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Seoul to freeze trans-Korea project with Russia
Seoul to freeze trans-Korea project with Russia

South Korea said Tuesday it will pull out from a trilateral trans-Korea logistics project with Russia as it unveiled a new set of standalone sanctions …

Female students suffer discriminatory remarks

A few days ago, a poster was pinned up on a bulletin board at Korea University in Seoul, in which a group of female students lambasted their lecturers for …

Foreigners diagnosed with TB on sharp rise

The number of foreign patients diagnosed with tuberculosis in Korea has rapidly risen over the past five years, with government vowing to step up prescreening …

U.N. panel finds sex slave deal wanting

The women’s rights committee in the U.N. released a report Monday which stated that Seoul-Tokyo’s Dec. 28 agreement on comfort women had failed to adopt a …

Single moms denied parental allowance in South Korea
Single moms denied parental allowance in South Korea

Han Min-ji (not her real name), a single mother in her late 30s, gave birth to her fourth child in January. She had three children from her previous marriage …

Seoul unveils own anti-Pyongyang sanctions

South Korea unveiled a slew of its own punitive measures against Pyongyang Tuesday, including blacklisting scores of North Koreans and entities suspected to be …

EU, Japan draw up N.K. human rights resolution

The European Union and Japan have recently drawn up a draft resolution on North Korea’s human rights abuses for submission later this month to a U.N. …

China won’t accept N. Korea’s pursuit of nuke weapons

China will not allow North Korea to continue its defiant pursuit of nuclear and missile programs, the country’s foreign minister said Tuesday, as the …

Chief nuclear envoy to visit U.S. for talks on North Korea

South Korea’s chief nuclear envoy will visit Washington this week to discuss the allies’ implementation of new U.N. and unilateral sanctions on …

Execs of int’l school in Seoul indicted over alleged embezzlement

Prosecutors said Tuesday they have indicted three board members of the Seoul branch of a British international school over allegations they embezzled some …

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