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Sun, September 24, 2023 | 15:49

Ex-culture minister tapped to bring expertise, experience back

Ex-culture minister tapped to bring expertise, experience back

Yoo In-chon, the new culture minister nominee, is an expert in cultural-arts policies who served as culture minister from 2008-2011 during the Lee Myung-bak administration.

2023-09-13 16:20

Labor minister asks rail workers to call off general strike plan

Labor minister asks rail workers to call off general strike plan

Labor Minister Lee Jeong-sik on Wednesday urged unionized rail workers to cancel their plan to stage a general strike this week, citing its grave impact on the economy and the people's daily lives.

2023-09-13 13:07

Industry minister nominee vows swift restoration of nuclear energy ecosystem

Industry minister nominee vows swift restoration of nuclear energy ecosystem

Korean Industry Minister nominee Bang Moon-kyu vowed Wednesday to expedite efforts to restore and further develop the ecosystem of the country's nuclear power generation industry to better achieve net-zero goals and energy security.

2023-09-13 11:11

Yoon names new ministers of defense, culture, gender equality

Yoon names new ministers of defense, culture, gender equality

President Yoon Suk Yeol nominated a ruling party lawmaker and former three-star Army general for defense minister Wednesday in a partial Cabinet shakeup that also affected the culture and gender equality ministers.

2023-09-13 09:40

Opposition lawmakers to visit U.S., Europe to garner support against Fukushima water release

Opposition lawmakers to visit U.S., Europe to garner support against Fukushima water release

Five opposition lawmakers plan to visit the United States and Europe this week to garner global support against Japan's ongoing discharge of water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) said Tuesday.

2023-09-12 21:20

Opposition leader questioned again over suspected illegal remittance to N. Korea

Opposition leader questioned again over suspected illegal remittance to N. Korea

Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was grilled by prosecutors again Tuesday over allegations of his involvement in a company's illegal remittance to North Korea in 2019. Lee, chair of the main opposition Democratic Party, left the Suwon District Prosecutors Office after around five hours of questioning on charges of third-party bribery, three days after he underwent the first ro...

2023-09-12 20:35

Yoon's office calls on Russia to 'act responsibly' ahead of Kim-Putin summit

Yoon's office calls on Russia to 'act responsibly' ahead of Kim-Putin summit

The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol called on Russia on Tuesday to "act responsibly" as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un traveled to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin.

2023-09-12 16:32

Kim, Putin poised for high-stakes summit amid arms deal concerns

N. Korea's Kim arrives in Russia for rare summit with Putin

Defense minister offers to resign amid criticisms of Marine's death

Defense minister offers to resign amid criticisms of Marine's death

Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup has offered to resign amid criticisms of the ministry's controversial handling of investigations into the death of a Marine during a search-and-rescue operation. The move came as the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) seeks to pass a motion on impeaching the minister, which will suspend the minister from his job and freeze President ...

Nam Hyun-woo | 2023-09-12 16:11

Fake interview suspect said to have denied knowing Yoon

Fake interview suspect said to have denied knowing Yoon

Kim Man-bae, a key suspect in allegations that he purposely faked an interview in 2021 to discredit then opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk Yeol, denied key parts of his interview, including being an acquaintance with Yoon, during subsequent questioning by prosecutors, effectively admitting to the falsity of the interview, informed judicial officials said Tuesday.

2023-09-12 15:47

Ex-President Moon sues veterans minister for defaming his father

Ex-President Moon sues veterans minister for defaming his father

Former President Moon Jae-in filed a defamation complaint against Veterans Minister Park Min-shik on Tuesday for suggesting that his father was a pro-Japanese figure, according to an opposition lawmaker.

2023-09-12 15:47

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