15 en A Seoul court has put the brakes on the capital government’s plan to build a sightseeing gondola over the landmark Namsan.  The Seoul Administrative Court on Friday sided with Namsan Cable Car which filed a lawsuit against the Seoul Metropolitan Government last September after Seoul rezoned land for ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:11:36 +0900 Domestic The Korean Railway Workers' Union is prepared to strike next week unless the government honors its initial agreement on bonus payments. During a news conference at Seoul Station on Friday, the union said its strike will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday if the government fails to honor its promises. The Korea ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:13:19 +0900 Domestic Seoul City said Thursday it will build an underground urban expressway beneath sections of the Naebu Expressway and the Bukbu Northern Expressway, with the existing elevated roads to be dismantled over the long term. Mayor Oh Se-hoon unveiled the plan to construct a six-lane underground highway stretching ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:46:43 +0900 Domestic Former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday offered an apology to military commanders facing trial over their participation in his failed martial law bid, while defending them for following his orders. Yoon made the remarks as he appeared as a witness in a martial law trial against the commanders at a ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:58:18 +0900 Domestic A worker who was rescued from a collapsed subway construction site near Yeouido Station has died of his injuries. The worker, a man in his 50s, was found unresponsive and transported to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Another man in his 50s has also been hospitalized with minor injuries to ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:46:58 +0900 Domestic Anchor: South Korea’s immigrant population continued to grow over the past year, with more than one-point-one million foreigners currently living and working in the country. Meanwhile, international student figures have surged on the back of the popularity of K-pop, K-dramas and other aspects of Korean ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:34:08 +0900 Domestic Seven people were buried in a collapse at a subway construction site near Yeouido Station. According to the Yeongdeungpo police and first responders on Thursday, they received calls saying that an accident occurred at the Sinansan Line passageway near Exit 2 of the Yeouido Station at around 1:22 p.m., ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:53:13 +0900 Domestic Two new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed at poultry farms in Chungcheong Province. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for Avian Influenza said Wednesday the H5N1 strain was detected at two farms — one in Goesan, North Chungcheong Province, and ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:03:13 +0900 Domestic Light rain will continue along the east coast and mountainous areas of Gangwon Province through Wednesday night, with higher elevations seeing up to three centimeters of snow. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, dense fog is expected in inland areas of Gangwon and Jeolla from early ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:03:18 +0900 Domestic From as early as next year, the government plans to have café or restaurant customers pay for disposable plastic cups.  The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment disclosed the plan during its policy briefing to President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday, saying it is part of the ministry's ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:01:21 +0900 Domestic A special counsel team investigating former first lady Kim Keon-hee seeks a four-year prison term for main opposition People Power Party(PPP) Rep. Kweon Seong-dong, who stands accused of accepting 100 million won, or around 68-thousand U.S. dollars, from the Unification Church. During Kweon's illegal ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:42:11 +0900 Domestic Police questioned Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja about whether the organization had provided money and gifts to politicians from the ruling and opposition parties. A National Police Agency team visited Han, who is currently detained on charges of bribery and violation of the Political Funds Act, and ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:54:26 +0900 Domestic Anchor: Investigators raided the home of People Power Party(PPP) Rep. Kim Gi‑hyeon on Wednesday as part of their probe into a bribery scandal involving former first lady Kim Keon-hee. Their investigation has gained more momentum after a court ordered the detention of former Vice Land Minister Kim Oh‑jin, ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:54:08 +0900 Domestic A ten-year-old girl in Busan was left waiting more than one hour for emergency treatment after a dozen hospitals declined to accept her, raising renewed alarm over repeated emergency room rejections. According to fire authorities on Tuesday, the child lost consciousness while receiving an intravenous drip ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:19:57 +0900 Domestic Light rain or snow will continue through Tuesday night in the greater Seoul area, the northern Chungcheong region and inland and mountainous areas of Gangwon Province. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, precipitation is expected on Wednesday in Jeju, along the east coast of Gangwon ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:55:55 +0900 Domestic The government plans to distribute three-point-five million environmentally friendly HVAC systems in the country by 2035. The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment announced on Tuesday that the systems, also known as heat pumps, will be distributed as part of efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:35:41 +0900 Domestic Anchor: New data shows that three out of ten young adults in South Korea experienced burnout last year. The finding was published in the government’s report on this age group's life satisfaction. Our Bae Joo-yon has more. Report: The Ministry of Data and Statistics released its report on young adults’ ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:09:47 +0900 Domestic A Seoul court will rule on former President Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest obstruction trial next month. At a trial hearing on Tuesday, the Seoul Central District Court said it plans to announce its verdict on January 16, three days before their deadline. The Appointment of Independent Prosecutor Act ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:40:04 +0900 Domestic Starting next year, the government will simplify procedures for foreign residents who are required to report their employment status to authorities. The justice ministry said on Tuesday that it plans to expand the existing online portal, which, until now, has prompted foreign workers to submit their ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:58:28 +0900 Domestic A majority of people in South Korea wish to be cared for in or near their home when they grow old or become sick, but feel that there is insufficient policy and infrastructure for such care in their communities. Eighty-four percent of respondents to a Hankook Research survey of one-thousand-500 adults ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:55:06 +0900 Domestic Three out of ten young people in South Korea say they have experienced burnout, or exhaustion of physical or emotional strength, as a result of prolonged stress or frustration. According to a report from the Statistics Research Institute under the Ministry of Data and Statistics on Tuesday, 32-point-two ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:09:03 +0900 Domestic Skies will be mostly cloudy nationwide on Tuesday, with light rain or snow in parts of the central region. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, skies will remain mostly overcast across the country.  From early morning through night, rain or snow is forecast in the northern and ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:23:23 +0900 Domestic The Ministry of Education said on Monday that it will closely examine the preparation and review processes for the all-important College Scholastic Ability Test(CSAT), or Suneung, following criticism over the extreme difficulty of this year’s exam. Ministry spokesperson Jeong Byung-ik said at a regular ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:17:37 +0900 Domestic Former Army Defense Intelligence Commander Noh Sang-won was sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of acquiring restricted information. The Seoul Central District Court on Monday ordered the sentence and the forfeiture of 24-point-nine million won, or around 17-thousand U.S. dollars, for ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:12:37 +0900 Domestic Police found no explosives in their search of a building in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province, conducted after tech giant Kakao Corporation received a bomb threat Monday morning.  The Bundang police precinct said that approximately 70 police officers, firefighters, and military personnel combed the Kakao Pangyo ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:46:26 +0900 Domestic Police continued to raid Coupang's offices on Monday to gather internal documents, logs, system records, and access histories that could explain how a recent data breach at the e-commerce giant occurred. As the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s search for evidence entered its sixth day, ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:46:09 +0900 Domestic Police are conducting a search after tech giant Kakao Corporation received a bomb threat at its headquarters in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province. Kakao said a bomb threat had been posted twice to its customer service center's website at 7:10 a.m. and 7:12 a.m. Monday. The suspect reportedly wrote that ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:15:22 +0900 Domestic Anchor: Special prosecutor Cho Eun-seok's team wrapped up its six-month investigation into former President Yoon Suk Yeol's December 3 martial law declaration, during which it indicted 24 people, including Yoon himself. The team concluded that Yoon had declared martial law to remove opponents and maintain a ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:45:59 +0900 Domestic The Constitutional Court is set to rule next week on the impeachment trial of Police Commissioner General Cho Ji-ho, who is accused of aiding the December 3 martial law declaration. The court said on Monday that it will rule at 2 p.m. on Thursday, one year after the National Assembly passed a motion to ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:43:42 +0900 Domestic The conservative opposition parties are calling for a special counsel investigation into allegations that politicians from both the ruling and opposition parties received money and gifts from the Unification Church. At a press briefing Saturday, main opposition People Power Party(PPP) chief spokesperson ...

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