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U.S. sells arms, gains other benefits from alliance with S. Korea: expert

The United States gains benefits from its military alliance with South Korea, such as selling arms to the Asian ally, an American expert said Friday, rejecting …

Park calls for success in ‘Korea Visit Years’
Park calls for success in ‘Korea Visit Years’

President Park Geun-hye on Friday asked for national efforts to make the Korea Visit Years starting next year a success so it can propel the country to such …

NPAD withdraws Assembly boycott
NPAD withdraws Assembly boycott

The main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy withdrew its boycott of the National Assembly on Friday, ending a four-day protest against the …

Textbook author quits amid sexual harassment claims
Textbook author quits amid sexual harassment claims

One of the government-appointed authors of the state-issued textbook for secondary education offered his resignation upon accusations of having sexually …

Lawyers accuse top law schools of age discrimination
Lawyers accuse top law schools of age discrimination

A lawyers’ group filed a petition with South Korea’s human rights watchdog on Friday, accusing the nation’s top law schools of discriminating against …

Pyongyang rejects Seoul’s offer of dialogue 3 times
Pyongyang rejects Seoul’s offer of dialogue 3 times

North Korea has repeatedly rejected South Korea’s offer for preliminary talks to arrange senior government-level dialogue, which the two sides agreed in …

Korea, Japan in tug of war over sex slaves
Korea, Japan in tug of war over sex slaves

South Korea and Japan appear to be in a war of nerves ahead of their high-stakes negotiations over the thorny issue of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery as they …

Majority of pet dogs remain unregistered

More than half of pet dogs in Seoul remain unregistered despite the city government’s efforts to reduce the number of stray dogs and boost animal welfare, …

U.N. climate fund finances Korean energy project

The United Nations climate change fund chose Korea’s renewable energy supply model as its first project to fund, the South Korean Finance Ministry said in a …

Park calls for parliamentary support in deregulation

President Park Geun-hye called on the parliament Friday to pass a set of deregulation bills to help revitalize the sagging economy.   Park has been pushing …

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