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5 killed, 1 injured in military helicopter crash in Pohang
Five marines were killed in Korea's southeastern city of Pohang on Tuesday after their Marine Corps helicopter crashed shortly after taking off. According to South Korea's defense ministry, the MUH-1 chopper, carrying six people, went down from a height of about 10 meters and caught fire. Five out of th...
2018-07-18 06:58:14 KST -
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Japan to teach Dokdo Island as Japanese territory
South Korea's Foreign Ministry has expressed regret over Japan's recent revision of its teaching manual. On Tuesday, Tokyo's education ministry posted a guide for instructors to incorrectly teach students that Korea's Dokdo Island is Japanese territory from next year -- the change coming three ...
2018-07-18 04:12:09 KST -
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S. Korea observes 70th Constitution Day amid calls for revision
Seven decades ago today, South Korea formally adopted its first constitution. It has been amended 9 times since then, with each revision reflecting the nation's footsteps towards democracy. Past revisions focused on the nation's power structure. In 1972, Korea's former president Park Chung-hee changed the consti...
2018-07-17 18:03:05 KST -
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National Assembly speaker says S. Koreans demand constitution amendment
National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang says he wants to reach a consensus in Parliament on revising the Constitution by the year's end. Speaking Tuesday at an event marking the nation's 70th Constitution Day, the Speaker stressed that a revision is what the people want, and that he will bring the rival parties to...
2018-07-17 18:00:14 KST -
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Blue House taps women's rights activist Choi Young-ae as new chair for nation's human rights watchdog
A new head of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea is nominated by President Moon. Choi Young-ae, the chief director of ‘Women's Human Rights Defenders,’ a non-profit organization seeking to improve rights for both South and North Korean women, is tapped to direct the human rights watchdog. She is ...
2018-07-17 17:59:14 KST -
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Ruling party, government discuss measures to support for people in low-income bracket
South Korea's ruling Democratic Party of Korea and the government are seeking a set of measures aimed at supporting people in the low-income bracket. The meeting between the two sides, which took place Tuesday, comes amid controversy over next year's almost eleven percent hike to the minimum wage. on to...
2018-07-17 17:59:13 KST -
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Four people died, over 550 people contracted heat-related illnesses: KCDC
Let's start with the intense heat wave that's gripping Korea. With the temperature well above 30 degrees Celsius nationwide, the entire country is either under heatwave warnings or advisories. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.. four people have died during the two months leading up to mid-J...
2018-07-17 11:20:13 KST -
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Korea celebrates 70th anniversary of Constitution Day
South Korea celebrates the 70th anniversary of its constitution on Tuesday. Senior officials including Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon attended a ceremony marking the occasion at the National Assembly earlier this morning. The newly elected National Assembly speaker Moon Hee-sang gave a speech on the day's significance a...
2018-07-17 09:29:44 KST -
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Ruling party, government discuss measures to support low-income bracket
Lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Party of Korea and officials from the government met Tuesday morning to discuss measures to support people in the low-income bracket, as a follow-up measure to the planned minimum wage increase for next year. During a policy coordination meeting, the two sides agreed to increase...
2018-07-17 08:41:58 KST -
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Ruling party members, gov't officials talk economic policy direction for second half of 2018
Over at the National Assembly, discussions on how to run South Korea's economy in the second half of the year are taking place as we speak. Members of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea and government officials are talking about the economic policy direction for those in the low-income bracket following the latest...
2018-07-17 06:01:37 KST -
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S. Korean President Moon orders immediate submission of all documents related to military mobilization plan for crackdown allegedly drafted in late 2016
Our top story this morning President Moon Jae-in has ordered the military to immediately turn in all documents that detail plans to declare martial law drafted by its intel unit. It's been reported that such a move was planned in case protests grow violent following a court ruling on former president Park Geun-hye. ...
2018-07-17 04:11:08 KST -
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Defense minister decided not to disclose military intel unit's confidential documents in March considering political situations
As a special team began its investigation into allegations raised about the Defense Security Command on Monday, questions are being raised about why it has taken so long, since defense minister Song Young-moo was first briefed about the existence of such documents back in March. There are questions over why minis...
2018-07-17 04:10:08 KST
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