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Park names North Korea expert as head of advisory body on unification

President Park Geun-hye appointed a North Korea expert as the head of the presidential advisory body on unification, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday. Bae Jung-ho, …

Court upholds jail sentence of ex-parliamentary chief over harassment

A local court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a former parliamentary leader accused of sexually harassing a golf caddie. The appeals department of the …

Red Cross’ projects with Pyongyang suspended over nuke test

South Korea’s Red Cross said Wednesday its programs for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War and humanitarian aid to North Korea now face a murky …

Koreans nabbed in Vietnam for running online gambling ring

A group of South Koreans operating an illegal high-stake sports gambling website in Vietnam has been apprehended in the Southeast Asian country, the South …

Gov’t to increase student enrollment for vocational high schools

The government will expand the ratio of student enrollment for vocational high schools up to 30 percent of all high school students in the country in a bid to …

Chaebol join petition to enact business laws
Chaebol join petition to enact business laws

With a debate roiling over President Park Geun-hye’s participation in a petition for the prompt legislation of economic bills, Korean conglomerates are …

[Newsmaker] Professor stands trial for defaming ‘comfort women’
[Newsmaker] Professor stands trial for defaming ‘comfort women’

Only a week after a Seoul court ordered a university professor to compensate the nation’s sex slavery victims on defamation charges, she appeared in court …

Authorities play chicken over ‘child care crisis’
Authorities play chicken over ‘child care crisis’

Even as payday for kindergarten teachers across the country looms, the impasse between government and regional education authorities over financing the …

Park vows to push ahead with labor reforms
Park vows to push ahead with labor reforms

President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday remained unfazed by the umbrella labor unions’ withdrawal from the tripartite deal on labor reforms, calling for the …

[Reporter’s Column] Shattering Korea’s family fantasy
[Reporter’s Column] Shattering Korea’s family fantasy

Following last week’s gruesome case of a father who mutilated the dead body of his 7-year-old child — he also confessed to neglecting his injured …

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