SEOUL– The defense ministry refused Monday to confirm if it has proposed a military meeting with North Korea, which it pledged to push for to ease cross-border tensions.Last month, the ministry vowed efforts to hold military talks with the North on a …
SEOUL– The main opposition party called Sunday for a probe into snowballing allegations that the government of President Moon Jae-in attempted to help build a nuclear power plant in North Korea, despite its repeated denial.Kim Chong-in, the interim le…
SEOUL– Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung has sent a letter to the United Nations and the U.S. Congress to call for support for a law that South Korea enacted to ban the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets into North Korea, officials said …
SEOUL– Many local governments in South Korea are gearing up to resume the provision of universal disaster relief funds to their residents stricken by the prolonged coronavirus pandemic.Gyeonggi Province, the nation’s most populous province with about …
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) — The number of working days lost due to labor disputes surged by nearly 40 percent in South Korea last year, a report said Saturday, indicating a likely deterioration in labor-management relations at local firms.According to t…
SEOUL– The prosecution has appealed a court’s ruling that gave suspended prison terms to three employees of a supplier that had distributed contaminated burger patties to McDonald’s Korea, judicial sources said Monday.On Tuesday, the Seoul Central Dis…
SEOUL– The military decided to partially allow vacations for new recruits as part of efforts to ease the stress of troops amid an extension of toughened social distancing in barracks for another two weeks, the defense ministry said Monday.Since Novemb…
SEOUL– South Korea will invest 2.6 trillion won (US$2.3 billion) in the next five years to improve the safety management system in the defense sector, the defense ministry said Monday.Under the plan, the government will cultivate more safety specialis…
SEOUL– The government has decided to extend the second-toughest social distancing measures for another two weeks, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Sunday.”The third wave of the pandemic, which seemed to be flattening, has hit the country again,” Chu…
SEOUL– South Korea decided Sunday to extend tougher social distancing measures for another two weeks, as it is wary of a pileup in cluster infections ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.The country will maintain the Level 2.5 measures, the second-high…
Press Briefing with International Researchers Explores this Question at IASLC 2020 World Conference on Lung Cancer Singapore To view a recording of the press briefing, visit: https://vimeo.com/506248459/caa7346336 SINGAPORE, Jan. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On February 27, 2020, the flagship journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, the Journal of Thoracic […]
SEOUL, Seoul on Saturday reported more than 150 new daily coronavirus cases, marking the highest figure in two weeks.According to the metropolitan government, the number of new COVID-19 cases in the capital rose by 154, the highest since Jan. 15, when …