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KAERI promotes SMART reactors at IAEA meeting

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute said Tuesday that it promoted its SMART reactor for export to third countries at the ongoing assembly of the international nuclear watchdog in Vienna. The ...

Sept 19, 2017
Science
S. Korea holds first meeting on NK human rights under Moon‘s govt.

South Korea on Tuesday held an interagency meeting to discuss North Korea‘s dismal human rights situation for the first time since the Moon Jae-in administration took office in May, government offici...

Sept 19, 2017
North Korea
Korea's top diplomat seeks bilateral meetings with major countries at UN gathering

South Korea's top diplomat is pushing to have bilateral talks with major countries, including the United States and Japan, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this week, the foreign ministry ...

Sept 19, 2017
North Korea
Army chiefs of S. Korea, US, Japan discuss N. Korea

The top army officers of South Korea, the United States and Japan exchanged their views on North Korea on Tuesday at a meeting held on the sidelines of the 10th Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference, Sout...

Sept 19, 2017
Defense
Unification ministry apologizes for officials' irregularities

South Korea's unification ministry on Tuesday apologized to the public after one of its officials was accused of selling personal information about North Korean defectors for money. The official is ...

Sept 19, 2017
North Korea
Moon says Korea-US alliance remains strong despite some ‘natural differences’

NEW YORK -- The South Korea-United States alliance remains strong as ever despite differences on various issues, such as how to adjust the countries' free trade agreement to make it more balanced, So...

Sept 19, 2017
Politics
PM orders investigation into death of farmer hit by police water cannon

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon instructed the prosecution Tuesday to investigate the 2016 death of a farmer left comatose after being hit by a police water cannon during a protest rally a year earlier. ...

Sept 19, 2017
Social affairs
S. Korea to review NK aid and its delivery timing this week

South Korea is expected to review its plan for humanitarian assistance to North Korea via UN agencies, including the timing of its actual provision, this week, a government official said Tuesday. De...

Sept 19, 2017
North Korea
YouTube claims it closed NK channel based on US law: RFA

YouTube's recent move to shut down the state-run North Korean propaganda channel, Uriminzokkiri, for violating the "community guidelines" was made as the violation could subsequently lead to the brea...

Sept 19, 2017
North Korea
Seoul City civil servant jumps to death possibly due to overwork

A civil servant in his 20s, who was working at the Seoul City government, jumped to his death in his residential district in Dobong-gu, Seoul, Tuesday. Investigators say the reason behind the appare...

Sept 19, 2017
Social affairs
Medical facilities tighten TB screenings for new employees

Medical facilities and other child facilities must conduct tuberculosis screenings on all their new workers within one month of employment, the health ministry said Tuesday, a move aimed at preventin...

Sept 19, 2017
Social affairs
Oil prices in Pyongyang stable despite sanctions: diplomat

North Korea's oil prices and exchange rates have shown no changes despite its nuclear and missile tests and the international community's sanctions, a US broadcaster reported Tuesday, citing a wester...

Sept 19, 2017
North Korea
Spain moves to expel N. Korean ambassador: report

Spain has decided to expel North Korea's ambassador in protest over the communist nation's continued nuclear and missile provocations, becoming the first confirmed European country to do so, foreign ...

Sept 19, 2017
North Korea
Japan's emperor to visit Koma shrine related to ancient Korean kingdom

Japan's Emperor Akihito will visit a shrine related to an ancient Korean kingdom this week, the website of the shrine showed Tuesday. The emperor and Empress Michiko will visit the Koma Shrine, loca...

Sept 19, 2017
Social affairs
Presidential office issues warning against defense minister over ‘inappropriate’ remarks

The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday it has issued a "stern warning" to Defense Minister Song Young-moo for his "inappropriate and uncoordinated" remarks regarding President Moon Jae-in...

Sept 19, 2017
Politics

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