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Bizman gets suspended prison term for stock rigging

A Seoul court on Friday handed down a suspended 18-month sentence to the head of a mine developer for reaping massive profits from a stock price rigging scam …

Teachers get suspended jail terms for security law breach

Four teachers received suspended jail terms Friday after a Seoul court found them guilty of engaging in pro-North Korea activities. The four, who are part of a …

S. Korea asks China to invest in industrial complex in N. Korea

South Korea’s state trade agency asked Chinese firms Friday to invest in an inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea as Seoul and Beijing reached a …

S. Korea prods North again to accept talks offer

South Korea renewed its calls Friday for North Korea to accept a weeks-long offer to hold high-level talks as the communist country stayed mum on it and …

10 missing in boat crash off S. Korea: Coast guard
10 missing in boat crash off S. Korea: Coast guard

Ten crew members are missing after a Chinese fishing boat collided with an unidentified cargo ship off South Korea’s southern island of Jeju, coast …

Park’s approval rating hits new low of 30 pct

President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating hit a new low of 30 percent this week amid public backlash over the government’s new tax settlement …

N. Korea all out to discredit rights abuse charges

North Korea is going all out to discredit human rights abuse charges following a well-known defector’s recent confession of errors in his accounts about …

PM nominee versatile in politics, economy, administration: Profile

Lee Wan-koo, 64, has built a solid career around politics, the economy and regional administration as a key politician hailing from the central Chungcheong …

S. Korea to open consulate in Cebu

South Korea plans to open a consulate on Cebu, the Philippines, around next month to better provide consular services for a growing number of Korean visitors …

N. Korea urges S. Korea to crack down on leaflet campaigns

North Korea again demanded Friday that South Korea clamp down on civic activists’ anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaigns across the border in order to improve …

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