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South Korea announced Tuesday it will hold talks with Japan on one of the thorniest bilateral issues: Korean women forced to serve as sex slaves for Japanese …
President Park Geun-hye instructed officials Tuesday to quickly resolve the issue of former South Korean sex slaves for Japan’s World War II soldiers. …
North Korean state media said Monday that leader Kim Jong-un had on Sunday conveyed his condolences for a deceased military marshal whose funeral committee set …
Seoul City plans to provide students in middle and high schools with books that chronicle the names of those who sympathized with imperial Japan during its …
Boys in South Korea are nearly twice as likely to be obese than girls, a new report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development …
The police said Monday they had arrested all those accused in hit-and-run murders nationwide so far this year, prompted by public furor that erupted in January …
Former National Intelligence Service director Kim Man-bok said Monday that he plans to run in an open primary to appear on the ruling Saenuri Party’s ticket …
Last Friday, Choi Mong-lyong — the government’s choice as one of the main authors for a new set of state-issued history textbooks — resigned …
South Korea’s funeral culture is fast changing with four out of five deceased being cremated rather than buried, government data showed Monday. According to …
An annual ceremony will be held at the United Nations park in the southern port city of Busan this week to commemorate the fallen heroes from the 1950-53 …