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Resistance to state textbook spreads overseas
Resistance to state textbook spreads overseas

Some 154 professors and lecturers specializing in Korean history at universities around the world on Sunday released a joint statement opposing South Korea’s …

N.K. patrol ship violates NLL
N.K. patrol ship violates NLL

A North Korean patrol ship crossed the maritime border into the South on Saturday during a beefed-up crackdown on Chinese fishing boats operating near the …

Abductee, mother reunited in N.K.
Abductee, mother reunited in N.K.

MOUNT GEUMGANGSAN, North Korea — Despite more than 40 years of separation, it took Jeong Geon-mok, 64, from North Korea just seconds to recognize her …

Child care centers to go on strike over budget debacle
Child care centers to go on strike over budget debacle

 A major association of private child care centers said it would shut down temporarily this week to protest over the government’s decision to cut its budget …

83% of Korean MERS cases stemmed from 5 patients
83% of Korean MERS cases stemmed from 5 patients

Over 83 percent of Middle East respiratory syndrome transmissions in Korea were linked to five super-spreaders during the outbreak in South Korea this summer, …

Refugees part of Korea’s history
Refugees part of Korea’s history

With risks and challenges faced by refugees across the world having become one of the greatest global issues today, the status and conditions of asylum seekers …

Park names ex-reporter as new spokesperson

President Park Geun-hye has appointed a former journalist as her new spokesperson in a personnel reshuffling carried out to boost efficiency of state affairs …

ISIS-linked group threatens to bomb Seoul store: police

Police said Sunday they have received intelligence claiming that an African group linked to the Islamic State has threatened to carry out a terrorist attack on …

Death toll of MERS reaches 37 in Korea

A South Korean patient of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome died Sunday, officials said, raising the nation’s death toll from the outbreak to 37. The …

S. Korea fires warning shots at N. Korean patrol boat

South Korea has fired machine gun rounds at a North Korean patrol boat that crossed into its waters in the Yellow Sea, the South’s military said Sunday, …

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