A senior prosecutor fired last month as chief investigator into the spy agency’s alleged election interference is back in the heart of political controversy as the prosecution office seeks heavy punishment for his violation of investigation protocol. The inspection committee at the Supreme Public Prosecutors’ Office will ask the Ministry of Justice on Monday to suspend Yoon Seok-youl, head of the prosecutors’ office for Gyeonggi Province’s Yeoju, for three months.Yoon was ousted from the special

Steven McKinney, chief of Seoul Global Center, is a self-professed jack-of-all-trades with had experience and training in a diverse range of fields.By training, he is a classical singer, but went on to spend several years in the retail industry after university. From there he moved on to the shoe-manufacturing business, where he spent more than a decade in executive posts. Even now, he runs his own consulting business, serves as the chief of the center of support of international residents in Se

Two Canadian half-brothers, whose father died on the battlefield during the Korean War, were united in Seoul Thursday after six decades without knowing of each other’s existence.Andre Brisebois, 64, first found out about his brother Leo Demay, 60, in July when a Canadian media outlet reported on Demay, who works at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Busan, to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice agreement.Ever since, they have been in contact through the Internet. Their first face-to-face meeti

More than 650,000 students took the annual college entrance exam Thursday. Public offices and the stock market opened an hour later than usual, and airport runways closed temporarily for the nationwide test.This year, 650,747 high school students and graduates applied for the state-administered College Scholastic Ability Test, better known as the Suneung, according to the Ministry of Education. The number of test takers dropped by 17,775 from last year, due to a decline in the overall number of

Seoul and seven other cities agreed Thursday to form a global consultative body next year to push for sustainable socio-economic development.The annual Global Social Economy Forum in Seoul adopted a declaration pledging to cooperate on a range of projects for inclusive urban development, including social enterprises, micro-financing and cooperatives. Seoul will host the provisional secretariat of the envisioned global network and its inaugural conference next year.Representatives from cities inc

The portion of regional patients visiting five major hospitals in Seoul exceeded 60 percent last year, indicating a deepening imbalance in medical care nationwide.

New NPS chief hopes to expand fund management personnel, exercise