Archive by category National

Seoul City’s annual street art festival will kick off next week featuring a host of international performances and civic-participant programs, officials said …

Though more than 100 soldiers die while on active duty each year, the majority of their bereaved families receive state compensation through civil lawsuits, a …

Uganda’s interior minister died suddenly on his return trip from South Korea early this month, its government has said, prompting Seoul’s probe into the …

President Park Geun-hye’s job approval rating edged down amid a factional feud over how to select those who will run for parliamentary elections next …

German President Joachim Gauck plans to make a four-day trip to Seoul next month for talks with President Park Geun-hye, Cheong Wa Dae said Monday.   Park is …

The chief of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy on Monday called off his earlier proposal to convene a confidence vote.   Earlier this …

South Korea is capable of turning down any U.S. request for the entry of Japanese armed forces onto the Korean Peninsula, Defense Minister Han Min-koo said …

This year’s autumn leaves will start to bloom later this month across the mountainous Gangwon Province. The foliage will arrive about two days earlier than …

Though three weeks remain before it ends on Oct. 8, it appears safe to say that this year’s parliamentary audit is a flop.  Officials of the Ministry of …

A postpartum care center in Seoul has been sued by some 70 parents whose newborns were allegedly exposed to tuberculosis by one of the nurses at the facility. …