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Koreas launch joint survey of palace site

South and North Korea kicked off this year’s joint excavation of a medieval royal palace site in the communist North Thursday despite lingering …

Disease controllers foreknew Korea’s weakness to new infectious diseases

Almost half of the members of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Korea was vulnerable to new infectious diseases, according to a survey …

Japanese gang member arrested

A member of a Japanese gang has been apprehended for allegedly attempting to distribute smuggled drugs in South Korea, prosecutors said Thursday. The Seoul …

Public opinion divided over S. Korea’s role in South China Sea dispute

South Koreans expressed mixed views Thursday after a senior U.S. diplomat called for South Korea to play a role in speaking out against China’s …

Senegalese President seeks Korean rural development project

Visiting Senegalese President Macky Sall met with a South Korean provincial governor Thursday, seeking ways for cooperation in Seoul’s community …

S. Korea pushes to participate in lucrative projects in Senegal

South Korea said Thursday that it hopes to participate in large-scale infrastructure projects worth more than $10 billion in Senegal. President Park Geun-hye …

S. Korea voices deep regret over N. Korea’s anti-Seoul flak

South Korea voiced deep regret Thursday that North Korea has chided the South for the failure to hold inter-Korean talks, calling on Pyongyang to end its …

Experts say S. Korea can contain MERS with quarantine

A group of medical experts said Thursday that South Korea can contain the MERS virus as it stepped up quarantine measures for infected patients and those who …

China quarantines 88, including 14 S. Koreans, over MERS fears

Chinese and Hong Kong authorities have quarantined 88 people, including 14 South Koreans, who had contact with a South Korean MERS patient in China, …

Ruling party’s factional feud intensifies

Internal feud escalated at the ruling Saenuri Party over the recent passage of a bill enabling legislators to demand amendments to government decrees. Members …

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