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Mon, December 17, 2018 | 07:23

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Passengers angered by mileage expiration

Local airlines' plan to cancel customers' air miles from next year is ruffling customers' feathers as they are pushing ahead with it without seemingly offering any compensation.

Heavy industries | 2018-12-16 17:55

Park loyalists sacked as LKP branch heads

The largest opposition party, Liberty Korea Party (LKP)'s interim leadership has evicted 21 incumbent lawmakers, including some loyalists of former President Park Geun-hye, from key party posts as part of reform measures.

Politics | 2018-12-16 17:46

Parties agree on electoral reform next month

Moon replaces 16 vice ministers

President Moon Jae-in carried out a major reshuffle of vice ministers on Friday, with a view to revitalizing the economy and tightening discipline within the administration as his approval ratings continue to fall. Moon appointed seven new vice ministers and nine vice minister-level officials, Cheong Wa Dae said.

Politics | 2018-12-14 16:34

Moon rejects Japan's claims over forced labor ruling

President Moon Jae-in denied Japan’s claims that the South Korean Supreme Court’s recent ruling on wartime labor violates the diplomatic treaty signed between Seoul and Tokyo in 1965, Friday. During a meeting with a group of Japanese lawmakers at Cheong Wa Dae, Moon countered claims that Japan has completed its reparations over its 1910-45 colonization of the Korean Peninsula...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-12-14 17:09

'YouTuber' is top 5 job for elementary schoolchildren

In the growing presence of mobile platforms, “YouTuber” - a YouTube content creator or personality - is in the top 10 in a list of jobs elementary schoolchildren want, according to the Ministry of Education and the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Friday. This is the first time that the online broadcasters have been included in the listing since...

Education | 2018-12-14 17:41

Another victim of Japan's sexual slavery dies

A victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery has died. She was 92.Lee Gwi-nyeo, who was forced into prostitution at Japanese military brothels during World War II, died of cerebral infarction and other diseases.

Obituaries | 2018-12-14 19:25

Minister holds meeting with defense firm CEOs

Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo met with the heads of 13 defense companies to address their declining sales and profits, Friday. The meeting was arranged amid growing uncertainties in the Korean defense industry, with a number of firms here posting a steep drop in their operating profit in recent years.

Defense Affairs | 2018-12-14 17:17

Eunpyeong chief wins woman leadership award

Kim Me-kyung, the chief of the Eunpyeong-gu Office in northwestern Seoul, has been awarded at the Korean Woman Leader Awards.

Seoul & provinces | 2018-12-14 16:13

Gov't to guarantee national pension payment

The government will take ultimate responsibility for covering the national pension program, by stating the guarantee in a clause of the relevant law, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said on Friday. The move is part of the government's plan to reform the state pension program, the fund for which is feared to be depleted by 2057 due to the low birthrate and sluggish economic...

Diseases & welfare | 2018-12-14 18:21

Against ridesharing service

Members of the Seoul Private Taxi Association hold a rally in front of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea headquarters in Seoul, Friday, to call on the party and the government to disallow the planned ridesharing service by Kakao Mobility. Kakao decided to suspend the official launch of the service following the suicide of a protesting taxi driver, but the association deman...

Photo News | 2018-12-14 18:20

Older heating pipes may burst in winter

A total of 203 hot water pipes in the country were found to be fragile in cold weather during an emergency inspection, the Korea District Heating Corp. (KDHC) said, Thursday. Sixteen of them were in very poor condition and could burst at any time.

Investigations | 2018-12-13 16:36

Koreas meet to hold railway ceremony this year

The two Koreas held working-level talks Thursday for a joint event to celebrate the potential start of work to reconnect inter-Korean railways and roads. They agreed to hold a ceremony on Dec. 26 at Panmun Station near the North's border city of Gaeseong.

Politics | 2018-12-13 16:22

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