Outdoor clothing brand Nepa will send W400 million (US$1=W1,068) worth of supplies to Nepal where a devastating earthquake killed thousands of people, the company said on Wednesday.
Nepa and the Korean Alpine Federation plan to contact NGOs in the country to deliver tents and tarps to ear… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] :
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered condolences to the United States over World War II on Wednesday, but failed to apologize to the people of Asia.
Source:: KBS World Radio
Women with low incomes or lower education levels are more prone to depression.
The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs analyzed depression trends among women from 2010 to 2012 and found that the lowest income group had a 24.8 percent depression rate compared to 13.8 percent at t… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Economy] :
The finance ministers of South Korea and Japan will meet in May for the first time in two and a half years after talks were suspended due to frayed diplomatic relations.
Source:: KBS World Radio
Prosecutors searched the offices of plastic surgery clinics in Gangnam that used agents to attract patients from China and slapped a travel ban on illegal brokers. The investigation was triggered by Chinese media reports that focused on a growing number of botched surgeries on patients from China… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] :
With search efforts continuing two days after a devastating earthquake on Saturday, the number of …
Source:: KBS World Radio
Comcast Corporation and Time Warner Cable, Inc said on Friday they had abandoned their proposed $45 billion merger after U.S. regulators said the deal would give Comcast an unfair advantage in the Internet-based services market.
The Department of Justice said the plan to merge the two bigg… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] :
United States Congressman Mike Honda says Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo should acknowledge the comfort women issue if he aims to promote female participation in the Japanese workforce.
Source:: KBS World Radio
Korea’s economy grew a paltry 0.8 in the first quarter of this year from the previous three months, making it the fourth quarter in a row to register a growth of below 1 percent.
According to the Bank of Korea on Thursday, real GDP in the first three months stood at W362 trillion, up 0.8 … …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] :
Russian hackers are found to have infiltrated not only the White House but also the U.S. …
Source:: KBS World Radio
World-renowned soprano Im Sun-hae’s international schedule is fully booked until 2017. But at the moment she’s most excited about a project that is, for her, uncharted territory. For the first time in her singing career, Im will perform in a musical.
“In opera, you always face the audienc… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] :
The United Stated says the revised nuclear cooperation agreement with South Korea is fully in line with its law and long-standing policy of nonproliferation.
Source:: KBS World Radio
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President Park Geun-hye as good as accepted Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo’s resignation while she was away in Peru on Tuesday. Lee has been in office for barely two months and is the fifth prime minister to be replaced since the Park administration was launched two years ago.
Aspiring to the… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] :
Major Japanese newspapers have urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to admit the country’s …
Source:: KBS World Radio
Advance hype for the Hollywood blockbuster “Avengers: Age of Ultron” that brought several of the franchise’s stars and the director to Korea seems to be bearing fruit.
According to the Korean Film Council, 93.6 percent of pre-booked cinema tickets were for the sequel to the superhero film … …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] :
North Korea has extended the deadline for wage payment for its workers at the Gaeseong Industrial …
Source:: KBS World Radio
[Science] :
The South Korean health authorities have approved a domestically developed new drug that fights …
Source:: KBS World Radio
[Inter-Korea] :
Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo has expressed hope regarding inter-Korean …
Source:: KBS World Radio
Conflict and poverty in Africa and the Middle East and other parts of the world are creating waves of refuges, ready to risk their lives to escape misery.
Europe has been flooded with migrants and this year the number is expected to top last year’s 170,000. More than 10,000 people arr… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Domestic] :
Prosecutors investigating the so-called “Sung Woan-jong list” plan to question associates of the late businessman beginning Friday.
Source:: KBS World Radio
People lined up for hundreds of meters in front of a memorial altar in Ansan south of Seoul to pay tribute to the victims of the last year’s ferry disaster on Thursday, the first anniversary of the tragedy.
But the families of the victims canceled a scheduled memorial service in protest a… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Domestic] :
A teachers union has issued a statement calling for an investigation into the Sewol ferry disaster …
Source:: KBS World Radio
Some 1,770 people charged under a draconian adultery law that was struck down last month can breathe a sigh of relief.
The Supreme Public Prosecutors’ Office on Sunday said 598 ongoing adultery investigations have been mothballed.
Another 335 people already on trial have had their… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] :
On the first day of the National Assembly’s four-day interpellation session, lawmakers focused on …
Source:: KBS World Radio
U.S. media reports say Hillary Clinton will formally announce Sunday her intention to run for president in the 2016 election.
The former secretary of state will announce her campaign for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination with an online video posted on social media, sources fam… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] :
A former U.S. ambassador to South Korea says attempts to invite Kim Jong Un to the U.S. while his father was still in power failed due to opposition from Republicans.
Source:: KBS World Radio
[Politics] :
President Park Geun-hye has said that gaining victory by default through a steadfast alliance …
Source:: KBS World Radio
[Politics] :
North Korea has responded positively to calls from South Korean businessmen regarding …
Source:: KBS World Radio
[Inter-Korea] :
North Korea is said to have placed a ban on aircraft and vessels in certain regions of the East Sea.
Source:: KBS World Radio
The French supreme court last week threw out an earlier ruling that ordered the extradition of Yoo Sum-na, the daughter of ferry owner Yoo Byung-eon.
AFP reported that the ruling means only that the Korean government’s extradition request should be reconsidered by a lower court.
A… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Domestic] :
Busan-based low-cost carrier Air Busan will launch international flights departing from Daegu.
Source:: KBS World Radio
[Economy] :
The Busan New Port Distripark has attracted more than 100 billion won in foreign direct investment after nearly a decade of operations.
Source:: KBS World Radio
[International] :
The South Korean government has strongly denounced the recent terrorist attack at a Kenyan …
Source:: KBS World Radio
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg earns a salary of just one dollar a year. The 30-year-old built Facebook into a website used by 1.4 billion people and is now worth US$35.1 billion, but most of his assets are Facebook shares, which do not pay dividends. He does not starve, since he gets around W7… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] :
President Park Geun-hye has called for U.S. Congress’ support to swiftly address the issue of …
Source:: KBS World Radio
