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Sat, September 23, 2023 | 19:04

Cancer, heart disease among major causes of death in 2022

Cancer, heart disease among major causes of death in 2022

Cancer and heart diseases were among the major causes of death for Koreans in 2022, data showed Thursday, with the total number of deaths hitting a new record.

2023-09-21 13:55

Top court upholds life sentence for woman over drowning husband for insurance money

Top court upholds life sentence for woman over drowning husband for insurance money

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a life sentence for a woman on charges of murder in the high-profile drowning death of her husband in 2019 for a hefty life insurance payout.

2023-09-21 11:49

Fighter jet crashes in Seosan; pilot makes emergency escape

Fighter jet crashes in Seosan; pilot makes emergency escape

A KF-16 fighter jet crashed during takeoff from its base in the southwestern county of Seosan on Thursday, and the lone pilot safely ejected before being taken to a hospital, the Air Force said.

2023-09-21 10:06

Civil servant mentor reappointed as labor ministry spokesman

Civil servant mentor reappointed as labor ministry spokesman

Park Jong-pill, who was reappointed as a spokesman for the Ministry of Employment and Labor, has been cited by many other civil servants as a mentor. In 2019, the National Human Resources Development Institute under the direct control of the Ministry of Personnel Management selected Park as a great lecturer for young civil servants, as his lecture about how to write policy re...

Jun Ji-hye | 2023-09-21 08:46

Korea calls for UN to regulate AI

Korea calls for UN to regulate AI

Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned world leaders Wednesday about the dangers of fake news and the mishandling of artificial intelligence, calling for the formation of a U.N. body to regulate the digital sphere.

2023-09-21 08:11

Yoon says arms deal between N. Korea, Russia would be 'direct provocation' against S. Korea

Parliament to vote on motions on opposition leader's arrest, PM's dismissal

Parliament to vote on motions on opposition leader's arrest, PM's dismissal

The National Assembly was set to vote Thursday on two separate motions seeking the arrest of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung and the dismissal of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo.

2023-09-21 07:58

Yoon says arms deal between N. Korea, Russia would be 'direct provocation' against S. Korea

Yoon says arms deal between N. Korea, Russia would be 'direct provocation' against S. Korea

President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a keynote speech during the U.N. General Assembly in New York , Sept. 20. YonhapPresident Yoon Suk Yeol issued a stark warning against military cooperation between North Korea and Russia on Wednesday (U.S. time), saying any arms deal between the two countries would be considered a "direct provocation" against South Korea.Yoon made the remark d...

2023-09-21 03:30

S. Korea, U.S. discuss potential Pyongyang-Moscow space cooperation in tabletop exercise

S. Korea, U.S. discuss potential Pyongyang-Moscow space cooperation in tabletop exercise

South Korean and U.S. defense officials discussed possible space cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow during a bilateral tabletop exercise on space this week, Seoul's defense ministry said Wednesday.

2023-09-20 21:23

Eight workers injured in collapse of concert structure

Eight workers injured in collapse of concert structure

Eight workers were injured Wednesday when a 40-meter structure for a concert stage collapsed during construction in high winds in the city of Hanam, just east of Seoul.

2023-09-20 21:02

Sentence raised to suspended imprisonment for activist-turned lawmaker for embezzling donations for sexual slavery victims

Sentence raised to suspended imprisonment for activist-turned lawmaker for embezzling donations for sexual slavery victims

An appellate court sentenced independent lawmaker Youn Mee-hyang to a suspended jail term Wednesday on charges of embezzling funds donated to help support women who were forced into wartime sexual slavery by Japan during World War II.

2023-09-20 20:57

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