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WASHINGTON ― The U.S. would consider any new request from North Korea to resume food aid stalled since 2009, provided Pyongyang allowed US staff inside the isolated country to monitor distribution. ...
A parcel containing a threatening letter and suspicious powder was delivered to South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin on Tuesday, ministry officials said, days after hundreds of leaflets threate...
Police have launched an investigation into claims that high-ranking police officers tried to affect the outcome of a police probe into allegations that government spy agents intervened in December's ...
The main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) alleged Monday that then President Lee Myung-bak ordered the country's national spy agency to post illegal political comments on the Internet ahead o...
Businesses and politicians are clashing over plans to implement a substitute holiday system, under which employers would be required to give employees a day off during the week when a public holiday ...
President Park Geun-hye and visiting Microsoft founder Bill Gates met Monday and shared views on Korea’s drive for a creative economy and ways to cooperate in developing a next-generation nuclear re...
The prospects of economic democratization measures being processed at the National Assembly are becoming increasingly unclear due to growing opposition from businesses and rising calls for caution fr...
The main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) decided Monday to boycott a policy report from the maritime minister in protest of her appointment by President Park Geun-hye despite its strong obje...
South Korean President Park Geun-hye sent a letter of condolence to Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sunday over the deadly earthquake in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan. “The people of the...
President Park Geun-hye called on scientists and information technology experts Friday to play the leading role in helping Korea’s economy make a big leap forward, promising that the government will...
High-level police officials reportedly attempted to whitewash an investigation last year into an intelligence agent accused of interfering in the presidential election. On Thursday, Seoul’s Suseo Po...
South Korea's maritime ministry said Friday it plans to set up a maritime police station on an island near Dokdo within this year in a bid to beef up security for the country's easternmost islets. T...
The country's ruling and main opposition parties agreed Friday to pass the government's supplementary budget bill on May 3 after sorting out their differences on its allocation, party officials said....
Early voting for next week's by-elections kicked off Friday, with a handful of parliamentary candidates casting their ballots in a bid to draw voters to the polls. The early voting system is differe...
The controversy surrounding the planned closure of Jinju Medical Center showed no signs of letting up, with the proposal pending at the provincial assembly. Members of the medical trade union and th...
