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Sun, July 5, 2020 | 04:45

Shelter for comfort women set to be closed following scandal

Shelter for comfort women set to be closed following scandal

A shelter for surviving victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery is set to be closed after the last resident recently left the facility, the operator said Saturday.

2020-07-04 15:44

Lawmaker tests negative for virus, parliament to review extra budget

Lawmaker tests negative for virus, parliament to review extra budget

A ruling party lawmaker who had contact with a COVID-19 patient earlier this week tested negative for the coronavirus Friday, prompting the National Assembly to move forward with a plenary session to review the government's extra budget as planned

2020-07-03 22:05

CJ ENM in clash with local broadcasters over content fee

CJ ENM in clash with local broadcasters over content fee

CJ ENM, the country's largest entertainment company, is in a dispute with local broadcasters over a price increase of its products by 15 percent to 30 percent.

Kim Jae-heun | 2020-07-03 17:00

Moon's approval rating falling amid rows on multiple fronts

Moon's approval rating falling amid rows on multiple fronts

President Moon Jae-in's approval rating has been falling for more than a month, recent surveys showed. The downward tendency is attributable to the controversy over the fairness of the employment of subcontracted workers at Incheon International Airport Corp., a newly announced government policy that has failed to tackle skyrocketing housing prices, and poor performance in na...

Jung Da-min | 2020-07-03 16:49

Ex-lawmaker Park named new spy agency chief

Ex-lawmaker Park named new spy agency chief

Park Jie-won, a former chief of staff of President Kim Dae-jung, has been nominated to lead the nation's spy agency, replacing Suh Hoon, who has been named as director of the National Security Office (NSO), Cheong Wa Dae announced, Friday.

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-07-03 16:48

New unification minister, spy agency chief and national security adviser nominated

New unification minister, spy agency chief and national security adviser nominated

President Moon Jae-in nominated Lee In-young, a four-term ruling party lawmaker, as South Korea's new unification minister and tapped Suh Hoon, head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), as director of national security at Cheong Wa Dae on Friday.

2020-07-03 15:32

Anti-discrimination law back on table at National Assembly

Anti-discrimination law back on table at National Assembly

The minor liberal Justice Party has proposed a bill to ban all kinds of discrimination based on gender, disability, age, language, country of origin, sexual orientation, physical condition, academic background and any other reason.

Jung Da-min | 2020-07-03 08:32

Moon calls for heavier tax burden on owners of multiple homes to curb housing price surge

Moon calls for heavier tax burden on owners of multiple homes to curb housing price surge

President Moon Jae-in instructed his land minister Thursday to push for ways to raise tax burdens on owners of two or more houses, as he received an emergency report on South Korea's real estate market viewed by many as being overheated. He called in Kim Hyun-mee, minister of land, infrastructure and transport, for the debriefing, with his government confronted with fierce pu...

2020-07-02 20:32

US Army gate named after war veteran

US Army gate named after war veteran

Retired Army Major General Yoon Seung- kook, sitting in a wheelchair, joins Korean and U.S. military personnel during a ceremony to celebrate a gate at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys being named after him, Thursday. One of six gates at the garrison in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, it honors Yoon, the only Korean who participated in the U.N. forces' first battle against North K...

Yi Whan-woo | 2020-07-02 17:13

Justice minister orders chief prosecutor to scrap advisory panel on high-profile collusion case

Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae wielded her authority Thursday over a high-profile investigation into the alleged collusion between a senior prosecutor and cable TV news outlet, ordering Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl to halt assembling an expert advisory panel.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2020-07-02 17:08

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