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'1 million' Christians join anti-LGBTQ+ marriage rally
Subsidies for kimchi-making? Napa cabbage's importance in Korea
LG Energy Q3 net rises 34 pct on one-off gains
Finance minister vows swift response to 'unwarranted' volatility amid global uncertainties
[단독] 세계보건기구, 한국 의정 갈등 묻자..."1차 의료 환경에서 서비스 공급 확장 필요있어"
S. Korea to utilize up to 16t won of state funds amid massive tax revenue shortfall
S. Korea set to brief NATO on N. Korean troops in Russia
Russia sending 'mercenaries' from N. Korea to frontline in trucks with civilian license plates: Ukraine
N. Korea claims S. Korean drone took off from western border island in Oct. for incursion into Pyongyang
S. Korea, US to hold '2+2' talks among foreign, defense chiefs amid NK deployment to Russia
Seoul shares open higher on tech, battery gains
[Graphic News] Majority of postpartum centers in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province
[Yoo Choon-sik] Monetary policy confined by apartment prices
[Editorial] Poor approval rating
[Allison Schrager] Populism bad for economic growth
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 22, officials say, while truck ramming near Tel Aviv hurts dozens
An Byeong-hun triumphs after all-Korean playoff at Genesis Championship
Ticketing system error disrupts bus terminals across nation
Yoon's office reviews economic impact of Israel's attack on Iran, safety of S. Koreans in Middle East
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PM instructs changes to virus distancing rules to address negative opinions
Feb 4, 2021
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Thursday instructed officials to revamp the nation's social distancing scheme against COVID-19 once again to allow better public receptiveness, citing negative opinions toward its coercive aspects. In an interagency meeting on the COVID-19 response held at the government complex in Seoul, Chung told authorities to reorganize the current distancing rules under the assumption that "the public is involved" in the process. South Korea first adopted a thre
Minor party will not compete in mayoral by-elections amid sexual harassment scandal
Feb 3, 2021
The minor progressive Justice Party decided Wednesday not to field candidates in the April mayoral by-elections in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal that led to the expulsion of its leader. Kim Jong-cheol resigned as head of the party on Jan. 25 after admitting to sexually harassing a female lawmaker of the same party. He was expelled from the party Thursday. At a meeting of its national committee, the party decided not to nominate candidates in the by-elections as a way of "abiding by t
Opposition advises lawmakers to focus on ‘sexual assaults’
Feb 3, 2021
The main opposition party instructed its lawmakers to focus on the topic of sexual assaults among others when they shoot questions at the government during a series of interpellation sessions beginning Thursday. In an internal document revealed Tuesday, the People Power Party advised 12 participating legislators to concentrate on framing the government and the ruling party as “anti-corporation, anti-market economy, anti-rule of law and (prone to) sexual assaults.” An administrativ
Main opposition leader proposes bipartisan consultative body on COVID-19 relief
Feb 3, 2021
Rep. Joo Ho-young, the floor leader of the main opposition party, proposed Wednesday the ruling party and the government form a consultative body with it to coordinate COVID-19 relief measures. "I propose that concerned officials of the ruling and the main opposition parties and the government form a consultative body to enable the speedy and practical provision of assistance to victims reeling from (antivirus business restrictions)," the floor leader of the People Power Party (PPP) s
PM asks for Protestant community's cooperation amid church-linked virus outbreaks
Feb 3, 2021
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun has called for Protestant churches' cooperation with state antivirus measures amid a string of outbreaks tied to churches throughout the country. On Tuesday, Chung met with leading members of the United Christian Churches of Korea and the National Council of Churches in Korea at the government complex in Seoul and asked for their help in containing the new coronavirus pandemic. "Last week, COVID-19 cases spiked again after showing a decrease," Chung said
Leading Seoul mayor contender Ahn to compete with independent rival in preliminary race
Feb 3, 2021
Ahn Cheol-soo, the chief of a minor opposition party and a leading Seoul mayoral contender, on Wednesday accepted an independent rival's offer to compete in a preliminary race as a step to field a single candidate for the opposition bloc in the April 7 mayoral election. The latest decision by Ahn, the chief of the People's Party, will pit him against former lawmaker Keum Tae-sup and other potential contenders in a preliminary election to pick a common opposition candidate outside the main oppos
Moon inspects coronavirus vaccine delivery system in mock drill
Feb 3, 2021
President Moon Jae-in made an on-site inspection Wednesday of South Korea's preparations for COVID-19 vaccine receipt, handling and distribution, as inoculations are scheduled to begin here later this month. He visited the Korean Air's cargo terminal station at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, where a pan-governmental mock drill was under way ahead of the shipment of the initial batch of foreign-made vaccines. Later in the day, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety sa
FM nominee Chung rejects allegations of push to help build nuke power plant in N. Korea
Feb 2, 2021
Foreign Minister nominee Chung Eui-yong on Tuesday rejected allegations that the Moon Jae-in administration had pushed to help build a nuclear power plant in North Korea, stressing the government has never discussed the idea with Pyongyang. During a press availability, Chung also said the conditions for the construction of such a plant in the North were "impossible," given that the idea can be reviewed only after the conclusion of denuclearization negotiations with the North, the lif
President, first lady send New Year’s gift boxes
Feb 2, 2021
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook are sending out gifts to some 15,000 people, including front-line health care workers fighting COVID-19, ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays next week, Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday. Possibly in reflection of the president’s wish for national unity, the gift box consists of specialties from across the nation. These include Andong soju, a distilled liquor from the city in North Gyeongsang Province; fried rice cakes from Yeoju, Gyeonggi P
[Newsmaker] Cheong Wa Dae rules out disclosing USB handed over to North during 2018 summit
Feb 2, 2021
No practical benefits seen from exposing classified file, expert says, and doing so could lead to dispute
[Herald Interview] Former opposition leader vows to improve Seoul’s gender equality, child safety
Feb 2, 2021
Judge-turned-politician says Korea’s gender equality, child protection fall behind
Gender ministry to carry out fact-finding survey on stalking, dating violence
Feb 2, 2021
South Korea's gender ministry said Tuesday that it will carry out a fact-finding survey on stalking and dating violence later this year and map out employment plans for women in the novel coronavirus pandemic. In the 2021 policy plan, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family put its policy priority on preventing sexual crimes against women and promoting gender equality in the job market to help women get employed and continue their careers in an easier way. The ministry said stalking and dat
[Newsmaker] Ruling party will seek extra budget to prepare 4th round of COVID-19 relief fund: chief
Feb 2, 2021
The ruling Democratic Party (DP) will seek an extra state budget to provide the fourth round of a COVID-19 relief fund, party Chairman Rep. Lee Nak-yon said Tuesday. "(The DP) will prepare the fourth round of the disaster assistance fund. It will draw up a sufficient supplementary budget," the party chief said in his parliamentary speech marking the recent launch of a monthlong extra parliamentary session. Since May last year, the government has distributed more than 31 trillion won
Moon calls for policy focus on inclusive recovery from coronavirus crisis
Feb 2, 2021
President Moon Jae-in instructed his government Tuesday to redouble efforts to address the problem of growing difficulties facing the vulnerable, including micro and small merchants, amid the prolonged COVID-19 crisis. His message came as the ruling Democratic Party has proposed a fourth batch of emergency relief money handouts, which require supplementary budgets. Moon pointed out the three key policy goals of 2021 -- recovery, inclusiveness and resurgence -- speaking during a weekly Cabinet
[Newsmaker] Cheong Wa Dae denounces ‘ideological offensive’ over ministry documents
Feb 1, 2021
Cheong Wa Dae condemned what it called an outdated ideological offensive surrounding documents the Energy Ministry deleted, which allegedly indicated plans to help North Korea build a nuclear power plant at the time of the 2018 inter-Korean summit. “They crossed the line,” a ranking Cheong Wa Dae official said Monday in response to main opposition People Power Party leader Kim Chong-in accusing the government of “benefiting the enemy.” “It is a ridiculous insti
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