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The National Assembly kicked off its 30-day extraordinary session on Thursday in an effort to pass contentious bills that were shelved from the 100-day regular …

Seoul City on Thursday warned it would approach the Constitutional Court against the central government’s attempt to block its youth welfare policy in an …

Seoul City will inject about 2.3 billion won ($2 million) to promote its new slogan “I·SEOUL·U” starting next year with a variety of events, including a …

South Korea prepared Thursday for high-level talks with North Korea expected to cover various pending issues, including the reunions of families torn apart by …

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon proposed creating an organization involving rival parties and central and local governments Thursday that would discuss his …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has consolidated his power in a short period of time since he took office in late 2011, but the North’s isolation has …

President Park Geun-hye called on Thursday for drastic efforts to raise South Korea’s low birthrate as she blamed delayed marriage and a lack of jobs for …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stated that his country has developed not only nuclear weapons but also hydrogen bombs, according to Pyongyang’s state …

North Korea’s all-female pop group Moranbong Band, hand-picked by the North’s young leader Kim Jong-un, arrived in Beijing on Thursday for a …

Han Sang-kyun, the head of the nation’s second-largest umbrella labor union, ended 24 days of hiding at Jogyesa Temple on Thursday and appeared before police …