Korea
Is Trump going to call Kim Jong-un?

Trump gave his number to Kim, but two sides don't have official hotline

Jun 17, 2018
North Korea
Invest in North Korea: money pit or golden opportunity?

PYONGYANG (AFP) - Donald Trump dangled the carrot of foreign investment in front of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at their nuclear summit, but analysts say few will want to put money into one of th...

Jun 17, 2018
North Korea
Inter-Korean sports exchanges expected to boost ties

With the two Koreas set to hold talks on sports Monday, expectations are growing that cross-border sports exchanges would lead to improved inter-Korean ties. Plans surrounding the joint entrance and...

Jun 17, 2018
North Korea
Gwangju police to conduct sobriety tests during morning and lunch

The Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency said Sunday it would start performing random roadside sobriety tests during the morning rush hour, as part of efforts to curb impaired driving in the morning af...

Jun 17, 2018
Social affairs
Police to look into Gyeonggi governor-elect’s alleged extramarital affair

Police have started an investigation into a scandal involving Gyeonggi Gov.-elect Lee Jae-myung who allegedly had an extramarital affair with an actress, after receiving the case from the Suwon Distr...

Jun 17, 2018
Politics
Incheon citizens to file class action suit against lawmaker for disparaging remark

Rep. Chung Tae-ok, a former spokesman for the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, may soon face a class action suit from a group of citizens against his remarks defaming two cities, Incheon and Buch...

Jun 17, 2018
Politics
Dozens evacuated after fire at Cheongna International City high-rise building

Dozens of residents have been evacuated from an apartment building in Incheon after a fire broke out Sunday morning. Fifty-five people fled their homes after witnesses noticed smoke coming out of th...

Jun 17, 2018
Social affairs
Kendo instructor fined for use of corporal punishment on kid

Jeonju District Court said Sunday that it has fined a 41-year-old kendo instructor 5 million won ($4,500) for allegedly infringing on the Child Welfare Act. The instructor was indicted for hitting a...

Jun 17, 2018
Social affairs
Xi asked Kim to demand halt to US-South Korea military drills: report

Chinese leader Xi Jinping had asked North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to demand a halt to South Korea-US joint military exercises, a Japanese newspaper reported Sunday, countering US President Trump’s ...

Jun 17, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Why did Korean Air heiress illegally hire Filipina domestic workers?

It was not an unfamiliar sight when Cho Hyun-ah, the Korean Air heiress whose “rage” over nuts delayed a flight some four years ago, once again bowed and apologized for her “troubles” last month over...

Jun 17, 2018
Social affairs
Defense Ministry denies proposing NK withdraw long-range artillery along DMZ

The South Korean government Sunday denied the report that the two Koreas discussed withdrawing North Korea’s long-range artilleries, but speculation persists that the idea would be discussed at futu...

Jun 17, 2018
North Korea
Four of 5 NK sailors repatriated last week: source

Four of the five North Korean sailors rescued last week by South Korea's Coast Guard in the East Sea have returned home while one decided to defect, a government source said Sunday. The South Korean...

Jun 17, 2018
North Korea
Man gets suspended jail term for hitting his mom with soju bottle

A man in his 30s has been handed down a suspended prison term for inflicting violence on his mother with a liquor bottle for scolding him. Ulsan District Court said Sunday that it has sentenced the ...

Jun 17, 2018
Social affairs

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