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Science ministry to revoke license of new mobile carrier Stage X due to funding questions

Second Vice Science Minister Kang Do-hyun said Friday that the ministry will cancel the license of Stage X as a new mobile carrier due to the company's failure to secure paid-in capital and meet other requirements.

Jun 14, 2024
Science ministry to revoke license of new mobile carrier Stage X due to funding questions

Two Chinese sailors booked over fishing boat crash off southwestern coast

Two Chinese sailors were booked on charges of crashing into a fishing boat and fleeing without offering assistance in waters off Korea's southwestern coast, leaving two sailors missing and its captain dead, the Coast Guard said Friday.

Jun 14, 2024
Two Chinese sailors booked over fishing boat crash off southwestern coast

Some products from AliExpress, Temu, Qoo10 found to contain harmful substances

Some of the cosmetics and children's water toys sold on three overseas e-commerce retail platforms have been found to contain harmful substances far exceeding the permitted safety levels, a state-run consumer organization said Friday.

Jun 14, 2024
Some products from AliExpress, Temu, Qoo10 found to contain harmful substances

EXCLUSIVE Denmark reports 10 cases of vomiting, pain linked to Korean Buldak spicy noodles

At least 10 Danes have reported illnesses such as vomiting after consuming Buldak's spicy noodles, according to Danish authorities, Friday. The Korean instant noodles produced by Samyang Foods were recalled earlier this week in Denmark due to their excessive spiciness.

Jun 14, 2024By Lee Hyo-jin
[EXCLUSIVE] Denmark reports 10 cases of vomiting, pain linked to Korean Buldak spicy noodles

K-water ramps up Ukraine reconstruction projects

Yun Seog-dae, CEO of Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-water), has participated in the Ukraine Recovery Conference, promoting K-water's commitment to reconstruction projects in the war-torn nation, according to the state-run water management company, Thursday.

Jun 14, 2024By Lee Hyo-jin
K-water ramps up Ukraine reconstruction projects

Desperate patients appeal for withdrawal of doctors' planned strike

Out of deepening despair amid a prolonged walkout by trainee doctors, patients on Thursday lashed out at doctors for planning a broader strike next week and urged the government to enact a law to prevent a recurrence of a collective action by medical staff.

Jun 13, 2024
Desperate patients appeal for withdrawal of doctors' planned strike
  • Doctors at major hospitals decide to stage indefinite walkouts
  • Lawmakers to meet with SNU medical professors on eve of planned walkout for breakthrough

Korean captain killed, 2 Indonesian sailors missing as fishing boat capsizes off southwestern coast

A fishing boat carrying nine people capsized in waters off Korea’s southwestern coast early Thursday, leaving its Korean captain dead and two Indonesian sailors missing.

Jun 13, 2024By Jung Min-ho
Korean captain killed, 2 Indonesian sailors missing as fishing boat capsizes off southwestern coast

INTERVIEW Applying different minimum wage to each sector will divide society: FKTU president

GENEVA — Setting divergent minimum wages for different sectors amounts to socio-economic discrimination and will only divide society, according to Kim Dong-myung, president of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU).

Jun 13, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
[INTERVIEW] Applying different minimum wage to each sector will divide society: FKTU president
  • Labor, management at odds over adopting sector-specific minimum wage

INTERVIEW Korea poised to become top coordinator of International Labour Organization

GENEVA — Korea is the leading candidate to be selected as the top coordinator of the International Labour Organization (ILO), tasked with mediating differences of opinion among governments, employers and laborers from the 187 member states of the U.N. agency, as well as setting labor standards and developing policies, according to Minister of Employment and Labor Lee Jung-sik.

Jun 13, 2024By Jun Ji-hye
[INTERVIEW] Korea poised to become top coordinator of International Labour Organization

Yoon had no duty to report wife's receipt of luxury bag: watchdog

President Yoon Suk Yeol was under no obligation to report first lady Kim Keon Hee's acceptance of a luxury handbag in 2022, as the gift was unrelated to his official duties, the state anti-corruption watchdog said Wednesday.

Jun 12, 2024
Yoon had no duty to report wife's receipt of luxury bag: watchdog
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