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August 25, 2019 Politics

Cheong Wa Dae refutes analysis on widening income inequality

The office of President Moon Jae-in on Sunday refuted analysis of the government's latest data claiming that household income inequality widened during the second quarter, defending the administratio...

S. Korea beats China to finish 3rd at Asian women's volleyball tourney

Host South Korea finished third at the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship on Sunday with a straight-set victory over China. South Korea took care of China 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-22) at Jamsil Aren...

August 25, 2019
More sports
Police to summon K-pop star Seungri, YG Entertainment chief over gambling charges

Police plan to summon this week Seungri, a former member of popular K-pop boy band BIGBANG, and the former chief of the band's music label on charges of overseas gambling, according to officials Sund...

August 25, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] S. Korea launches Dokdo defense drill amid tension with Japan

The South Korean armed forces launched a two-day military exercise to defend the easternmost islets of Dokdo on Sunday amid growing tensions over trade and their shared history, in a show of its stau...

August 25, 2019
Defense
N. Korea says it tested new super-large multiple rocket launcher

North Korea said Sunday that it has successfully tested a 'new' super-large multiple rocket launch system the previous day under the guidance of leader Kim Jong-un. Kim "guided the test-fire of newl...

August 25, 2019
North Korea
S. Korea falls to Japan in semifinals at Asian women's volleyball tourney

Host South Korea lost to Japan in the semifinals of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship on Saturday, coming up short in a bid to claim its first continental title on home court. Japan rallied ...

August 24, 2019
More sports
Cheong Wa Dae says it never used Japan's intel in analyzing NK missiles under Moon

South Korea never used Japan's intelligence in analyzing North Korea's missile launches under the current Moon Jae-in administration, a senior official at the presidential office said Saturday, amid ...

August 24, 2019
Defense
[Newsmaker] Police launch probe as video shows man allegedly beating Japanese woman on street

Police have launched a probe after a video and photos of a South Korean man allegedly threatening and beating a Japanese woman went viral on social media, they said Saturday. "We have found the vict...

August 24, 2019
Social affairs
Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin roughed up by Yankees, loses 2nd straight game

Los Angeles Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin seems to be losing his grip on the Cy Young Award. The South Korean left-hander got rocked by the New York Yankees to the tune of three homers and seven earned runs...

August 24, 2019
Baseball
Culture, tourism ministers of S. Korea, China, Japan to meet in Incheon next week

Culture and tourism ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will hold their annual meeting in Incheon, west of Seoul, next week, the South Korean culture ministry said Saturday. Culture Ministers ...

August 24, 2019
Culture
Trump says US has really good relations with N. Korea: report

US President Donald Trump has said his country has a very good relationship with North Korea, foreign media reported, after Pyongyang fired two projectiles believed to be short-range ballistic missil...

August 24, 2019
North Korea
Int'l lawyers to visit Seoul, Pyongyang to probe N.K. restaurant workers' defection

A team of international lawyers will visit South and North Korea in the coming weeks to investigate a high-profile 2016 defection of a dozen North Korean restaurant workers, a Seoul-based lawyers' gr...

August 24, 2019
North Korea
Seoul stocks likely to remain subdued next week on global woes

South Korean stocks are expected to face volatile sessions next week on growing concerns of a global slowdown, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index closed at 1,948...

August 24, 2019
Finance
S. Korea mulling further delay of Dokdo defense drills

South Korea is considering determining when to conduct maritime drills on and around its easternmost islets of Dokdo after watching whether Japan will take the South off a list of trusted trading par...

August 24, 2019
Defense
NSC members express 'strong concern' about N. Korea's launch of projectiles

South Korea's top security officials voiced "strong concern" Saturday over North Korea's continued launch of projectiles despite the end of its combined military training with the United States. The...

August 24, 2019
Defense

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