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Thu, June 21, 2018 | 21:15

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'US should take long-term approach for NK denuclearization'

The United States should be in no rush to realize the complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization (CVID) of the Korean Peninsula, as North Korea is still not ready to scrap all of its nuclear sites and materials, according to an expert on military conflict resolution. “I would say the intent is to go toward the CVID, but I think it is very difficult to get to that poi...

Politics | 2018-06-07 17:47

Trump asked to cancel summit if NK rejects CVID

The leader of South Korea's main opposition party asked U.S. President Donald Trump, Thursday, to withdraw from the planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un if the latter refuses to discuss complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization (CVID).

Politics | 2018-06-07 17:19

220,000 people demand heavy penalties for false rape claims

More than 220,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the government and the National Assembly to toughen the law against false accusations of sex crimes. As of Thursday, 220,450 people have signed the petition on the Cheong Wa Dae website. The person who posted the plea on May 25 said Korea needs a law that punishes those who take advantage of its faulty justic...

Politics | 2018-06-07 17:06

Opinion rigging scandal spreads to opposition party

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) is being accused of using computer programs to rig online opinions, the same accusation it made against the ruling bloc and into which it actively sought an independent counsel investigation. It is now facing a counterattack from the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), which claims the opposition party should also be subject t...

Politics | 2018-06-07 17:02

Early voting for June 13 elections take place from Friday

Early voting for the June 13 local elections will take place Friday and Saturday nationwide for those who are unable to cast their ballots on election day. Voters should go with their ID cards to any polling station across the nation between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Politics | 2018-06-07 16:39

Parties rev up campaigns ahead of early voting for local elections

South Korean parties ramped up their campaigns to appeal for voters Thursday, one day before two days of early voting for the June 13 local elections and parliamentary by-elections.

Politics | 2018-06-07 16:18

Subway engineer's announcements please passengers

On the way home from work, weary subway riders may feel a little encouraged to hear, instead of the usual announcements of station names, a short but warm message such as “You did a great job today” or “You may wish upon the full moon tonight and I hope your wishes will come true.” This is what subway engineer Lee Hyeong-kwon offers passengers on the trains of Line 7 in Seoul.

Politics | 2018-06-07 16:18

How much more US insulting can North Korean leader take?

Can North Korea's Kim Jong-un take any more U.S. public insults and go to Singapore for the next week's summit with President Donald Trump? Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor, ardent Trump supporter and his attorney, has added gasoline to the fire of Kim's temper, which is no doubt getting shorter in the face of verbal assaults from the U.S.

Politics | 2018-06-07 15:35

Trump mulls inviting Kim Jong-un to his golf resort in Florida

Assembly eyes special committee for inter-Korean exchanges

The National Assembly is seeking to establish a special committee to speed up inter-Korean economic exchanges, party officials said Wednesday. This is part of a measure to follow up on the April 27 Panmunjeom Declaration, signed between the leaders of the two Koreas, and to prepare for greater demand for inter-Korean economic cooperation expected after the North Korea-U.S. su...

Politics | 2018-06-06 16:47

Tourists exposed to harmful latex in Thailand

A woman, identified only by her surname Kim, went to Phuket for her honeymoon about three years ago. There, she bought latex products worth nearly 4 million won ($3,736). The problem she found out later was they generated hazardous anions. Kim had purchased a whole set of mattresses and pillows for herself and her husband, and for the child she was expecting at the time.

Politics | 2018-06-05 19:14

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