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An elder brother of late President Roh Moo-hyun was summoned to the prosecution Wednesday over allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for securing a …
The Unification Ministry said Wednesday it plans to hold a forum next week to win international support for the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula. …
North Korea has sentenced two South Korean nationals to life imprisonment on charges of espionage, its state media reported Tuesday, coinciding with the day …
South Korea’s Women’s Development Act, implemented in 1995 to protect women’s rights and combat discrimination against women, will be renamed the Gender …
North Korea Tuesday sentenced two South Koreans detained there to hard labor for life for spying for the South’s intelligence agency, the North’s …
The amount of drugs smuggled into South Korea through the country’s main gateway, Incheon International Airport, in the first half of this year has …
The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine USS Michigan made a port call Tuesday in South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan to conduct diverse missions and …
High-profile advocates of an international nuclear-test-ban treaty will visit South Korea this week to send a clear message against North Korea’s nuclear …
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Experts advise mixing pressure with humanitarian assistance The U.N. opened a field office in Seoul on Tuesday to systematically monitor and record North …
More than 20 companies, including six foreign firms, have submitted bids for a multi-million dollar project to salvage a sunken South Korean ferry, the …