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Mon, June 25, 2018 | 15:27

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Moon, Duterte to hold summit today

Monday's summit will be the second meeting between Moon and Duterte. They first met in the Philippines in November on the sidelines of the ASEAN+3 Summit and East Asian Summit (EAS). During Monday's talks, Moon is expected to seek support for his push for peace on the Korean Peninsula. The two leaders are also expected to discuss ways to enhance friendly cooperative ties betw...

Politics | 2018-06-04 10:37

UN rapporteur warns housing inequality

The United Nation's Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha has expressed concerns over rising housing inequality in Korea. Farha visited Seoul last Monday at the invitation of the government to conduct a 10-day investigation. The special rapporteur met with officials from government agencies including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport and the Ministry of Justice.

Politics | 2018-06-03 18:07

Disneyland welcomes Koreans with new website

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort has opened a Korea-language website to attract Korean tourists. “The number of Koreans visiting Hong Kong Disneyland has doubled every year since 2014. Korea has become the fourth largest market in the world for us,” said Lunda Choy, vice president of the park's communications and public affairs during a press conference at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul.

Politics | 2018-06-03 18:04

Korean Air plane makes emergency landing

A Korean Air plane made an emergency landing in Japan on Saturday after a fire alarm went off, according to the carrier. According to the nation's largest airline, the Boeing 777-200 jet carrying 189 passengers and crew was flying to Tokyo's Haneda Airport from Gimpo International Airport in Seoul when the alarm went off in a cargo hold at 8:15 p.m.

Politics | 2018-06-03 17:58

Moon keeps promise to help rebuild school in Nepal

President Moon Jae-in recently donated his own money to a secondary school in Nepal he visited two years ago as part of an earthquake relief effort. Moon and his aides who accompanied him on the June 2016 trek in the region recently donated 13.5 million won ($12,600) to Arukharka Secondary School in Nuwakot, one of the districts that was hardest-hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthqu...

Politics | 2018-06-03 17:15

Voters blast excessive use of loudspeakers during election campaigns

An increasing number of voters expressed frustration about the frequent and excessive use of loudspeakers, a major means of election campaigning ahead of the June 13 local elections. Despite the repeated and growing number of complaints from residents, candidates are not subject to punishment due to a lack of relevant enforceable laws.

Politics | 2018-06-03 17:09

Nearly 43 million South Koreans eligible to vote in local elections

Nearly 43 million South Koreans are eligible to vote in the upcoming local elections, the election watchdog said Saturday.

Politics | 2018-06-02 10:50

N. Korea's ICBMs will be main summit topic: Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump has revealed a plan to deal with North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) - along with its nuclear weapons - at the upcoming summit with the North's young leader Kim Jong-un. In an interview with Reuters, Thursday, Trump said he will put the regime's missile programs on the nuclear dialogue table between Washington and Pyongyang. T...

Politics | 2018-06-01 17:14

Trump, Kim back on for summit

Busan mayoral candidates tussle over airport

Oh Keo-don, who recently resigned as a lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea pledged to pursue the construction of a new airport on Gadeok Island in Busan, reigniting the long-disputed, political issue in the country's southeastern region ahead of the upcoming June 13 local elections.

Politics | 2018-05-31 17:27

Preliminary design for KF-X radar completed

The preliminary design for a radar system to be used in South Korea's self-developed fighter jets has been completed, according to the arms procurement agency, Thursday. The development of the active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar is part of the government-led KF-X project under which the country aims to build fighter jets by investing 8.5 trillion won ($7.91 billion) by 2026.

Politics | 2018-05-31 17:22

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