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Sun, February 17, 2019 | 14:33

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North Korea can learn economy from Hanoi

Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi can present a potential economic model for North Korea as it seeks to abandon its nuclear program in favor of economic development. Vietnam has been selected as the venue for the second summit between the leaders of North Korea and the U.S. as the country has friendly relations with both. Yet it is also significant that Hanoi was the heart of Vietna...

Politics | 2019-02-11 17:09

USFK costs will keep plaguing S. Korea

South Korea will face growing pressure to bear more of the cost for the upkeep of the United States Forces Korea (USFK), as the recent Seoul-Washington Special Measures Agreement (SMA) is only valid for a year. Seoul wanted to renew the contract at longer intervals in consideration of intensifying U.S. pressure for it to pay more in defense cost sharing for the 28,500 U.S. tr...

Politics | 2019-02-11 16:49

1st for-profit hospital on verge of closing

The nation's first for-profit hospital is on the verge of shutting down even before its grand opening, as it has no doctors to provide medical services amid a controversy over the scope of its service recipients.

Diseases & welfare | 2019-02-11 16:31

Colorful 'harbingers of spring' to flower from mid-March

Forsythias, azaleas and other flowers marking the arrival of spring on the Korean Peninsula are expected to bloom from mid-March.

Seoul & provinces | 2019-02-11 16:30

Japan FM takes issue with Assembly speaker's remark

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Sunday cautioned National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang's call for the Japanese emperor to apologize for sexual slavery victims. Kono told reporters the Assembly speaker should be careful in his remarks, and stated the issue was “completely and finally” resolved through a bilateral deal between Tokyo and Seoul in 2015, according to the ...

Politics | 2019-02-11 16:10

Preparing for new school year

Students shop for school supplies at a store in a wholesale stationery market in Changsin-dong, eastern Seoul, Monday, to prepare for the new school year that will start in March./ Yonhap

Photo News | 2019-02-11 16:09

Ministry to survey food delivery industry's plastic usage

The Ministry of Environment will start a survey on plastic usage in food delivery services over the first half of the year in a preliminary step to set up regulations on plastic use in the industry, the ministry said, Monday.

Labor & environment | 2019-02-11 15:42

Azerbaijani FM hopes to see progress on Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

The following is the Q&A with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea and Azerbaijan's foreign policy this year. - ED.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-02-11 15:12

Visa-on-arrival program to attract more Koreans to India

The visa-on-arrival program is expected to attract more Koreans to India for the 70th anniversary of India’s Republic Day this year, says India’s Ambassador to Korea Sripriya Ranganathan.

Embassy News | 2019-02-11 15:09

Brexit 'lose-lose situation' for EU, UK'

The United Kingdom’s planned departure from the European Union (EU) on March 29 may push both sides into a “lose-lose” situation, European Union Ambassador to Korea Michael Reiterer has warned. Speaking at a recent roundtable meeting with the press in Seoul, the top EU envoy to Korea also expressed concern about a global trade war, saying the EU would make every effort to pre...

Embassy News | 2019-02-11 15:07

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