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Mon, July 13, 2020 | 02:34

Schools back to normal amid COVID-19 fears

Schools back to normal amid COVID-19 fears

Elementary, middle and high school students all returned to their classrooms Monday, but many parents and teachers remain skeptical about whether or not the schools are free of the coronavirus. They are concerned about whether students will wear masks properly and adequately practice social distancing rules and other measures while in school.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2020-06-08 16:27

S. Korea reports 38 new cases of coronavirus infection

Before it is too late

Before it is too late

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced,” wrote James Baldwin. The uncomfortable truth about comfort women must be faced. We owe it to them - the involuntary subjects to sexual slavery and crimes against humanity. We owe it to us - a society that needs to learn to live with the past and build a better future for our children,...

2020-06-08 16:11

Moon says 'comfort women' campaign must go on despite scandal

Moon says 'comfort women' campaign must go on despite scandal

President Moon Jae-in broke his silence Monday about a simmering controversy over the decadeslong campaign led by civic activists to raise public awareness of Japan's sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, saying it's not right to deny the movement's legitimacy itself.

2020-06-08 15:36

Moon vows to bolster transparency of civic movement

Moon's approval rating declining

Moon's approval rating declining

President Moon Jae-in's approval rating has been falling in recent weeks, with no specific policies or events to pull it up, an opinion poll showed, Monday.

Kim Rahn | 2020-06-08 13:55

Head of shelter for ex-sex slaves found dead

Head of shelter for ex-sex slaves found dead

The director of a shelter run for former wartime sex slaves was found dead in her home in an apparent suicide, according to the police on Sunday.

Kim Se-jeong | 2020-06-07 17:27

Moon pays tribute to independence movement hero

Moon pays tribute to independence movement hero

President Moon Jae-in urged Koreans Sunday to remember the sacrifices of independence fighters who struggled against Japanese imperalism on the centennial of the victory of the Bongodong (Fengwudong) Battle. He paid tribute to Hong Beom-do, a commander-in-chief of the Korean Independence Army, who led his force of 1,200 to 1,300 freedom fighters to victory at the Battle of Bo...

Do Je-hae | 2020-06-07 17:07

Moon vows stronger national defense, security in Memorial Day address

Moon vows stronger national defense, security in Memorial Day address

President Moon Jae-in stressed his government's unswerving push for a peaceful Korean peninsula, Saturday, speaking in public hours after North Korea's threat to close an inter-Korean liaison office.

2020-06-06 11:43

Pledge to recover Korean War dead

Pledge to recover Korean War dead

A banner embodying a part of the Korean national flag, shown when the national flag is used to cover the remains of deceased service members, hangs along the street near Gwanghwamun in central Seoul, Friday. The number 122,609 refers to the Korean War dead who still have yet to be recovered. / Yonhap

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-06-05 17:37

New Assembly gets off to shaky start

New Assembly gets off to shaky start

The 21st National Assembly held its opening session, Friday, but it was crippled only 11 minutes later as members of the main opposition United Future Party (UFP) left the plenary chamber to protest the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) push to hold the session despite its opposition following conflicts over how to form standing committees.

Jung Da-min | 2020-06-05 17:16

Mr. Mayor, don't cross the line

Mr. Mayor, don't cross the line

“Do not tie your shoes if you are in someone else's cucumber field.”This old Korean saying advises people not to do a certain thing if it makes others suspicious of your motives. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon is making the same mistake in Seoul City's crackdown on Sarang Jeil Church for the latter's defiance of an urban renewal plan set to uproot the neighborhood of Jangwi-dong i...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-06-05 17:04

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