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Canada eyes more nuclear cooperation with S.Korea: minister

Canada wants to step up cooperation with South Korea in the nuclear energy industry as a bilateral free trade deal and Seoul’s revised nuclear agreement …

N. Korea detains Korean student based in U.S.: KCNA

North Korea said Saturday it has detained a South Korean college student studying in the United States for illegally entering the country. The 21-year-old …

Rival parties to pass pension reform bill this week
Rival parties to pass pension reform bill this week

Rival parties agreed Saturday to pass this week a pension reform bill for civil servants aimed at reducing chronic deficits in funds. (Yonhap) The deal came …

Civil servants’ union vows to block pension bill’s passage

Unionized public workers and teachers vowed Saturday to fight vigorously against a proposed pension reform bill now before the National Assembly for approval, …

N. Korean diplomats storm out of U.N.
N. Korean diplomats storm out of U.N.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – A U.S.-organized event on North Korea’s human rights briefly turned into chaos at the U.N. on Thursday as North Korean …

S. Koreans raise issue of A-bomb victims at U.N. meeting

South Korean activists and victims demanded at a U.N. meeting on Friday that Japan should apologize to and compensate Koreans who were taken to Japan as forced …

Korean nuclear envoy to visit U.S., China

South Korea’s chief nuclear envoy will visit Washington and Beijing next week for talks with his counterparts on how to restart long-stalled negotiations …

Task force agrees on pension bill
Task force agrees on pension bill

The union of civil servants holds a rally against the pension reform scheme at the National Assembly on Friday. (Yonhap) A task force of government officials, …

Park’s approval rating edges up to 39 pct

President Park Geun-hye’s job approval rating has edged up slightly, a poll showed Friday, despite a bribery scandal involving some of her key aides. A …

Seoul to boost inter-Korean civilian exchanges

South Korea said Friday it will help spur civilian exchanges with North Korea to mark the 70th anniversary of their liberation from Japan’s colonial …

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