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Seoul to preserve old restaurants, hardware streets in Euiljiro

The Seoul city government will seek measures to preserve streets of old-fashioned hardware stores and time-honored restaurants in the Euljiro area of downtown Seoul that are facing demolition due to a redevelopment project Mayor Park Won-soon said, Wednesday.

Seoul & provinces | 2019-01-16 16:23

Kindergartens to implement state-run accounting system

The government will make it mandatory for large private kindergartens to implement Edufine, the state-run accounting system, starting March 1 in an effort to improve their accounting transparency.

Education | 2019-01-16 16:23

Only 2.9% of unmarried women consider marriage 'necessary'

Is this a grim indicator that the already sagging birth rate will sink further? Only three out of 100 unmarried women in Seoul consider marriage necessary and merely 5.8 percent are willing to have children, a Korea Women's Development Institute survey showed.

Diseases & welfare | 2019-01-16 15:09

Korea proposes to Japan mutual expert verification of data over radar spat

South Korea has proposed to Japan a mutual expert verification of military radar data to address a highly charged dispute over its use of a ship-based radar for humanitarian search operations last month, a military official in Seoul said Wednesday. Seoul made the proposal during general-grade talks with Tokyo in Singapore on Monday. There, the two sides failed to narrow diffe...

Defense Affairs | 2019-01-16 14:18

'Prison better than shivering in cold': Hungry homeless man commits 'eat and run'

Busan police caught the offender, 47, on Monday at a restaurant in the Sasang-district, where he tried to flee after having a meal priced at 28,900 won ($25.70). He has a record of 22 of “eat and runs” and free riding, police said.

Investigations | 2019-01-16 13:41

Freezing wind blows away choking smog [PHOTOS]

Seoul's morning low plunged to minus 9C, with a wind-chill factor of minus 14C. Temperatures across the country fell sharply from Tuesday as a freezing Siberian air mass expanded to the South, blowing away the thick, dusty smog that blanked the Korean Peninsula for five days.

Seoul & provinces | 2019-01-16 13:39

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Easy Korean | 2019-01-15 19:59

Gov't inspects private animal shelters amid euthanasia row

The government has started inspecting private animal protection centers amid the controversy over a local animal shelter's alleged euthanasia of rescued animals. Since December, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has been inspecting private animal shelters, which is scheduled to be carried out through March.

Investigations | 2019-01-15 18:26

Hwang Kyo-ahn joins LKP, vowing to unify conservatives

Former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn joined the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) on Tuesday, pledging to tackle the Moon Jae-in administration’s economic policy and unify the conservatives. The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and other opposition parties immediately criticized his entry into the political scene.

Politics | 2019-01-15 17:32

LKP excludes far-right figure as fact-finder of Gwangju Uprising

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) decided not to recommend Jee Man-won, a controversial far-right figure, as a fact-finder for the May 18 Gwangju Uprising. The LKP recommended three conservative figures Monday as members of the inter-parliamentary committee to be launched to find the facts over May 18 student-led pro-democracy movement. It took four months for the...

Politics | 2019-01-15 17:31

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