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Wed, June 26, 2019 | 09:43

Biegun to visit Seoul ahead of Trump

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun will visit Seoul, Thursday, for talks with officials here on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, according to the U.S. State Department. His visit takes place two days before U.S. President Donald Trump's planned trip to the South this weekend. Trump will hold a summit with President Moon Jae-in and discuss measures to resume the suspended nuclear disarmament negotiations with North Korea.

Gov't to sell Woori shares by 2022

The government will sell its remaining 18.3 percent stake in Woori Financial G...

Chungha abandons comfort zone with new release 'Flourishing' [VIDEO]

Many people anticipated that K-pop diva Chungha would return with a refreshing...

Moon, Abe won't hold summit in Osaka

No summit between President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be held during the G20 summit in Osaka, Cheong Wa Dae ...

Hwang's claim debunked: Foreigners' treasury contribution hits $1.17 billion

Foreigners paid 1.36 trillion won ($1.178 billion) in taxes and tariffs in 2017, state financial data showed on Tuesday, debunking opposit...

Opposition leader backs off on 'discriminatory' foreign worker wage call

Opposition leader vows to introduce lower minimum wage for foreigners

Remembering the war [PHOTOS]

A commemorative event was held at the Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium in Dongdaemun District on Tuesday to mark the 69th anniversary of the Korean War's start.

Top prosecutor Moon apologizes for past wrongdoing

Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il issued a public apology on Tuesday for the prosecution's past failures to properly investigate and press charges on politically sensitive cases - o...

Naver to create HD map for autonomous driving in Seoul

Naver will create a high-definition (HD) map of the major roads in Seoul within the year, gearing up for the commercialization of its autonomous driving technologies and the real...

Banks expand property rental biz amid downsizing

Banks are enjoying a steady increase in revenue from renting out spaces in office buildings, which they have long-term leases on, after closing down their branches as they stream...

Hundreds of bullets found at construction site in Busan

Workers found the ammunition while digging to install a sewage pipe linked to the LCT residential skyscrapers at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday. The bullets were about two meters under the su...

Gov't moving to abolish elite school system: education minister

Autonomous private high schools are failing to meet their founding purpose of providing diverse education, Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae said Monday, reaffirming the Moon Jae-in...

Artist captures Seoul neighborhoods with acrylic, embroidery

Try to picture Seoul in your mind. You're probably imagining hundreds of identical gray apartments, impersonal glass office buildings and wide streets crammed with cars. There is...

Institute offers help for English-speaking foreigners suffering mental problems

A Korean medical institute has launched a service to help English-speaking foreigners here who are experiencing mental problems.

US man guilty in slaying of visiting Chinese scholar

Jurors deliberated less than 90 minutes before returning a guilty verdict Monday in the federal death-penalty trial of a former University of Illinois doctoral student who abduct...

Actress Go Won-hee reveals she had plastic surgery

Actress Go Won-hee has admitted having plastic surgery. However, her coming-out has not drawn the usual criticism of Korean celebrities' “before-and-after” faces, but attracted s...

All national short track speed skaters kicked out of training center over sexual harassment

The entire South Korean short track speed skating team has been expelled from the national training center over a sexual harassment incident involving two male athletes. Accordin...

DMZ war remains excavation highlights ongoing war and peace on Korean Peninsula

It took nearly 70 years before the first layer of soil was removed on a front-line hill bordering North Korea to reveal traces of the unsung heroes who had fallen in bloody battl...

Seoul City removes far-right party's tents in Gwanghwamun Square

The Seoul Metropolitan Government pulled down tents, Tuesday, set up illegally by a far-right minor opposition party in Gwanghwamun Square to protest the imprisonment of impeache...

Regulator lowers barriers for securities, asset management

The country's regulator has extended the scope of its financial deregulation for securities and asset management companies to boost the capital market. In a June 25 meeting with ...

Shinsegae goes after Coupang, Market Kurly in 'dawn delivery'

SSG.com, the online shopping mall of Shinsegae Group, will roll out a “dawn delivery” service, betting on the fast-growing online delivery market of fresh goods, the company said...

'Fugitive Hanbo Group chief died in Ecuador last December'

Prosecutors have obtained key evidence regarding the death of Chung Tae-soo, the former head of the now-defunct Hanbo Group, who went on the run in 2007 during an investigation i...

Stars share secret 'idol water' recipe to fight facial bloating

Stars are desperate to prevent facial bloating because a small face is regarded as one of the key factors in their good looks. Some celebrities have devised a way to prevent faci...

Young YouTuber says she is happiest cancer patient

Cho Yoon-ju, a 30-year-old ovarian cancer patient, says she has had “life or death” surgery twice already. In December, 2011, four months after Cho started working as a lecturer ...

KITA holds business week to strengthen ties with ASEAN countries

Korea International Trade Association (KITA), in cooperation with the Presidential Committee on New Southern Policy, successfully held the “2019 Korea-ASEAN & India Business Week...

Land Rover shrugs off Discovery driver's outcry over water leaks

How would you feel if your luxury car had a significant water leak allegedly due to flawed assembly but the dealership showed a “none-of-my-business” attitude? This nightmarish s...

SKT to set up 5G joint venture with Deutsche Telekom

SK Telecom will establish a joint venture with Deutsche Telekom AG to develop fifth-generation (5G)-related technologies and seek global business opportunities, the Korean teleco...

Reopening Kaesong park likely to act as 'driver of dialogue': think tank

Reopening a now-shuttered inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea could encourage cross-border economic cooperation and also act as a "driver of dialogue" on the Korean Pe...

Korean astronomers discover asteroid that could potentially hit Earth

South Korean astronomers have discovered an asteroid that could potentially collide with Earth, although the odds are extremely low, marking the first finding of a hazardous aste...

McDonald's Korea fined over unfair biz practice

South Korea's antitrust regulator said Tuesday that it has fined McDonald's Korea, the South Korean unit of U.S. fast food chain McDonald's, 52 million won (US$45,000) for violat...

Video

Chungha makes comeback with her 4th mini album 'Flourishing' [VIDEO]

South Korean model rocks catwalk at 65

North Korea, China leaders say boostin...

Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un hold summit...

Tasting Filipino dishes in Seoul

Auto

Hyundai Motor to supply 2,000 Ioniq hybrids to Singapore

Studying future mobility

No more strike

Tivoli gasoline to lead SsangYong's rebound

Labor disputes hurt domestic auto industry

New tires for China

Postal workers plan to strike July 9 for 1st time in history

Municipalities vie to host Naver's data center

SKT, Kakao clash over leadership in smart mobility

'We will help companies better manage customer relations'

Samsung embroiled in multiple patent lawsuits in US

5G self-driving bus in Seoul

Finance

'Uncertainty growing over economy'

Has Kiwoom entered peak in earnings?

Kakao gets closer to becoming Kakao Bank's largest shareholder

KCS head to attend WCO meeting

Preparing for summer

Swiss researchers win Shin Research Excellence Award

Entertainment

Incoming Music Director Osmo Vanska unveils strategies for Seoul Phil

Indonesian documentary screening to help fight misogyny in Korea

Global contest 'Talk Talk Korea 2019' awaits creative works on Korean culture

Crowded event pits some BTS fans against Big Hit

Psy quizzed over YG sex/drug scandal

Star pianist Lang Lang inspires aspiring students with his latest album 'Piano Book'

Editorial

Row over elite schools

President Moon Jae-in's pledge to abolish elite private high schools is facing...

Serious blunder

The abrupt abnormal heat output at the Hanbit 1 reactor last month was found t...

Columns

G20 and thereafter

President Moon Jae-in will leave for Osaka, Japan, tomorrow to attend the Group of ...

China's strategic shift

A very interesting new development in the China-North Korea intrigue happened last ...

Thoughts of the Times

Perseverance

Rearranging the garden in early spring this year, I removed a group of overgrown pl...

Trump says he exchanged 'very friendly' letters with Kim

Trump to visit Seoul June 29-30

Pyongyang launches election committees ahead of local elections

Pompeo notes 'real possibility' of working-level talks with Pyongyang

Kim receives 'excellent' letter from Trump: North Korea

Kim Jong-un receives 'excellent' letter from Trump: KCNA

[Yongsan Legacy] Walking runways as Korea's 1st foreign fashion model

The Collective presents Stories From Below

Hot weather

NGO receives special consultative status from UN council

South Korea plans to increase aid to North Korea

Saudi Arabia runs cultural campaign in Seoul until July 3

Korea fails to secure long-term maintenance order for UAE nuclear pl...

New S-Oil CEO to lead petrochemical projects

Studying future mobility

Postal workers plan to strike July 9 for 1st time in history

No more strike

Hyundai Motor to supply 2,000 Ioniq hybrids to Singapore

Spicy Chinese food delights Koreans' taste buds

To become a good journalist, we must read

Avid book lovers flock to largest book fair in Seoul this weekend

Red-haired Korean model rocks 'Big 4' fashion weeks

Old port town exudes exotic beauty

Around Town 2

Korea: a question for you

My life at a Korean law firm (part 50)

The mysterious Bilbroughs (part 2)

North Korean refugees speak out: 'My Hanawon experience' (4)

The mysterious Bilbroughs (part 1)

Big trouble in the camp: Seoul's foreign community in 1889 (part 2 -...

Full employment

Morsi: death foretold

Row over elite schools

Perseverance

Serious blunder

Ambassador's luncheon speech

S. Korean Park Sung-hyun falls 1 stroke shy at LPGA major

Cho wins 5th career title at Hankyung Ladies Cup 2019

484th Turtle Marathon

K League title race in full swing

Battle for KBO wild card spot tightens at halfway point

Ronaldo to play against Korean All-Stars in July

Hong Kong police searching protesters harass hospital staff

Freed Chinese suspect in Sweden: 'major setback' for fugitive hunt

Protesters gather again outside Hong Kong government offices

Trump considering response after Iran shoots down US drone

Hong Kong Executive Council members apologize over suspended extradi...

Huawei promises Filipino consumers 'full refund' if Gmail, Facebook ...

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