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N. Korea threatens to attack S. Korean ships in Yellow Sea

North Korea threatened Friday to attack South Korean warships without warning if they continue to violate the western sea border. North Korea claimed that …

Governor appears for prosecution query over alleged bribery

A provincial governor appeared at the prosecution office here Friday for an interrogation into allegations he accepted bribes while campaigning for a party …

Ex-presidential secretary detained in graft case
Ex-presidential secretary detained in graft case

A former presidential secretary was arrested Friday on suspicion of exerting influence to provide business favors to a local university. (Yonhap) Park …

N.K. official rejects alleged executions of senior officials as ‘malicious slander’

A North Korean official rejected as “malicious slander” reports from South Korea’s main intelligence agency that the North’s autocratic …

U.S. declines comment on Japan’s bid for UNESCO recognition of wartime facilities

The United States on Thursday declined comment on Japan’s bid to list some of its 19th century industrial complexes as UNESCO World Heritage sites …

Presidential office blames parties for failed pension bill

The presidential office on Thursday urged rival parties to delink the issue of raising payout rates for national pension subscribers from a public servants’ …

Non-mainstreamer picked as opposition floor leader
Non-mainstreamer picked as opposition floor leader

The main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy chose Rep. Lee Jong-kul, a former human rights attorney, as its floor leader Thursday, tasking him with …

Non-mainstreamer elected major opposition floor leader

A non-mainstream lawmaker was elected floor leader of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy Thursday following the party’s crushing …

China opposes Japan’s bid for colonial-era site as World Heritage

China opposes Japan’s bid for world heritage of industrial sites China on Thursday voiced opposition to a bid by Japan to list some of its 19th century …

S. Korean diplomacy at crossroads

Criticisms abound on the lack of South Korea’s diplomacy as the United States and Japan hurry to enhance their bilateral alliance and Seoul shuns Tokyo …

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