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Gov't uncovers 182 hiring irregularities at public firms

The government announced Wednesday it had found 182 suspected hiring irregularities at 1,205 public companies and institutions, pledging to come up with comprehensive measures to root out corruption there. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission said it conducted a joint inspection with the finance, interior and labor ministries on employment irregularities at the pub...

Politics | 2019-02-20 17:25

Ruling party all-out to save jailed Moon confidant

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is going all-out for the sake of South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Kyoung-soo, a jailed confidant of President Moon Jae-in.

Politics | 2019-02-20 17:23

Abe gets no answer from North Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is continuing to offer to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but the North has remained silent. Experts say Abe’s efforts are intended on getting to play a role in the denuclearization process, as Tokyo has largely remained excluded so far.

Politics | 2019-02-20 17:20

Seoul pushing inter-Korean projects as summit agenda

South Korea is pushing hard to get an early resumption of joint inter-Korean economic projects recognized as a key issue to be dealt with when U.S. President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in Vietnam, next week.

Politics | 2019-02-20 16:55

Trump cautious about progress in Hanoi summit

The United States will be in “no rush” to denuclearize North Korea as long as tough sanctions on the regime stay in place, U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday (local time).“I have no pressing time schedule,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “I am in no particular rush. The sanctions are on.”

Politics | 2019-02-20 16:52

Seoul pushing inter-Korean projects as summit agenda

Doctor prepares for era of inter-Korean medical exchanges

Kim Young-hoon, 61, performed pacemaker surgery in Pyongyang in 2000, a time when inter-Korean exchanges flourished amid the detente under the Kim Dae-jung administration. There he was able to see for himself the gap in medical systems and technologies between the South and North. Yet medical aid to the North was reduced significantly in the following years, as conservative p...

Politics | 2019-02-20 15:10

Denuclearization will be long process: 38 North founder

Denuclearizing North Korea will be a long process, even if North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agrees to give up his nuclear arsenal in his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to Joel Wit, founder of the North Korea-monitoring website 38 North, Tuesday.

Politics | 2019-02-19 17:35

North Korea leader may fly to Hanoi on aged official jet

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is set to fly to Hanoi, Vietnam, for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump using his aged official jet instead of a rented Air China plane, diplomatic sources in Seoul said, Tuesday.

Politics | 2019-02-19 17:28

A look into US-NK entourage to Hanoi

Along with agreements to be reached at the summit, attention is also growing over the officials that will accompany leaders of the U.S. and North Korea to Hanoi for the summit to take place Feb. 27 and 28. Key officials expected to aide U.S. President Donald Trump are Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Adviser John Bolton and the State Department's Special Repr...

Politics | 2019-02-19 17:01

TV guidelines on 'look-alike' K-pop singers spark controversy

The government's new guidelines for local broadcasters and TV show producers have sparked controversy here over a suggestion to refrain from showing too many K-pop stars that have similar appearances. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (MOGEF) released the revised guidelines Saturday in an effort to prevent “lookism,” which TV can appear to promote.

Politics | 2019-02-18 18:05

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