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Fri, May 25, 2018 | 10:14

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Gov't to revise law on social welfare

The qualifying exam for the lowest-level social worker will be abolished and more North Korean defectors will be included in the state-run social welfare program eligible for state subsidies, the government said Monday.

Politics | 2018-05-24 20:25

Little measures for retaliation on sexual misconduct victims

Only 0.5 percent of workplace sexual misconduct victims who were retaliated against after speaking up sought help with labor relations commissions over the past three years, data showed Monday. According to Korean Women Workers Association, out of 548 victims, a mere three sought help with the labor ministry-supervised organization on grounds including wrongful termination between 2015 and 2017.

Politics | 2018-05-24 20:23

Seoul to open Nodeul Island next year

Seoul will open Nodeul Island by September 2019. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it picked private city planning laboratory Urban Transformer to operate and maintain the river island starting next month. The private organization will operate Nodeul Island as a music-based cultural complex space for three years until May 2021.

Politics | 2018-05-24 18:39

Prime minister to visit Austria, Ireland for economic cooperation

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon began a trip to Austria and Ireland, Thursday, to discuss ways to promote economic cooperation with the European countries.

Politics | 2018-05-24 17:56

Cheong Wa Dae hints at resuming contact with NK

The government is considering contacting North Korea to restart a suspended high-level dialogue, in a move to revive the inter-Korean peace momentum, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday. “We can contact the North again even if no specific schedule (to start the dialogue) has yet been delivered to the regime,” an official from the presidential office told reporters.

Politics | 2018-05-24 16:35

North Korea blows up Punggye-ri nuke site [PHOTOS]

NK, US to hold working-level talks in Singapore

The United States and North Korea are set to hold working-level talks this weekend in Singapore ahead of a planned historic meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according to overseas reports, Thursday. The reported meeting was arranged to narrow differences on the regime's pledge for denuclearization before the Washington-Pyongyang summit slated for June 12.

Politics | 2018-05-24 16:34

North Korea blows up Punggye-ri nuke site [PHOTOS]

NK ramping up criticism over joint air drills

North Korea is ramping up criticism about the joint air force exercises by Seoul and Washington, calling them a “rash act of military provocation.” “The South should contemplate the consequences of its reckless military provocations,” the Rodong Sinmun, the regime's mouthpiece reported Wednesday.

Politics | 2018-05-23 17:01

Inter-Korean dialogue will resume after joint air drills

S. Korean reporters head to nuclear test site

A group of South Korean reporters arrived in North Korea by plane Wednesday after Pyongyang on the same day granted them entry to cover the regime's shutdown of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site to be conducted this week.

Politics | 2018-05-23 16:48

Validity of ruling party's election pledges on inter-Korean joint projects questioned

Is it a populist election tactic, or is it a valid effort to promote Korean detente after the summit?Less than a month to go before the June 13 local elections, the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) recently released its pledges including five key points - youth happiness, fine dust settlement, national safety, job-centered growth and peace on the Korean Peninsula.Among ...

Politics | 2018-05-22 18:03

North Korea rejects S. Korean press coverage of Punggye-ri

North Korea has rejected providing visas for South Korean journalists to enter the North to cover the regime's shutdown of its Punggye-ri nuclear testing site this week. Foreign press from the U.S., U.K., China and Russia received their visas and departed for North Korea the same day.

Politics | 2018-05-22 16:59

Foreign reporters on way to North Korea's nuke site [PHOTOS]

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