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Government, ruling party agree on having grace period for shorter work hours

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea, the government and the presidential office agreed to a six-month grace period for the revised law on shorter work hours, Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Tuesday....

June 20, 2018
Politics
N. Korea invites Singapore firms to explore business opportunities

North Korea has invited Singaporean companies to visit the country for future business opportunities, a Singaporean news outlet reported Tuesday. The North’s Korea Committee for the Promotion of Int...

June 20, 2018
North Korea
Police expand probe into ‘closed-door’ photo shoots

Police investigating alleged molestation and coercion of female models are looking into how pornography is produced and traded through “closed-door” photo shoots at studios. Seoul police began the p...

June 19, 2018
Social affairs
7 in 10 Koreans say walking in apartment complexes ‘dangerous’: survey

Seven in 10 Koreans feel pedestrian safety is not guaranteed within apartment complexes, and 60 percent think road traffic rules should apply to roads within the complexes as well, according to surve...

May 31, 2018
Social affairs
Three nabbed for murder of Chinese construction worker in Jeju

Jeju police said they arrested Thursday three suspects in the murder of a Chinese construction worker surnamed Pi. The suspects, who allegedly killed Pi at his home with a weapon early Thursday, wer...

May 31, 2018
Social affairs
Presidential chief of staff sues commentator for calling him ‘commie’

Presidential chief of staff Im Jong-seok sued a right-wing commentator for calling him “jusapa,” a term for proponents of North Korea’s founding ideology of “juche,” or self-reliance. The Seoul Cent...

May 31, 2018
Social affairs
Up to 120,000 political prisoners held in NK: US

North Korea is holding between 80,000 and 120,000 political prisoners, some for religious reasons, the US State Department said in a report released on Tuesday. The department’s annual International...

May 30, 2018
North Korea
Commentator arrested for libel over evidence in Park scandal

A right-wing commentator was arrested on Wednesday for libel against a cable television news anchor and reporters who uncovered an influence-peddling scandal involving former President Park Geun-hye....

May 30, 2018
Social affairs
Speaker ‘ashamed’ at parliament's failure to support Panmunjeom Declaration

Outgoing National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun said Tuesday he felt “dreadful and ashamed” at the parliament’s failure to adopt a resolution supporting last month’s inter-Korean summit agreement c...

May 29, 2018
Politics
Prosecutor suspended for investing with money borrowed from suspect

A prosecutor was suspended for four months after investing in stocks with money borrowed from a suspect under investigation. The Justice Ministry said on Tuesday it suspended the prosecutor surnamed...

May 29, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Dog meat dealer resumes business at Moran Market

A dog meat dealer resumed business at Seongnam’s Moran Market by bringing back its butchery equipment which the city government removed last week, continuing a legal battle to maintain its business. ...

May 29, 2018
Social affairs
Top justice vows to take right action on surveillance of judges

Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Meong-su said on Monday he was “disappointed” at the recent findings that the judiciary under his predecessor had tried to make deals with the presidential office over...

May 28, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Mixed reactions in Singapore to Trump-Kim summit cancellation

SINGAPORE -- US President Donald Trump’s cancellation of his June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore threw cold water on civil servants and people in the hotel industry here ...

May 25, 2018
North Korea
Evidence will outlast explosion at NK nuclear site: experts

Experts who have tracked North Korea’s nuclear tests refuted media reports that the country’s dismantling of its nuclear site is nothing more than the destruction of evidence. “Despite whatever acti...

May 24, 2018
North Korea
Three firms bought more radioactive material than Daijin

Three companies each purchased more monazite, which contains radioactive substances, than the mattress maker for Daijin Bed, a lawmaker said on Wednesday amid rising public anger over mattresses emit...

May 23, 2018
Social affairs

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