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Can railway cooperation materialize?

President Moon Jae-in’s proposal to set up an East Asian railroad community is not likely to gain steam without significant progress in talks between North Korea and the US over denuclearization, experts have said.Moon announced the proposal to establish road and rail links across the Korean Peninsula before the end of this year and create the East Asian Railroad Community encompassing the Koreas, China, Japan, Mongolia, Russia and the US. This file photo shows a railroad linking the South Korea

Can railway cooperation materialize?

President Moon Jae-in’s proposal to set up an East Asian railroad community is not likely to gain steam without significant progress in talks between North Korea and the US over denuclearization, experts said.Moon announced the proposal to establish road and rail links across the Korean Peninsula before the end of this year and create the East Asian Railroad Community encompassing the Koreas, China, Japan, Mongolia, Russia and the US. “Beyond tackling the nuclear issue, the road map is about coo

Today
Foreign Policy
Korean hostage in Libya in good health: envoy

A South Korean man who was kidnapped last month by an unidentified armed group in Libya remains in good health, a diplomat here said Thursday after visiting the country to seek the release of the hostage.Baik Joo-hyeon, a former ambassador to Kazakhstan, also said that the Libyan government has been keeping track of the abductee’s movements and is doing its best to secure his release.“There is video footage in which the hostage appears,” Baik told reporters, as he explained the health condition

Aug 16, 2018
Foreign Policy
Father accused of beating 100-day-old baby to death

A man in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, is suspected of beating his 100-day-old baby to death.Andong Police requested an arrest warrant for the 41-year-old father on Tuesday.(Yonhap)According to police, the father punched the infant multiple times on the head because he was frustrated with the baby’s crying, on Monday around 2:30 p.m.When he realized the baby was not breathing, he called 119 and rushed to a hospital, but it was too late. That evening the father reported to police that his ch

Today
Social affairs
Blue House, parties agree to seek closer cooperation

The major political parties and the presidential office agreed to cooperate in policy negotiations, and to work together to hold a successful inter-Korean summit, the parties announced Thursday. The agreement came after a meeting among President Moon Jae-in and the floor leaders of the five major political parties at Cheong Wa Dae. President Moon Jae-in and floor leaders discuss issues at the presidential office on Thursday. From left: Party for Democracy and Peace`s Chang Byoung-wan, Bareunmir

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Politics
[Newsmaker] Investigators request warrant for Gov. Kim Kyung-soo

The special prosecutor’s team looking into a massive opinion-rigging scandal requested an arrest warrant for South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo late Wednesday over allegations that he colluded with a power blogger to manipulate online comments in order to sway public opinion on political issues. The independent counsel team led by Huh Ik-bum requested an arrest warrant for Gov. Kim around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday on suspicions of obstruction of business. The prosecutors view Gov. Kim, Pres

Today
Social affairs
Assembly abolishes ‘special activities’ funds

The National Assembly on Thursday abolished the controversial “special activities” funds given to lawmakers as to support their political activities, leaving a small budget for foreign-related work.“As of today, the National Assembly abolishes the special activities funds allotted to all parliamentary committees, with the exceptions of the foreign affairs, national security and trade committees,” Yoo In-tae, the parliament’s secretary-general said in a briefing. National Assembly Secretary-Gene

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Politics
Dog butchers nabbed for water pollution

Operators of illegal dog slaughterhouses were caught discharging wastewater into a nearby construction site, as the city of Seoul continues its efforts to make the businesses close shop.The city government’s special enforcement division said Thursday they booked without detention three people who ran unregistered dog slaughtering facilities or illegally disposed of wastewater from their butcheries.Two of the three dog butchers channeled what was washed away from the slaughterhouses, including bl

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Social affairs
After plastic-cup ban in cafes, some Koreans are ‘fed up’ with the new rule

Han Ji-young, a professional in her 30s, was almost late for work last week. As she does every morning, she visited her go-to cafe to grab coffee on the way to her office in southern Seoul. The queue was unusually long that day, she said, partly because of the hot weather. When she finally got her coffee, after minutes of waiting, she realized the beverage was served in a glass mug, not the plastic cup that she usually gets for take-out drinks.　“It turns out, one of the staff members at the cafe

Aug 16, 2018
Social affairs
High water temperatures kill fish in Busan

Coastal water temperatures in Gijang, a county in northern Busan, have risen to 27 degrees amid the lingering heat wave and caused damage to local aquaculture businesses.Since July 31, when the weather agency issued heat advisories for the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, some 108,000 fish reportedly died at seven fish farms in Busan. Fish farmers reported around 128 million won ($113,000) in damages. (Yonhap)Further damages may be ahead as water temperatures in Gijang are expected to hover

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Social affairs
[Herald Interview] Playing ping-pong across the border

[Eye] Table tennis prodigy-turned-coach recalls first unified Korean team’s victory in 1991, special friendship that blossomed

Today
North Korea
President appoints four new secretaries

President Moon Jae-in on Thursday named four new presidential secretaries in a move believed to be partly aimed at winning the support of a minor opposition party.Yoo Min-young was appointed the new secretary for public relations planning, according to the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap)Yoo, 51, worked with President Moon under the former Roh Moo-hyun administration when he served as a secretary for public relations and head of the Cheong Wa Dae press center, known as Chunchugwan. Mo

Aug 16, 2018
Politics
Buddhist order to oust scandal-ridden executive chief

The steering committee of South Korea’s biggest Buddhist sect, the Jogye Order, voted Thursday to oust the order’s executive chief, who has refused to step down despite a series of corruption scandals.Fifty-six of the committee’s 75 members voted in favor of a proposed bill to oust Ven. Seoljeong in an irregular meeting held in the morning. Fourteen others voted in opposition and four abstained. The remaining one vote was counted as invalid.The decision becomes final after getting approval in th

Aug 16, 2018
Social affairs
Ministry to gradually remove half of all 'unnecessary' coastal, riverside barbed-wire fences

South Korea's defense ministry plans to gradually remove half of all "unnecessary" coastal and riverside barbed-wire fences across the country to help ease residents' inconveniences, officials said Thursday.The move, which is part of the Defense Reform 2.0 initiative aimed at creating a smaller yet stronger military, came amid Seoul's push for inter-Korean cooperation and rapprochement.The ministry plans to inspect all fences across the nation, which measure about 300 kilometers in total, to det

Aug 16, 2018
Defense
Father-to-son succession sees Korea’s biggest Christian church under fire

What started as a humble congregation of 20 Christians at a fringe neighborhood in Seoul 40 years ago has now grown into arguably the world’s biggest Presbyterian church.Myungsung Church now stands on tens of thousands of square meters of land in the southeastern district that became a populous commuter town. It boasts a membership of 100,000 and has schools and hospitals under its wing. The miraculous success story earned its founder, Rev. Kim Sam-hwan, a reputation as one of the most revered r

Aug 16, 2018
Social affairs

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