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The collapse of the planned inter-Korean talks is igniting political fighting in the South over the proper approach to the communist neighbor. The two-day meeting, scheduled to open on Wednesday in ...
Updated : 2013.06.13 15:59
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Rep. Sim Sang-jeung of the Progressive Justice Party makes a parliamentary address on Tuesday.(Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald) Candid soul-searching by a progressive leader is reverberating around ...
Updated : 2013.06.12 21:18
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The country’s major state-run enterprises are heavily in debt due to the previous administration’s massive, unviable construction and civil engineering projects, state auditors said Wednesday. The B...
Updated : 2013.06.12 21:15
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The government and the ruling Saenuri Party decided on Wednesday to establish a new regulation to tighten supervision of local public enterprises. The envisioned law is expected to include clauses t...
Updated : 2013.06.12 21:15
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The last-minute cancellation of inter-Korean high-level talks was seen to put a damper on President Park Geun-hye’s principled trust-building process, with critics questioning whether “inflexibility”...
Updated : 2013.06.12 21:15
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The office of President Park Geun-hye bristled strongly at criticism Wednesday that not only North Korea but also the South is to blame for the cancellation of high-level inter-Korean talks. The two...
Updated : 2013.06.12 19:51
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President Park Geun-hye criticized previous administrations in an unusually strong tone Tuesday for turning a blind eye to vexing, longstanding issues, such as nuclear industry corruption and unpaid ...
Updated : 2013.06.11 21:16
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By Choi He-suk The main opposition Democratic Party on Tuesday threatened to push for the dismissal of Justice Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, alleging that he interfered with the prosecution’s investigatio...
Updated : 2013.06.11 21:15
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Prosecutors said Tuesday they will charge former spy agency chief Won Sei-hoon with illegally interfering in politics before last year’s presidential election. The longtime aide to former President ...
Updated : 2013.06.11 16:12
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Authorities are reportedly looking into suspicions that former President Roh Tae-woo may have as much as 9 billion won ($8 million) in cash and real estate held under borrowed names. The revelation ...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:31
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President Park Geun-hye voiced opposition Monday to a local government’s project to establish a park around a former home of her family in Seoul in tribute to her father and late former President Par...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:29
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Saenuri Party floor leader Rep. Choi Kyung-hwan expressed hopes for inter-Korean exchanges on the parliamentary level on Monday, in an apparent change of stance for the ruling party from only a day e...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:29
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Do Korea’s workers deserve more holidays? The Park Geun-hye government, having pledged at its inception to prioritize the happiness of the people, seems to think so. Along with a raft of other prop...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:25
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Russian Ambassador to Korea Konstantin V. Vnukov The following article was contributed by Russian Ambassador to Korea Konstantin V. Vnukov on the occasion of the National Day of the Russian Federati...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:22
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Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday it has revamped its website (www.president.go.kr) for easier access to information and better promotion of the government’s state policies. The new site introduced a vertic...
Updated : 2013.06.09 20:51
