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Fri, May 24, 2019 | 16:00

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Intensifying US-Sino rivalry poses tricky challenge to Korea's diplomacy

An intensifying Sino-U.S. rivalry on trade, security and other fronts is posing an increasingly tricky foreign policy challenge to South Korea, as it strives to keep its defense alliance with Washington and strategic partnership with Beijing. The United States' campaign to prod its allies to shun equipment from China's telecom giant Huawei is a stark reminder that South Korea...

Diplomacy | 2019-05-24 13:52

Korea going all-out to protect youths from newly available e-cigarette

South Korea will take steps, such as crackdowns on illegal sales, to prevent youths from accessing a new type of e-cigarettes that have become popular in many other countries, the health ministry said Friday. The prevalence of e-cigarettes among adolescents is correlated with a rebound in the number of young smokers, as the closed system vaporizer-based e-cigarettes resemble ...

Health & Welfare | 2019-05-24 10:28

Seoul urges Tokyo to accept WTO's ruling on Fukushima seafood ban

South Korea's trade minister has urged Japan to accept the World Trade Organization's (WTO) decision that upheld Seoul's import restrictions on Japanese seafood following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Seoul's trade ministry said Friday. During an informal trade ministerial gathering at the WTO held in France earlier this week, South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee ...

Diplomacy | 2019-05-24 10:21

Pentagon chief to visit South Korea next month

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan plans to visit South Korea next month as part of a four-nation trip to Asia, officials said Friday. Shanahan, whom U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate as his defense secretary, will embark on a trip Tuesday "to visit Hawaii, Jakarta, Singapore, Seoul and Tokyo," the U.S. Department of Defense said in a release.

Diplomacy | 2019-05-24 10:13

In graying Korea, retirees delay receiving public pension

At 62, Kim Byung-jong reached public pension age last month. Instead of automatically taking the state pension, Kim, a retired car salesman, asked the National Pension Service (NPS), the operator of South Korea's state pension fund, to defer his pension for five years. The reason? Delaying his pension will increase the amount Kim would get from April 2024.

Health & Welfare | 2019-05-24 10:13

Hydrogen tank explosion

Government officials and firefighters inspect a building in the eastern city of Gangneung, Gangwon Province, where a hydrogen tank exploded Thursday. The explosion killed two people and left six injured. / Yonhap

Health & Welfare | 2019-05-23 21:59

Corporal punishment by parents to be banned

Parents will be banned from using corporal punishment on their children in a government effort to enhance children's rights, the government said, Thursday. It is a set of measures announced jointly by four ministries aimed at expanding the state's responsibility in ensuring children's right to safe, healthy, protected and fulfilling lives.

Health & Welfare | 2019-05-23 21:07

Summer preparation

A worker at an ice factory in Daegu checks stocks, Thursday, when the weather agency issued heat wave warnings for many parts of the country. For Seoul it was the first warning of 2019. /Yonhap

Seoul & Provinces | 2019-05-23 21:07

Hydrogen tank explosion kills 2 in Gangneung

A hydrogen tank explosion killed two people and left six injured in the eastern city of Gangneung in South Korea, the firefighting authorities said Thursday. One is seriously injured and five others suffered minor injuries. Firefighters are continuing rescue operations to see if there are people trapped under the debris after the explosion, a spokeswoman at Gangwon Fire Headq...

Seoul & Provinces | 2019-05-23 20:40

Court rules teacher guilty of leaking exam questions to daughters

A court found a former teacher at Sookmyung Girls' High School guilty Thursday of illegally providing exam questions to his twin daughters attending the same school, prior to them sitting the test. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced the father, surnamed Hyeon, to three-and-a-half years in prison for obstruction of the school's work, Thursday.

Law & Crime | 2019-05-23 18:13

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