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Sun, September 15, 2019 | 14:50

Female diplomats filling posts dealing with major countries

Korea's female diplomats are expected to fill senior posts in the foreign ministry dealing with four major countries for Korea ― the United States, Japan, China and Russia ― amid rising diplomatic tension surrounding the Korean Peninsula.

Park Ji-won | 2019-09-11 17:25

Moon wishes for 'fair country' in Chuseok message

President Moon Jae-in expressed hope Wednesday for a "fair country" in his public message to mark Chuseok, one of the biggest traditional holidays in Korea. "I hope it can be a country that is fair to all of us," he said on the eve of the four-day Chuseok holiday period. This year's Chuseok, the Korean autumn harvest celebration, falls on Friday.

2019-09-11 13:25

Gov't intervention in mass defection of NK waitresses unconfirmed: NHRCK

There is a lack of evidence to prove the government orchestrated the 2016 mass defection of North Korean restaurant workers from China, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) has concluded.

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-09-10 17:59

North Korea seeks results in denuclearization talks

North Korea has sent a rare signal for the restart of the nuclear dialogue with the United States, but underlined it will never make any concessions unless Washington comes up with an “alternative method of calculation” in the upcoming negotiations.

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-09-10 17:40

Parties wrangle over parliamentary probe into Cho

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) is planning to team up with minor opposition parties to submit a request for a special prosecutor and the launch of a parliamentary audit over the alleged misconduct of Justice Minister Cho Kuk, political sources said Tuesday.

Park Ji-won | 2019-09-10 17:10

Gov't to open Moon's presidential library in 2022

South Korea has decided to build a separate library for President Moon Jae-in by 2022, when his tenure ends, a related ministry announced Tuesday. A national library for the country's retired presidents is located in Sejong, an administrative town some 120 kilometers south of Seoul.

2019-09-10 15:12

Moon appoints embattled aide as justice minister

President Moon Jae-in appointed Cho Kuk as justice minister, Monday, defying the mounting calls to cancel the nomination over allegation of corruption scandal involving the former presidential aide and his family members. The appointment comes a month after Cho was named to the post in an Aug. 9 Cabinet reshuffle. The Sept. 6 indictment of Cho's wife on the charge of document...

Do Je-hae | 2019-09-09 17:57

Financial expert may head delegation for defense cost sharing negotiation

South Korea is considering naming an expert in the financial sector as the head of the delegation for the upcoming defense cost-sharing negotiations with the United States. The negotiation is the talk of the diplomatic town as Washington is expected to shift more of the cost burden to Seoul for the 2020 Special Measures Agreement (SMA) amid U.S. President Donald Trump's inten...

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-09-09 17:36

Political storm looms over Cho appointment

President Moon Jae-in's confirmation of Cho Kuk as justice minister will bring a heavy political storm, as opposition parties vowed, Monday, to launch a pressure campaign on the minister including a plan to submit requests to name a special investigator to look into Cho's corruption and nepotism allegations.

Kim Yoo-chul | 2019-09-09 17:12

Rep. Lee Un-ju shaves her head to protest new justice minister [PHOTOS]

Presidential aides in possible power game over Japan issue

After Seoul announced its intent to cancel its bilateral military information-sharing pact, commonly known as GSOMIA, with Tokyo, a resolution to the diplomatic and trade crisis seems further away than ever before. The decision, which comes after Japan's decision to remove South Korea from its whitelist of trusted trade partners, appears to be part of a “tit-for-tat” power ga...

Park Ji-won | 2019-09-09 17:08

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