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Thu, May 26, 2022 | 08:55

South Korean military to start using more advanced helmets this year

South Korea's military will start using more advanced helmets later this year after more than five years of work on the development project, according to the state defense agency Wednesday. The new lightweight helmet is the outcome of a joint project launched by two Korean firms - Hyosung and Kyungchang Industry - to enhance the survivability and mobility of troops on the bat...

Jung Min-ho | 2022-05-26 08:21

Rival parties fail to narrow down differences on extra budget bill

Rival parties on Wednesday failed to reach an agreement on a government-proposed extra budget bill designed to support the pandemic-hit small merchants despite calls to swiftly pass the spending plan. The representatives of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) on the parliamentary budget committee met for consultations, b...

2022-05-25 20:24

PM defends reported nominee for gov't policy coordination chief

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Wednesday defended a reported nominee for the head of government policy coordination, citing his rich experience as an economic bureaucrat. President Yoon Suk-yeol has been reportedly considering nominating Yoon Jong-won, chief executive of the state-run Industrial Bank of Korea, as the minister for the Office for Government Policy Coordination,...

2022-05-25 20:14

Justice ministry to dispatch human rights commissioner to immigration detention centers

The Ministry of Justice plans to improve foreign national detainees' human rights at immigration detention centers and immigration waiting rooms at airports. According to a public notice on its push for a partial revision of laws and regulations governing the procedures for detaining undocumented immigrants in custody, Wednesday, a commissioner is to be dispatched to inspect ...

Lee Hae-rin | 2022-05-25 16:57

North Chungcheong governor candidates bet on lake tourism, new subways

Candidates from two major parties running for the North Chungcheong Provincial Governor seat in the June 1 local elections have each come up with a bandwagon pledge to innovate different parts of the region's infrastructure. The ruling People Power Party's (PPP) Kim Young-hwan bet on developing lakes as new tourism bases, while the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea's ...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2022-05-25 16:50

Will government establish new immigration agency?

Discussions over the possible launch of a new government agency encompassing migrant-related policies are expected to pick up speed under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, as newly-appointed Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon vowed to carry out advanced immigration policies. Migrant experts welcomed the ministry's plan and called for the swift establishment of the immigration age...

Lee Hyo-jin | 2022-05-25 16:31

Korea not to lift Fukushima seafood import ban for CPTPP entry push: oceans minister

Korea's oceans minister said Wednesday that the country will not lift a ban on imports of seafood from Japan's Fukushima area for the sake of winning Japan's support for the country's push to join a major free trade agreement.

2022-05-25 16:24

Korea adopts measures to prevent rights violations at detention centers for illegal immigrants

The government has come up with a set of measures to strengthen human rights protection at detention centers for illegal immigrants, including adopting a supervisor in charge of overseeing possible violations, officials said Wednesday.

2022-05-25 15:40

Suspect in fatal dog attack arrested after yearlong investigation

A dog farm owner has been arrested and indicted on accidental homicide and other charges in connection with the death of a woman who was mauled to death by one of his dogs on the eastern outskirts of Seoul last year, prosecutors said Wednesday.

2022-05-25 15:40

Korea sets June 15 as 2nd launch date for locally developed space rocket

Korea on Wednesday set June 15 as the second launch date of its homegrown space rocket Nuri, eight months after the first launch failed to put a dummy satellite into orbit.

2022-05-25 15:40

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