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Bodies of two F-15K pilots in plane crash recovered
Two pilots have been confirmed dead after their F-15K fighter jet crashed into the side of a mountain on Thursday close to the southeastern city of Daegu. The Air Force says the jet slammed into the mountain at 2:38PM, local time, in Chilgok, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, while on its way back to Daegu Air Base after...
2018-04-06 10:57:28 KST -
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Two Koreas hold 'serious' and 'thorough' preparatory talks on upcoming summit
A "serious and thorough" discussion on ways to successfully hold the summit. Without sharing much else, that's how Blue House Press Center Director Kwon Hyuk-ki described the first working-level preparatory talks held in the border village of Panmunjom on Thursday, ahead of the April 27 summit between Seoul and Pyon...
2018-04-06 10:02:54 KST -
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Two months after 'death with dignity' law passed, over three thousand halt treatment
Two months after South Korea allowed terminally ill patients to choose to 'die with dignity', more than three-thousand-two-hundred patients have decided to halt their medical treatment. According to government data, of the total, over two-thousand have signed up to forgo 'meaningless extension of life' by refusing l...
2018-04-06 07:57:25 KST -
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Live broadcast of Park Geun-hye's sentencing trial to take place tomorrow
Faced with 18 charges including bribery, abuse of power and leaking state secrets, three decades in prison may mean that Park, who is 66 years old, spends the rest of her life behind bars. In February,… South Korean prosecutors demanded former President Park Geun-hye serve 30 years in jail for her role in the mass...
2018-04-06 04:06:04 KST -
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President Moon celebrates Arbor Day with tree planting at Cheong Wa Dae
To celebrate arbor day, a tree planting ceremony was held on the grounds of the nation's top office. President Moon Jae-in and his aides planted a pine tree right next to the Yeomingwan building, where his senior secretaries work and is also his own primary workplace. The President's office used to be in the main ...
2018-04-05 18:02:18 KST -
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Disgraced exits made by former South Korean leaders
Two winters have passed since South Korea showed the world the power of democracy. And finally, on Friday afternoon, the sentencing of the ex-president brought down by the candlelight protests will be beamed live around the nation. But former president Park Geun-hye isn't the only ex-Korean leader embroiled in co...
2018-04-05 18:02:18 KST -
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Government designates Gunsan as industrial crisis response zone
The Korean government has designated Gunsan as an industrial crisis response zone -- extending a helping hand to the struggling area. A decision made after American automaker General Motors announced plans to shut down its plant in the southeastern city by May, dealing another blow to the residents already sufferi...
2018-04-05 18:01:18 KST -
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Former President Park Geun-hye's sentencing to be televised live tomorrow
Facing some 18 corruption charges, former President Park Geun-hye will have her sentencing trial on Friday afternoon. The sentencing, which will be broadcast live, will see Park facing a verdict by the lower court, over charges of bribery, abuse of power and a string of other charges related to the massive influence...
2018-04-05 07:48:42 KST -
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Two Koreas to discuss protocol, security, press coverage for 2018 summit
The countdown to the inter-Korean summit is on, with just over three weeks to go until President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meet face-to-face at the border. Working-level officials from the two sides have gathered in Panmunjeom to hammer out arrangements for the summit on April 27th. We now cross...
2018-04-05 07:03:53 KST -
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South Korea's Blue House urges parliament to revise National Referendum Act
Taking last resort. With South Korea's political parties stuck in second gear with no progress in advacing forward with the nation's constitutional amendment agenda the presidential Blue House has taken a last resort: going public with its call on the legislature to, at least, swiftly revise the National ...
2018-04-05 07:00:53 KST -
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Rival parties fail to reach agreement to normalize parliament
No signs of any concessions just yet. The floor leaders of the country's main parties failed to narrow their differences during a meeting Wednesday, reaching no agreement on getting parliamentary affairs moving again. They are still at odds over key contentious bills -- including a revised Broadcast Act ...
2018-04-05 04:03:17 KST -
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President Moon pledges expansion of after-school daycare programs
The South Korean President hopes an expansion of after-school programs will kill two birds with one stone by providing children with "all-day" care; it'll help tackle the nation's record-low birth rate and the overwhelming burden of child rearing that derails the careers of many Korean women. President Moon visi...
2018-04-04 18:37:27 KST
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Working-level officials from South and North to meet in Panmunjom on Monday
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N. Korea's 'nuclear freeze' pledge seen as sign of sincerity
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Daughters of Korean Air chief to step down amid abuse of power criticism
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