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US investigations into F-16 crashes in S. Korea ongoing amid public safety concerns
The US military's investigations into three recent F-16 fighter jet crashes in South Korea remain ongoing, a US Air Force official has said, as safety concerns remain unabated over the series of crashes. Last May, a US F-16 crashed in Pyeongtaek, 60 kilometers south of Seoul, followed by another crash into the West Sea in December and a third one into the waters in January. All three pilots from the crashes ejected from the aircraft and were rescued. Ten months on since the May crash, its c
Defense March 3, 2024
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Ex-PPP leader to run for seat in less conservative Hwaseong city
Lee Jun-seok, leader of the newly launched New Reform Party, said Saturday that he will run for a parliamentary seat representing a constituency in Hwaseong, a metropolitan city near Seoul considered traditionally a liberal stronghold. Lee, a former leader of the ruling conservative People Power Party, made the announcement in a Facebook post that he will run for the constituency that covers Dongtan 2 New Town in the upcoming April 10 elections. "Hwaseong is a difficult area for conservativ
Politics March 2, 2024
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1 crew member missing from capsized fishing boat off Jeju found dead
One of the two crew members missing from the fishing boat that capsized off the southern island of Jeju the previous day was found dead, the Coast Guard said Saturday. The body of the crew member was discovered at around 12:30 p.m. in waters about 22 kilometers away from the accident site by a fishing boat that was helping with the rescue work, the Jeju Coast Guard officials said. Officials later identified the body as one of the two fishermen, in his 50s, who went missing after the boat overtur
Social Affairs March 2, 2024
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Tensions loom as doctors plan mass rally in deepening clash over med school quota
Tensions were rising Saturday as defiant doctors were set to hold a mass rally over the weekend in protest against the government plan to increase medical school admissions, with no sign of a breakthrough amid growing risks of a major medical disruption. The Korea Medical Association, the largest doctors' lobby group, plans to stage a large demonstration in western Seoul on Sunday in a show of resistance against the government's plan to add 2,000 more seats to the medical school admission quota
Social Affairs March 2, 2024
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'Exhuma' tops 5 mln admissions in 10 days since release
Director Jang Jae-hyun's occult flick "Exhuma" continues its strong box-office performance, surpassing 3 million cumulative viewers in just one week since its release. According to the distributor Showbox on Saturday, the supernatural thriller topped 5 million cumulative viewers earlier in the day, becoming the most-viewed film released this year. Starring Choi Min-sik and Kim Go-eun, it follows two shamans, a feng shui expert and a mortician, who team up to get to the bottom of a
Film March 2, 2024
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DP leader Lee retains ticket to his constituency for April elections
The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung retained the ticket as the party's single candidate to his constituency for the upcoming April 10 elections, the party announced Saturday. The DP's nomination committee made the announcement as it unveiled the decisions on the candidate nominations for seven other constituencies, with about a month left before the parliamentary votes expected to serve as a political litmus test for the Yoon Suk Yeol government. The announce
Politics March 2, 2024
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S. Korea takes part in multinational drills in Thailand
South Korea's Navy and Marine Corps joined the United States and Thailand in a large-scale annual multinational exercise in the Southeast Asian country to enhance amphibious landing capabilities and humanitarian operations, officials said Saturday. The Cobra Gold exercise took place on a coastal area in Thailand on Friday, involving three landing ships of the South Korean Navy, including the 4,900-ton No Jeok Bong vessel, six armored vehicles, F-16 fighter jets and C-130 transport aircraft,
Defense March 2, 2024
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S. Korea's meat consumption exceeds rice intakes for 2nd year
South Koreans' meat consumption exceeded rice intakes for a second consecutive year, a report showed Saturday. According to the report by the state-run Korea Rural Economic Institute, the country's per-capita meat consumption was estimated at 60.6 kilograms last year, up 1.3 percent from the previous year's 59.8 kg. Last year's meat consumption was higher than per-capita rice intake of 56.4 kg, according to the report. The report said the meat consumption will rise to 61.4 kg
Consumer March 2, 2024
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Poland preparing technical inspection at diplomatic mission in N. Korea: VOA
Poland is in talks with North Korea to conduct a technical inspection at its diplomatic mission in Pyongyang, a US news outlet reported Saturday, after a few other European countries have taken similar steps amid prospects of reopening the missions in the North after years of the pandemic-driven shutdown. Poland is "discussing with the DPRK authorities a suitable time for both sides to conduct a technical mission in Pyongyang," the Voice of America reported, citing a written comment fr
North Korea March 2, 2024
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Fishing boat capsizes off Jeju; 1 dead, 2 missing
SEOGWIPO -- A fishing boat with 10 crew members on board capsized off the southern island of Jeju on Friday, leaving one of them dead and two others missing, the Coast Guard said. Five South Korean and five Vietnamese were aboard the 33-ton vessel when it overturned in waters about 12 nautical miles off the city of Seogwipo at 7:24 a.m., Coast Guard officials said. Eight crew members -- three South Koreans and five Vietnamese -- were rescued by a nearby fishing boat, but one of them, a South K
Social Affairs March 1, 2024
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S. Korea to update unification vision for 1st time in 30 years
The government of President Yoon Suk Yeol plans to draw up a new vision for unification with North Korea to include the principle of liberal democracy, a presidential official said Friday. It will mark the first revision to the National Community Unification Formula, South Korea's unification policy unveiled in August 1994 under the administration of late President Kim Young-sam. "The National Community Unification Formula, which has served as the official unification plan of our gover
Social Affairs March 1, 2024
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N.K. again close to bottom in global freedom index: report
North Korea was again assessed as one of the most repressive countries in the world in an annual report by the US-based freedom watchdog, receiving only three out of 100 points on the freedom index. In the report, titled "Freedom in the World 2024," published by Freedom House, North Korea was given zero points out of 40 in terms of political rights and 3 points out of 60 in terms of civil liberties. The only countries behind the North in the index were Syria with 1 point, South Sudan w
North Korea March 1, 2024
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Cooperation among N. Korea, Russia, China, Iran raises possibility of 'simultaneous conflicts': US general
WASHINGTON, -- Growing military cooperation among North Korea, Russia, China and Iran raises the possibility of "simultaneous conflicts with multiple nuclear-armed adversaries," a top US general warned Thursday. Gen. Anthony Cotton, commander of US Strategic Command, made the remarks during a session of the Senate Armed Services Committee, stressing that his command will "always" be "ready to fight tonight." "We are confronting not one, but two nuclear peers
Foreign Affairs March 1, 2024
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S. Korea, US voice 'deep concern' over NK's definition of S. Korea as 'hostile' country
WASHINGTON -- South Korea and the United States expressed "deep concerns" Thursday over North Korea's definition of the inter-Korean relationship as one between two hostile states and its potential attempt at changing the status quo in the Yellow Sea, Seoul's foreign ministry said. Their position was announced in a statement after Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell had a breakfast meeting in Washington. The previous day, Cho held his firs
Foreign Affairs March 1, 2024
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Ex-judge, ex-prosecutor recommended as anti-corruption agency chief
A former veteran judge and a former prosecutor have been recommended as candidates for the head of the anti-corruption agency, a nomination committee said Thursday. Oh Dong-woon, a former judge at the Seoul High Court, and Lee Myong-sun, who served as the chief prosecutor at the Anyang Branch of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, were tapped as the nominees for Chief Prosecutor of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, according to the committee. With the nomin
Politics Feb. 29, 2024
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