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PM calls for efforts to resolve separated families issue

Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn called for efforts Monday to support the reunions of hundreds of thousands of families separated for decades across the Korean …

MIKTA condemns terrorist bombings in Turkey

South Korea and three other nations Monday condemned the terrorist bombings in Turkey that killed at least 97 people over the weekend.   The foreign …

U.S. Pacific commander says North Korea ‘greatest threat’

The U.S. Pacific commander has said North Korea and its unpredictable leader Kim Jong-un are his command’s biggest worries as the communist nation is …

Pyongyang, Beijing to discuss new tour projects during expo

New tourism projects between North Korea and China will be on the agenda as the two nations are set to kick off their annual trade fair later this week, …

Ruling camp revs up move on state history textbook

The government and the ruling Saenuri Party are accelerating moves to introduce state history textbooks for secondary education despite burgeoning opposition …

S. Korea cautious over modified N.K. ballistic missile

South Korea’s military said Sunday it is too early to judge whether North Korea’s modified intercontinental ballistic missiles could carry a …

S. Korea to chair multilateral aid assessment body

South Korea has been chosen as the next chair of an international body tasked with assessing development aid by multilateral organizations, the Foreign …

Park to visit U.S. for summit with Obama
Park to visit U.S. for summit with Obama

President Park Geun-hye will visit the United States this week for summit talks with her American counterpart, Barack Obama, a senior presidential official …

UNESCO panel publishes Japan’s admission of forced labor on website

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has published on its website the minutes of a meeting in July where Japan admitted its use of forced Korean labor in the …

Foreign tourists to S. Korea forecast to near 20 mln in 2019

The number of foreign tourists to South Korea is expected to flirt with 20 million in 2019 on the strength of a sharp rise in Chinese visitors, the state …

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