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N.K. propaganda outlet gives first response to online sex crime case in S. KoreaNorth KoreaMar 29, 2020A North Korean propaganda outlet on Sunday gave its first reaction to a high-profile online sex crime case in South Korea, condemning the South as a society where corruption is rampant. Referring to... -
Churches push ahead with services despite stricter calls for social distancingSocial affairsMar 29, 2020Some Protestant churches in South Korea pressed ahead with their worship services Sunday despite the government's pleas for stricter social distancing. As part of the government's drive for further ... -
PM: S. Korea to enforce mandatory two-week quarantine for all entrants from overseasSocial affairsMar 29, 2020South Korea will enforce a two-week mandatory coronavirus quarantine for all entrants from overseas starting Wednesday, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Sunday, amid a steady inflow of virus cases ... -
S. Korea to implement new global bank capital rules in Q2EconomyMar 29, 2020South Korea will implement new global bank capital rules in the second quarter of the year, the country's financial regulator said Sunday, a move that could increase corporate lending amid a liquidit... -
US flies surveillance plane over Korean Peninsula as NK fires missilesNorth KoreaMar 29, 2020A US surveillance aircraft flew over South Korea on Sunday on an apparent mission to monitor North Korea as the communist nation fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles the same ... -
Lawmakers push to impose stronger punishment on digital sex criminalsSocial affairsMar 29, 2020South Korean lawmakers are pushing to revise the law in a way that punishes those entering online chat rooms to view illegal videos of sex acts amid public outrage over an online sexual blackmail rin... -
Two military personnel test positive for coronavirus again after full recoveryDefenseMar 29, 2020Two military personnel, who had been reported to have fully recovered from the new coronavirus, have tested positive again, the defense ministry said Sunday. An Army officer based in Yongin, some 50... -
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[Newsmaker] S. Korean coronavirus test kit firms earn US FDA pre-approvalPoliticsMar 29, 2020Three South Korean COVID-19 test-kit companies have obtained preliminary approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the foreign ministry said Saturday. The initial FDA approval will al... -
S. Korea reports 105 new virus cases to total 9,583 as fully recovered cases top 5,000Social affairsMar 29, 2020South Korea reported 105 new cases of the coronavirus Sunday, bringing the nation's total to 9,583, but the number of fully recovered cases rose more than twice as fast as new infections to top 5,000... -
Govt. mulling financial support for 10m households in wake of coronavirusPoliticsMar 29, 2020South Korea said Sunday it is considering providing financial support to 10 million lower-income households as part of emergency measures in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Under the plan, a f... -
Chartered flight carrying S. Koreans departs Bolivia amid border closureForeign AffairsMar 29, 2020Forty-seven South Koreans left Bolivia on a US-arranged chartered flight, the South Korean Embassy in La Paz said, after the South American nation imposed a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of ... -
Cheong Wa Dae convenes emergency meeting over N. Korean missile launchesNorth KoreaMar 29, 2020South Korea's national security adviser and other top security officials held an emergency videoconference Sunday to discuss North Korea's firing of two projectiles believed to be short-range missile... -
N. Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea: JCSNorth KoreaMar 29, 2020North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Sunday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, the latest in a series of projectile launches e... -
LIG Group honorary chairman dies at age 86IndustryMar 28, 2020LIG Group Honorary Chairman Koo Cha-won died Saturday of a chronic illness, the company said. He was 86. Born in 1935, Koo was the second-generation leader at LIG Group, which was spun off from LG G... -
About 200 S. Korean peacekeepers return home from South SudanDefenseMar 28, 2020About 200 South Korean peacekeeping troops returned home Saturday from South Sudan after completing their nine-month rotational mission. They arrived at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul,...
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