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N. Korea backs China's Hong Kong security legislation as 'legitimate step'North KoreaMay 30, 2020A spokesperson of North Korea's foreign ministry backed China's controversial security legislation for Hong Kong Saturday, calling it a "legitimate step" and voicing opposition to "outside interferen... -
S. Korea's daily COVID-19 tally drops below 40 amid push to contain logistics center cluster infectionSocial affairsMay 30, 2020South Korea's daily number of new coronavirus cases dropped below 40 Saturday, amid a stepped-up push to contain cluster infections traced to a distribution center just west of Seoul and fend off a p... -
N. Korea slams US over cybercrime accusationNorth KoreaMay 29, 2020North Korea on Friday lashed out at the United States for issuing an advisory last month over the communist regime's cyber threats. "To put it clearly, our state has nothing to do at all with what i... -
Ex-Samsung worker ends one-year protest atop 25-meter towerSocial affairsMay 29, 2020A fired worker of Samsung Group ended his one-year protest atop a 25-meter tower in southern Seoul on Friday after reaching an agreement with South Korea's largest conglomerate. Kim Yong-hee, a form... -
Lawmaker-elect denies allegations of misusing funds raised for sex slavery victimsSocial affairsMay 29, 2020Yoon Mi-hyang, lawmaker-elect for the ruling Democratic Party and longtime activist for victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, on Friday denied alleged misappropriation of donations raised for th... -
Medical certificate required to reenter S. Korea from JuneSocial affairsMay 29, 2020From June, foreign residents of South Korea have to provide a medical certificate showing they do not have symptoms of COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, to reenter th... -
Tightening controls ‘inevitable’ if virus resurges: KCDC chiefSocial affairsMay 29, 2020S. Korea reports 55 locally transmitted cases, all in Seoul area -
S. Korea to lease Korean Air's B747-8i as new presidential planeSocial affairsMay 29, 2020South Korea signed a five-year contract with Korean Air Lines Co. on Friday to lease a Boeing 747-8i jet as the next presidential plane, the defense ministry said. Under the 300 billion won ($242.3 ... -
Seoul, Washington deliver new interceptor missiles onto THAAD baseDefenseMay 29, 2020New interceptor missiles were delivered to a US military base in South Korea on Friday to replace worn-out equipment, amid lingering opposition by local residents. The Defense Ministry said it has s... -
Hungary awards S. Korean rescue officials medals for search efforts in Danube boat sinkingForeign affairsMay 29, 2020Hungary awarded 38 South Korean divers and other rescue officials medals of merit for their efforts and service in search operations for Korean and other victims in last year's boat sinking in Budape... -
Court confirms 5 1/2-year prison sentence for key figure in sexual bribery scandalSocial affairsMay 29, 2020A local court confirmed a 5 1/2-year prison sentence for Yoon Jung-cheon, a construction contractor alluded in the sexual bribery scandal surrounding former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui. The Seo... -
S. Korea to kick off homegrown Aegis destroyer development project in earnestDefenseMay 29, 2020South Korea is set to begin basic designing of an indigenous Aegis-equipped destroyer in a move to enhance the Navy's defense capabilities, the arms procurement agency said Friday. In 2018, the gove... -
Govt, industry target 20% cut in plastic useSocial affairsMay 29, 2020The South Korean government announced Friday it will work with packaging and delivery sectors to cut 20 percent of their plastic use. The Ministry of Environment said that it has signed an agreement... -
Ministry says no swine fever virus found in samples from inter-Korean borderNorth KoreaMay 29, 2020Samples taken from areas near the inter-Korean border have tested negative for African swine fever, the ministry said Friday, raising the possibility of the resumption of a tour program to the truce ... -
One soldier tests positive for coronavirus, total infections at 53Social affairsMay 29, 2020An Army soldier has tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections among military population to 53, the defense ministry said Friday. The soldier, stationed in the ...
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