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BTS wraps up US tour, drawing 320,000 fans

Global K-pop sensation BTS has drawn some 320,000 spectators on the U.S. leg of its world concert tour "Love Yourself: Speak Yourself," its management agency said Monday. BTS wrapped up the US editi...

Moon appreciates UAE's help in getting S. Korean hostage freed

President Moon Jae-in had phone talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates on Monday, days after a South Korean hostage in Libya was released with the help of th...

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Foreign Affairs
Panel identifies flaws in 2009 probe into actress suicide

A truth panel concluded Monday that the prosecution did not properly investigate the 2009 suicide of an actress who claimed to have been sexually abused by high-profile figures and that a major newsp...

May 20, 2019
Social affairs
S. Korea says will prudently consider Japan's call for arbitration panel over forced labor

South Korea will look prudently into Japan's request for the formation of an arbitration panel involving a third-country member to address the long-simmering issue of Tokyo's wartime forced labor, Se...

May 20, 2019
Foreign Affairs
Second DMZ hiking trail to open in Cheorwon in June

The second inter-Korean border trail along the Demilitarized Zone that demarcates South and North Korea will be opened to civilian hikers next month, officials said Monday. The central section of th...

May 20, 2019
Social affairs
Moon to meet top military commanders of allies

President Moon Jae-in will meet with a group of top South Korean and US military generals at his office this week, Cheong Wa Dae announced Monday. He plans to have a luncheon meeting with Defense Mi...

May 20, 2019
Defense
Kim Go-eun cast in new drama series by star screenwriter

Actress Kim Go-eun has been cast in a new drama series by star screenwriter Kim Eun-sook, the series' production company said Monday. Kim will take on two different roles, as a detective in the pres...

May 20, 2019
Television
Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin extends scoreless streak to 31 innings, earns 6th win of '19

Scoring off Los Angeles Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin is the toughest thing for major league hitters these days. The South Korean left-hander improved to 6-1 for the season after shutting down the Cincinnat...

May 20, 2019
Baseball
Moon to meet former US President Bush this week

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will greet former US President George W. Bush at Cheong Wa Dae later this week, Moon's office announced Sunday. Moon is scheduled to meet Bush on Thursday morning,...

May 19, 2019
Politics
'Avengers: Endgame' becomes most-viewed foreign film in S. Korea

"Avengers: Endgame" became the most-watched foreign film in South Korean history, with over 13.33 million admissions Sunday, its distributor said. The latest Marvel superhero flick set the record at...

May 19, 2019
Film
Samsung vice chairman meets execs of Japanese mobile carriers

Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong recently met officials from Japanese mobile carriers to discuss possible collaboration on the fifth-generation (5G) network segment, industry sources said Sunday. ...

May 19, 2019
Industry
Pro-NK media presses US to drop demand for Pyongyang to forgo nukes first

A pro-North Korea newspaper in Japan urged the United States on Saturday to retract its position that Pyongyang should forgo nuclear arms first before rewards are given, in an apparent call for flexi...

May 18, 2019
North Korea
US State Dep't approves possible sale of SM-2 missiles to S. Korea: DSCA

WASHINGTON, (Yonhap) -- The US State Department has approved a possible sale of SM-2 Block IIIB ship-to-air missiles to South Korea for an estimated cost of $313.9 million, according to a US defense ...

May 18, 2019
Defense
S. Korean man held hostage in Libya returns home

A South Korean man, who was abducted in Libya last July and released this week, expressed his gratitude to the government for the rescue efforts upon his arrival here Saturday. The 62-year-old, iden...

May 18, 2019
Social affairs
NK sends letter to UN chief, calls US seizure of ship 'sovereignty-infringing' act

North Korea's top envoy to the United Nations has sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to criticize the United States' recent seizure of its cargo ship suspected of violating intern...

May 18, 2019
North Korea

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