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Wed, March 29, 2023 | 16:45

Korea to strengthen defense and welfare, boost fiscal health in 2024 budget

Korea to strengthen defense and welfare, boost fiscal health in 2024 budget

Korea will focus next year's fiscal policy on better ensuring national security by underpinning defense and public safety, and creating more jobs for young people to prop up the economy, the finance ministry said Tuesday.

2023-03-28 11:03

Yoon calls for gathering opinions on bill requiring gov't purchase of excess rice

Yoon calls for gathering opinions on bill requiring gov't purchase of excess rice

President Yoon Suk Yeol asked Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Monday to gather various opinions on a contentious bill requiring government purchase of surplus rice, his spokesperson said.

2023-03-27 17:46

Justice minister locks horns with DPK over prosecution reform legislation ruling

Justice minister locks horns with DPK over prosecution reform legislation ruling

The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is taking advantage of Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon's failed attempt to overthrow the DPK-endorsed laws aimed at weakening the investigative powers of prosecutors in its fight against the ruling bloc. Han and DPK lawmakers traded barbed remarks, Monday, when the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee meeti...

Nam Hyun-woo | 2023-03-27 17:02

Ruling party appoints new chiefs of party's think tank, policy committee

Ruling party appoints new chiefs of party's think tank, policy committee

Rep. Park Soo-young was appointed the new head of the Yeouido Institute, the ruling People Power Party's (PPP) think tank, on Monday as the party fills key posts after Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon was elected new leader earlier this month.

2023-03-27 15:08

Yoon appoints new chief of National Office of Investigation

Yoon appoints new chief of National Office of Investigation

President Yoon Suk Yeol named Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police chief Woo Jong-soo on Monday as the new head of the National Office of Investigation in charge of commanding police investigation forces nationwide.

2023-03-27 13:47

Opposition leader calls on Yoon to reject imports of products from Japan's Fukushima

Opposition leader calls on Yoon to reject imports of products from Japan's Fukushima

Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung called on President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday to publicly declare Korea will not import agricultural and fisheries products from Japan's Fukushima region over radiation concerns.

2023-03-27 12:39

Yoon replaces foreign affairs secretary

Yoon replaces foreign affairs secretary

The presidential foreign affairs secretary has recently been replaced, an official said Monday, just one month before President Yoon Suk Yeol goes on a state visit to the United States.

2023-03-27 12:38

Yoon calls for close coordination between gov't, ruling party

Yoon calls for close coordination between gov't, ruling party

President Yoon Suk Yeol called Monday for close policy coordination between the government and the ruling People Power Party, his spokesperson said, following a public backlash over a proposed revision to the legal workweek.

2023-03-27 11:22

Veteran police officer tapped as new investigation chief

Veteran police officer tapped as new investigation chief

Woo Jong-soo, head of the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police, has been recommended to head the National Office of Investigation, filling the vacant post after his predecessor resigned a month before beginning his term.

Lee Hyo-jin | 2023-03-26 16:57

Firstborns account for record-high 63% of newborns

Firstborns account for record-high 63% of newborns

Sixty-three percent of babies born in Korea last year were firstborn children, data showed Sunday.

Nam Hyun-woo | 2023-03-26 16:15

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Top 10 Stories

1	Revised Japanese textbooks distort wartime forced labor, catching Korea off guard

2	Clock ticks for China's massive repatriation of N. Korean defectors

3	Gold price nears all-time high amid financial jitters

4	Ramsar wetland in Han River cleaned up for protected birdlife

5	BMW launches new XM

6	Civic groups in Gwangju await meeting with Chun Doo-hwan's grandson

7	CJ CheilJedang sees chicken as next big seller after frozen dumpling

8	North Korea unveils tactical nuclear warheads

9	2024 budget to focus on tackling low birthrate

10	Over 1,000 financially vulnerable Koreans apply for new emergency gov't loans

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