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Park shakes up foreign affairs team over failed tech transfer
Park shakes up foreign affairs team over failed tech transfer

President Park Geun-hye’s surprising personnel shake-up on Monday was widely seen as a move to reprimand her foreign affairs team for its failed mission to …

[Graphic News] South Korea’s life satisfaction among lowest in OECD
[Graphic News] South Korea’s life satisfaction among lowest in OECD

South Korea reported one of the lower levels of life satisfaction among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a recent …

South Korea to offer matchmaking to boost fertility rate
South Korea to offer matchmaking to boost fertility rate

 After designating priority seats for pregnant women and offering free diapers and dried milk powder for all newborns for a year, the South Korean government …

Korea to restrict inflow of ‘unskilled’ migrant workers
Korea to restrict inflow of ‘unskilled’ migrant workers

The Korean government has mapped out a mid-term plan to loosen immigration controls on highly skilled foreign workers amid the aging population, while vowing …

Park replaces top aide on foreign affairs
Park replaces top aide on foreign affairs

President Park Geun-hye on Monday conducted a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing the two ministers for transport and maritime affairs, as well as her senior …

U.S. F-22 combat jets to perform aerial demo for defense exhibition

Two U.S. F-22 stealth fighter jets will perform aerial demonstrations during the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition to be hosted by the …

Asiana Airlines seeks gov’t license for new budget carrier

Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 full service carrier, said Monday that it submitted a request to the government to launch a new budget airline. …

Pyongyang denounces Park-Obama deal on its nuclear program

North Korea criticized President Park Geun-hye Monday for her latest summit deal with U.S. President Barack Obama, saying she played a “shameful …

No doubt in Koreas’ reunification, demise of dictatorship: Nobel prize winner

This year’s Nobel prize winner in literature has expressed her firm belief in the reunification of the Korean Peninsula, as all dictatorships are …

Individual patients area of concern for medical sector: Noble laureate

An Israeli Nobel prize laureate said Monday the medical industry should focus on individual patients over a disease itself, which will bring seismic changes to …

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