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Wed, March 29, 2023 | 16:49

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

Legislation trapped in vicious cycle as Yoon, DPK butt heads

Legislation trapped in vicious cycle as Yoon, DPK butt heads

Korea's legislation process faces a potential deadlock as President Yoon Suk Yeol is poised to veto bills that the majority-holding main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) approved or is set to approve unilaterally. According to the presidential office, Sunday, Yoon is contemplating whether to exercise his right to demand the National Assembly reconsider a proposed am...

Nam Hyun-woo | 2023-03-26 16:08

Major union holds rally in downtown Seoul

Major union holds rally in downtown Seoul

Members of a major South Korean umbrella union rallied in downtown Seoul, Saturday, to condemn President Yoon Suk Yeol's administration, jamming traffic in the neighborhood.

2023-03-25 17:53

Yoon's labor reform drive sputters due to controversy over lengthening workweek

Yoon's labor reform drive sputters due to controversy over lengthening workweek

President Yoon Suk Yeol's drive to reform the country's labor system and work culture is losing steam, due to mounting criticism over the government's ill-fated attempt to lengthen the legal cap on the workweek.

Nam Hyun-woo | 2023-03-25 09:00

Parties remain split even after Constitutional Court OKs prosecution reform bill

Parties remain split even after Constitutional Court OKs prosecution reform bill

Even after the Constitutional Court decided, Thursday, that a prosecution reform bill pushed by the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) last year is legally effective despite procedural flaws, the country's two major parties remain split, criticizing each other based on the ruling.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2023-03-24 17:23

Minor opposition tables bill for special counsel probe into stock manipulation allegedly involving first lady

Minor opposition tables bill for special counsel probe into stock manipulation allegedly involving first lady

The minor opposition Justice Party tabled a bill Friday calling for a special counsel investigation of first lady Kim Keon Hee over stock manipulation allegations.

2023-03-24 17:09

Ruling party ramps up pressure on main opposition leader

Ruling party ramps up pressure on main opposition leader

Over 50 ruling People Power Party (PPP) lawmakers have pledged to renounce their right to immunity from arrest, in an apparent move to pressure the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and its leader Rep. Lee Jae-myung. On Thursday, 51 PPP lawmakers out of its total 119, pledged that they will give up their immunity rights.

Lee Hyo-jin | 2023-03-24 17:05

Main opposition to request parliamentary probe into Yoon-Kishida summit next week

Main opposition to request parliamentary probe into Yoon-Kishida summit next week

The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said Friday it will submit a request next week to open a parliamentary investigation into a recent summit between President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

2023-03-24 16:41

Korea calls on N. Korea to pay back $80 million loan

Korea calls on N. Korea to pay back $80 million loan

Korea's unification ministry Friday called on North Korea to repay its 2007 loan of industrial raw materials, worth $80 million, from Seoul, saying it is coming to maturity.

2023-03-24 15:16

PPP expels member for hanging Japanese flag on Independence Movement Day

PPP expels member for hanging Japanese flag on Independence Movement Day

The ruling People Power Party (PPP) had one member quit the party after he was confirmed to be the man who flew the Japanese flag on a national holiday marking Korea's independence movement against Japanese colonial rule, a lawmaker said Friday.

2023-03-24 14:06

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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	CJ CheilJedang sees chicken as next big seller after frozen dumpling

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

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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