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NIS chief denies spying on civilians

Korea’s top spy agency chief Monday categorically denied allegations the agency used a hacking program to wiretap citizens during the first session of a …

Debate flares over number of lawmakers
Debate flares over number of lawmakers

The main opposition party reignited a heated political debate Monday by suggesting as part of its electoral reform plan to raise the number of lawmakers from …

MERS outbreak virtually ends
MERS outbreak virtually ends

South Korea on Monday released the last of 16,693 suspected patients who had been quarantined to prevent the possible further spread of the Middle East …

NIS chief denies monitoring citizens

The chief of the country’s top intelligence agency asserted Monday that it has never monitored citizens, vowing to step down from his post if there is …

Police ban activists from floating anti-N. Korean leaflets

Hundreds of police cordoned off an area near the border with North Korea Monday to prevent South Korean activists from floating leaflets critical of North …

Opposition lawmaker to be summoned for alleged bribery

An opposition lawmaker will be summoned to the prosecution for questioning later this week over alleged bribery, prosecutors said Monday. Park Ki-choon of the …

S. Korea to overhaul fund on inter-Korean cooperation

The Unification Ministry said Monday it has decided to overhaul ways to operate a government fund designed to promote inter-Korean cooperation in a bid to …

Beauty queen named world taekwondo ambassador

American beauty queen Nia Sanchez was named a global taekwondo ambassador on Monday. The Seoul-based World Taekwondo Federation introduced the 2014 Miss USA as …

Rival parties set to start inspection in September

Rival parties tentatively agreed Monday to start an annual parliamentary inspection in September, a ruling-party lawmaker said. “The ruling and …

S. Korea, U.S., Japan to discuss N. Korea nuke

South Korean and U.S. nuclear envoys on Monday discussed ways to bring North Korea back to the bargaining table in the run-up to a trilateral session also …

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