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Wed, July 17, 2019 | 17:45

Animal rights groups slam lawmakers for not banning dog meat trade

Animal rights groups have called on lawmakers to pass an amended Animal Protection Act banning dog meat consumption here. During a rally in front of the National Assembly, Friday, protesters set up a symbolic altar piled with life-size replicas of electrocuted dogs at farms. One activist held up the actual remains of a puppy that had died from poor conditions at a dog farm.

Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-07-12 17:20

Concerns rise over regional economy crisis at outflow of military troops

Concerns are being raised over possible regional economic crises in cities near the inter-Korean border as they are seeing a considerable population outflow with military units in the region having been or set to be withdrawn or unified in the near future. This is in line with the country's overall Defense Reform 2.0 troop drawdown plan.

Jung Da-min | 2019-07-12 17:12

North Korean boat found

A wooden boat believed to be from North Korea is raised from the shore in Goseong, Gangwon Province, Friday. While no one was found aboard or in the vicinity, the Joint Chiefs of Staff are conducting an investigation. /Yonhap

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-07-12 16:40

Seoul, Washington stand together to resolve Japan issue

The United States will back South Korea's responses in resolving an ongoing trade row with Japan over the latter's restrictions on the export of some high-tech resource materials, a senior presidential aide said, early Friday (KST). “I can tell you that Washington has fully acknowledged Seoul's view that Tokyo's discriminatory trade export controls is directly disrupting glob...

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-07-12 16:28

Public calls rise for entry ban on Yoo again

Opposition is growing to a Supreme Court ruling Thursday that would lift a ban on singer Yoo Seung-jun from entering Korea. The ban was imposed after Yoo evaded compulsory military service by renouncing his Korean citizenship. Online bulletin boards have been flooded with negative comments about the singer, also known as Steve Yoo, who chose to use his U.S. nationality to eva...

Kim Rahn | 2019-07-12 16:04

Brazilian orthopedic surgeon hopes to learn new technique

Breno Frota Siqueira, an orthopedic surgeon from Brazil, has been participating in a fellowship course at Wooridul Spine Hospital.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-07-12 15:53

Koreans' view of Japan falls to record low: poll

Japan's restrictions on exports to South Korea has sharply cut into its favorability rating among the South Korean people, a poll by Gallup Korea showed Friday. In the survey of 1,005 Korean adults conducted nationwide from Tuesday to Thursday, only 12 percent said they have a favorable view of Japan, the lowest figure since polling on the topic began in 1991.

2019-07-12 13:36

67% of Koreans willing to boycott Japanese goods over Tokyo's export control: survey

Former finance minister's 5-year jail term confirmed

The Supreme Court confirmed a higher and lower court ruling, Thursday, that sentenced Rep. Choi Kyung-hwan of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party to five years in prison for taking bribes from the country's spy agency while serving as finance minister in 2014.

Kang Seung-woo | 2019-07-11 17:53

Lawmaker claims Japan illegally sent strategic materials to NK

Rep. Ha Tae-keung of the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party (BMP) claimed Thursday that Japan sent sanctioned material to North Korea on 30 occasions over the last two decades, some of which were used in the production of nuclear weapons.

Park Ji-won | 2019-07-11 17:48

Defense ministry says Japanese troops cannot fight in Korea

'Seoul proposes plan to compensate forced wartime laborers

South Korea has adjusted its proposal to settle wartime forced labor compensation claims with Japan in an attempt to normalize the strained diplomatic relations between the two countries. Seoul proposed the use of Korean government money to settle all future claims, in addition to the creation of a joint fund between the countries to pay compensation to the successful plainti...

Kim Yoo-chul | 2019-07-11 17:44

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