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Seoul to keep pushing for improved ties with Pyongyang: minister

South Korea will continue efforts to improve ties with North Korea despite last week’s failed talks, Seoul’s point man on Pyongyang said …

North Korea marks Kim Jong-il’s death anniversary

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a landmark mausoleum in Pyongyang on Thursday on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the death of his father.   …

Pyongyang could deploy H-bomb around 2020: 38 North

North Korea’s claims of hydrogen bomb development are technically unlikely for now, but the communist nation could deploy a single-stage thermonuclear …

Right-hand man says his boss died in 2011

The right-hand man to the mastermind behind South Korea’s largest pyramid scheme said Wednesday that his former boss has died. Kang Tae-yong told …

Sewol hearing highlights lackluster rescue
Sewol hearing highlights lackluster rescue

A three-day hearing on matters related to last year’s ferry sinking wrapped up Wednesday with the fact-finding committee stressing a lack of sufficient …

Lockheed to take over KF-16 upgrade
Lockheed to take over KF-16 upgrade

The government Wednesday picked U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin as the new contractor for its project to renovate the aviation electronic systems of KF-16 …

Speaker rejects Blue House calls to put bills to vote
Speaker rejects Blue House calls to put bills to vote

The National Assembly’s speaker Wednesday rejected Cheong Wa Dae’s demand to call a vote for contentious pending bills that President Park Geun-hye has …

Sculpture unveiled to mark International Migrants Day

Seoul City and the International Organization for Migration installed a sculpture work in Seoul Plaza to mark International Migrants Day, slated for Friday, …

Union group stages strike to protest labor reforms

By Ock Hyun-ju South Korea’s second-largest umbrella labor union held a partial strike nationwide Wednesday in protest of the government’s push for labor …

City seeks probe into Gangnam’s smear campaign

Seoul City said Wednesday that it has requested prosecutors to investigate Gangnam district’s alleged online smear campaign against the city government. Last …

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