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Ex-exec admits Samsung hoped for chairman's pardon when footing bill for firm linked to former President Lee

State prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a former Samsung executive's confession that the company paid U.S. litigation fees for a firm linked to former President Lee Myung-bak, hoping for a presidential...

July 10, 2018
Social affairs
Portuguese football icon Cristiano Ronaldo to visit S. Korea

Football star Cristiano Ronaldo will visit Korea for the first time 11 years, officials here said Tuesday. Korea Tech, a local beauty and home appliance seller, said Ronaldo will visit Korea on July...

July 10, 2018
Soccer
NK films to be publicly screened in S. Korea for first time

Nine North Korean films will be publicly shown at a South Korean film festival later this week amid the thaw in inter-Korean relations, the event's organizer said Tuesday. "The Bucheon International...

July 10, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea castigates Japan for hostility, demands payment for colonial-era crimes

North Korea's media castigated Japan for inciting "hostility" toward its regime Tuesday, calling on Tokyo to "liquidate" its colonial-era crimes if it really wants peace and stability in the region. ...

July 10, 2018
North Korea
Govt. broadens its ban on employment of child molesters

The government enacted a revised act Tuesday, broadening its ban on the employment of child molesters. Under the revised ordinance of the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles against Sexu...

July 10, 2018
Politics
Parties agree to open provisional session this week

The floor leaders of ruling and opposition parties on Tuesday agreed to convene a provisional session of the National Assembly starting this week, though they have yet to find middle ground on how to...

July 10, 2018
Politics
US Ambassador Harris begins official work in Seoul

New US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris on Tuesday formally started his stint here as he presented a copy of his credentials to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He delivered the document to Vi...

July 10, 2018
Foreign Policy
[Newsmaker] Police forward Korean Air chief's wife's case to prosecution

Police have wrapped up their investigation into the wife of Korean Air Lines Co.'s chief on assault allegations and sent the case to the prosecution suggesting she be indicted, officials said Tuesday...

July 10, 2018
Social affairs
Koreas want to use flag showing Dokdo during 2018 Asian Games

JINCHEON, North Chungcheong Province -- South and North Korea have requested the top Asian sports governing body to allow use of a unification flag showing the South's eastern islets of Dokdo during ...

July 10, 2018
More sports
S. Korea aims for 2nd place at Asian Games

JINCHEON, North Chungcheong Province -- South Korea on Tuesday vowed to fend off its longtime sporting rival Japan to secure second place at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. Korean Sport & Olympic...

July 10, 2018
More sports
CGV aims to secure 10,000 screens in 11 countries by 2020

CJ CGV, South Korea's largest cinema chain, said Tuesday it aims to increase the number of its screens around the world to 10,000 in 11 countries by 2020. "Based on the company's capabilities that h...

July 10, 2018
Industry
S. Korea, China to hold second round of FTA talks this week

South Korea and China will hold the second round of talks to expand the scope of their bilateral free trade agreement this week to better cover the service and investment sectors, Seoul's trade minis...

July 10, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea heightens efforts to root out illegal file sharing on overseas sites

The South Korean government has intensified its efforts to crack down on illegal file sharing sites based overseas in response to increasing copyright infringement. In a briefing on Tuesday, the rel...

July 10, 2018
Politics
Tax revenue tallied at W31tr in May

South Korea's tax revenue was tallied at 31 trillion won ($27.9 billion) in May, up a sharp 12.4 trillion won from a year earlier, due to carried-over corporate tax earnings, data showed Tuesday. Bu...

July 10, 2018
Finance
Trump voices confidence Kim will honor denuclearization deal

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump on Monday voiced confidence that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will dismantle the regime's nuclear weapons program as promised. Trump wrote the message on T...

July 10, 2018
North Korea

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