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Trump calls Moon ‘fine gentleman,’ says ‘ready’ for meetingPoliticsNov 7, 2017US President Donald Trump expressed anticipation toward his visit to South Korea in a tweet before taking off from Japan on Tuesday. (US President Donald Trump Twitter) “Getting ready to leave for ... -
Nine lawmakers to defect from Bareun PartyPoliticsNov 6, 2017Nine lawmakers of the minor conservative Bareun Party said Monday they will defect to the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, as the right wing realigns ahead of next year‘s local elections. With... -
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[Herald Interview] From dog breeder’s son to ‘president of dogs’CultureNov 3, 2017(Shot by Park Ju-young / Edited by Park Ju-young) As a kid, Kang Hyeong-uk was a rather unusual boy. Rather than playing with his peers, he preferred spending time with dogs. While his parents ran ... -
Minor political parties build policy alliancePoliticsNov 3, 2017Two minor opposition parties agreed to establish a policy alliance on Friday, amid a parliamentary budget review and plenary sessions that have kicked off this month. From left: Rep. Kim Dong-cheol ... -
NK readying for another missile and nuke test: NISNorth KoreaNov 2, 2017North Korea appears ready to conduct another nuclear experiment at its Punggye-ri test site “at any time,” despite signs of damage to some facilities there, South Korea’s spy agency said Thursday. T... -
Trump will visit Camp Humphreys, but not DMZ: US officialPoliticsNov 1, 2017US President Donald Trump will not visit the Demilitarized Zone, the border between the two Koreas, during his two-day state visit to South Korea due to time constraints, a US senior administration o... -
Liberty Korea Party returns to parliamentary audit after boycottPoliticsOct 30, 2017The main opposition Liberty Korea Party returned to a parliamentary audit of the government on Monday, ending a two-day boycott in protest of what it called the government‘s attempts to tame the medi... -
French Korean War veteran to be buried in DMZ: ministryPoliticsOct 30, 2017The ashes of a Frenchman who fought during the 1950-53 Korean War will return to the peninsula on Wednesday to be buried in the Demilitarized Zone, the ministry said Monday. According to the Ministr... -
Prosecutors place travel ban on former NSC chiefPoliticsOct 27, 2017Prosecutors placed a travel ban on a former head of the National Security Council to investigate the alleged manipulation of official documents related to the sinking of a passenger ship three years ... -
W300b for US troops’ expenses not used: lawmakerPoliticsOct 26, 2017Part of the money South Korea pays annually for US troops to be stationed here is not being used, reflecting a gap between the cost-sharing agreement and the actual required costs, a lawmaker said Th... -
Treatment for perversion still rare despite rise in sex crimesPoliticsOct 26, 2017Less than 350 people received treatment for sexual perversion last year, as public concerns continue amid a steady increase in sex crimes, a lawmaker pointed out Thursday. According to government da... -
Kim Kyo-heung named as National Assembly secretary-generalPoliticsOct 25, 2017National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun chose Kim Kyo-heung, a former lawmaker and his current chief secretary, as the next secretary-general. He will succeed Rep. Woo Yoon-keun, who was formally ap... -
North Korea still using Volvo cars imported 43 years ago from SwedenNorth KoreaOct 25, 2017North Korea is still using the Volvo cars they imported 43 years ago without paying, Voice of America reported citing the Swedish government on Wednesday. “While it is difficult to find the Volvo ca... -
Plan for plastic surgery clinic in airport transit terminal hits wallSocial affairsOct 24, 2017A quick nip and tuck while in transit through Incheon, South Korea -- the “world’s capital of plastic surgery”? The idea might have looked brilliant to the operator of Incheon Airport, the country’s... -
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[Newsmaker] Excavation searching for victims of Gwangju movement to beginPoliticsOct 23, 2017A search for the remains of civilians killed during the 1980 Gwangju Democratization Movement is gaining momentum, with an excavation at a former prison site set to begin on Oct. 30. The May 18 Memo...
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