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Retired Navy admiral indicted for corruption

A retired Navy admiral was indicted Wednesday on charges of helping the world’s top shipbuilder win a bid to build submarines in exchange for a …

S. Korea vows to redouble efforts for better ties with Japan

South Korea vowed Wednesday to step up its diplomatic efforts to improve ties with Japan amid various disputes over their shared history. In a report to the …

MERS victims’ families suffer from depression
MERS victims’ families suffer from depression

While Seoul reported no additional Middle East respiratory syndrome cases for three consecutive days for the first time since the index case was confirmed in …

Korea eyes 37% emissions cut

South Korea vowed Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 37 percent from the estimated business-as-usual level by 2030, raising the aim from previous …

Feuding ruling bloc falls into lame-duck dilemma
Feuding ruling bloc falls into lame-duck dilemma

The ruling party feud persisted on Tuesday, with the its two main factions failing to agree on whether the party’s floor leader should keep his job. …

Speaker calls revote on Assembly bill

By Cho Chung-unThe National Assembly will revote on the controversial revision to the National Assembly law vetoed by President Park Geun-hye last week, the …

Minimum wage talks in deadlock
Minimum wage talks in deadlock

Negotiations among employees, employers and labor experts to set the minimum wage for next year collapsed without agreement Monday, failing to meet a legal …

2 in 5 Koreans on temporary contracts
2 in 5 Koreans on temporary contracts

Two out of 5 Koreans are employed on temporary or short-term contracts, with those working for conglomerates most prone to be in less secure forms of …

Regional powers likely to hold summit in early October: source

South Korea, Japan, and China are expected to resume a trilateral meeting of their leaders in early October, a diplomatic source here said Tuesday.   …

N. Korea, Russia seen boosting cooperation

Pyongyang and Moscow appear to be stepping up cooperation between each other amid their international isolation, as a Russian firm is reportedly poised to …

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