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Thu, September 19, 2019 | 20:21

First outbreak of African swine fever confirmed in Korea

A first case of African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, with the quarantine authorities culling more than 4,000 pigs, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The outbreak of the deadly virus has put the government on edge, with it ordering a 48-hour movement ban on all pig farms nationwide as of 6:30 a.m. Local governments have also stepped up ...

2019-09-17 15:42

Seoul likely to lose megacity status

Seoul is getting smaller and older in terms of population and could soon cease to be a megacity with over 10 million inhabitants, the capital's government said Tuesday. According to the city government, the total number of residents in the capital was 10,049,607 as of the end of last year, including 283,984 foreign residents.

2019-09-17 15:15

Autumn in full bloom [PHOTOS]

Flower festivals will be taking place across the country in the next few weeks as autumn comes into full bloom.

2019-09-17 15:05

Seoul has most expensive groceries in Asia

Seoul is Asia's most expensive city for groceries, data showed Tuesday. According to Numbeo, a site that collects global cost-of-living data, the Korean capital's price index is 105.73 - Asia's highest and the sixth highest among 375 cities around the world. The five more expensive cities than Seoul are all in Switzerland: Zurich (130.18) tops the list, followed by Basel (128...

2019-09-17 14:30

Korea urges IAEA to play role in Japan's Fukushima water discharge plan

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has to play an active role in the possible move by Japan to discharge contaminated water from its disabled Fukushima power plant into the Pacific Ocean, a senior South Korean government official has said. Delivering a keynote speech at the General Conference of the international organization In Vienna on Monday, South Korean first...

2019-09-17 14:19

[Saudi Arabia] Kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrates National Day

This is the congratulatory message from H.E. Riyad A. Almubaraky, Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the Republic of Korea. - ED.

2019-09-17 14:11

Prosecution summons justice minister's daughter for probe

The prosecution has summoned the daughter of the justice minister as part of a probe into allegations that she entered prestigious colleges on the back of exaggerated internship experiences or fabricated certificates. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office called in the 28-year-old daughter of Justice Minister Cho Kuk on Monday over its widening investigation into a s...

2019-09-17 10:03

Justice minister's cousin arrested in widening corruption scandal

Korea on high alert after first African swine fever case confirmed

South Korea on Tuesday reported its first confirmed case of African swine fever at a farm near the heavily fortified border with North Korea. The animal disease was confirmed earlier in the day at a farm in Paju, just south of the inter-Korean border, the agriculture ministry said. The ministry said a 48-hour lockdown has been in place on all pig farms throughout the nation s...

2019-09-17 09:22

Korea to cull thousands of pigs over African swine fever [PHOTOS]

Justice minister's cousin arrested in widening corruption scandal

Judge Im Min-sung of the Seoul Central District Court issued the warrant, saying the suspect's detention was needed to “prevent him from fleeing or tampering with evidence.”Cho's nephew - the first arrested member of Cho's family - is the centerpiece of allegations about suspicious investments in a private equity fund by Cho's family members. The fund invested most of the mon...

2019-09-17 00:26

Prosecution summons justice minister's daughter for probe

'Japan doesn't trust South Korea'

South Korea's decision to end a bilateral military information-sharing pact was largely because of Tokyo's deep distrust of Seoul, according to an adviser for foreign and unification affairs to President Moon Jae-in.

2019-09-16 17:13

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