15 en The presidential office has proposed that a meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and main opposition Democratic Party(DP) chief Lee Jae-myung be held swiftly without coordinating topics in advance.  Senior presidential secretary for political affairs Hong Chul-ho said in a briefing on Thursday that ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:54:18 +0900 Politics South Korea and Australia will hold a meeting of their foreign and defense ministers in Australia next week.  The foreign ministry announced on Thursday that the sixth session of the so-called two-plus-two talks will be held next Wednesday, adding that the meeting will focus on solidifying the two ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:24:33 +0900 Politics The main opposition Democratic Party(DP) has expressed disappointment over the second round of working-level talks it held with the presidential office to arrange a meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and DP chief Lee Jae-myung.  DP Rep. Cheon Jun-ho, who serves as Lee’s chief secretary, told ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:20:19 +0900 Politics The state spy agency urged public caution against terrorist groups' possible focus on "soft target" attacks involving civilian casualties at multipurpose venues to maximize the effects of their propaganda. In a press release on Thursday, the National Intelligence Service(NIS) said amid increasing ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:08:38 +0900 Politics The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) declined 47-point-13 points, or one-point-76 percent on Thursday to close at two-thousand-628-point-62. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ inched down eight-point-97 points, or one-point-04 percent, to close at 853-point-26. On the foreign exchange, the local ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:51:39 +0900 Politics Anchor: The special presidential committee on medical reform kicked off on Thursday and held its inaugural meeting without the participation of doctors’ groups, as they refused to take part in the committee amid a protracted stalemate regarding government plans to increase the nation’s medical school ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:38:22 +0900 Politics The government will put forth a response strategy for global supply chain reorganization in line with the Supply Chain Stabilization Act set to be enforced in June. At an economy ministerial meeting on Thursday, finance minister Choi Sang-mok said it is time to thoroughly check up on supply chain risks in ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:22:56 +0900 Politics There are no apparent signs of the nation's medical professors at the "Big Five" general hospitals in Seoul walking off their jobs, even though the resignations they tendered on March 25 take effect on Thursday. According to the medical community, no requests have been made at the "Big Five" ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:30:32 +0900 Politics A special presidential committee on medical reform was launched on Thursday without any participation from major doctors' groups.  The government said the committee held its inaugural meeting on Thursday morning at the government complex in Seoul and discussed the background, developments and ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:56:53 +0900 Politics An organization under the labor ministry has installed a hotline with the embassies of six countries to eradicate delayed payment of wages of foreign workers and to support such workers in the event they suffer industrial accidents.  The Korea Labor and Employment Service(KLES) held a ceremony in Seoul ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:27:21 +0900 Politics The presidential office and the main opposition Democratic Party(DP) will hold on Thursday their second round of working-level consultations on arranging a meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and DP leader Lee Jae-myung. A DP official said in a message sent out to the media on Wednesday that the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:01:30 +0900 Politics Anchor: With mass resignations of medical school professors just one day away, professors at major university hospitals have also announced they will take leave once a week starting next week. The government voiced regret over the move, but drew the line at suggestions that it revisit its plans to increase ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:51:22 +0900 Politics The Seoul city government announced a comprehensive plan to better utilize the Han River by constructing floating offices and hotels and creating a cable water skiing facility by 2030. Following up on the "Great Han River Project" announced last March, Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon said a feasibility study will be ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:26:12 +0900 Politics Anchor: The presidential office and the main opposition Democratic Party(DP) have apparently locked horns over setting the agenda for a meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and DP Chair Lee Jae-myung, as the two sides held their first round of working-level consultations on Tuesday.  Choi You Sun ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:01:41 +0900 Politics South Korea and the United States are conducting joint space exercises to counter various threats from space including North Korea’s surveillance satellites and GPS jamming attacks.  South Korea’s Air Force said on Wednesday that its Space Operation Squadron and the U.S. Space Forces Korea formed an ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:55:45 +0900 Politics Interior minister Lee Sang-min says that the government will push ahead with its planned medical reforms to revive regional and essential medical services.  The minister reaffirmed the stance on Wednesday while presiding over a government meeting on doctors’ collective action, saying that normalizing ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:50:37 +0900 Politics The justice ministry has decided to defer a decision on whether to grant parole to President Yoon Suk Yeol's mother-in-law, who is behind bars for forgery.    The ministry convened its regular parole review on Tuesday and reached such a decision for 77-year-old Choi Eun-soon after considering various ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:54:23 +0900 Politics The Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) chairman Kim Myung-soo visited South Korea’s Special Warfare Command and its elite special forces to encourage the troops during their training amid heightened tensions with the North. During the on-site visit on Tuesday, the JCS chairman was briefed on the operational ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:26:22 +0900 Politics The top office said on Tuesday that it was "very regrettable" that the doctors’ associations did not agree to negotiate with the government and instead maintained its position that the planned medical school admissions quota hike be reconsidered from square one. Jang Sang-yoon, the senior secretary for ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:45:29 +0900 Politics Anchor: North Korea's state-run media has claimed that the regime conducted a tactical drill simulating a nuclear counterattack. This came a day after the North fired short-range missiles into the East Sea. While the North said that the projectiles were tipped with mock nuclear warheads and proved its ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:37:29 +0900 Politics The main opposition Democratic Party(DP) and minor parties passed a bill through a standing committee on Tuesday, requesting direct plenary submission of a set of disputed bills that have been pending at the legislation committee. The bill passed the parliamentary national policy committee backed by 15 ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:08:15 +0900 Politics The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials(CIO) investigating alleged state interference in a case regarding the death of Marine Corporal Chae Su-geun last year has completed digital forensics inspections of items seized from suspects connected to the case. An official at the state ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:55:29 +0900 Politics South Korea and Romania on Tuesday agreed to greatly reinforce cooperation encompassing defense, related industries and nuclear power generation. The agreement was announced in a joint statement on enhancing the bilateral strategic partnership issued in Seoul by President Yoon Suk Yeol and visiting Romanian ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:23:59 +0900 Politics Over ten domestic defense industry firms have suffered data leaks in the first-ever verified concentrated cyber attacks by North Korean hacking groups, including Lazarus and Kimsuky. The National Office of Investigation(NOI) said on Tuesday that it has confirmed North Korean hacking groups digitally ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:01:49 +0900 Politics Anchor: With just a month left until the end of the current 21st National Assembly, rival parties are wrangling over disputed items on the agenda. The ruling People Power Party(PPP) has slammed the main opposition Democratic Party's(DP) push for a universal payout of 250-thousand won, or around 182 U.S. ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:34:49 +0900 Politics The U.S. chief negotiator for talks on the sharing of costs for the upkeep of U.S. troops in South Korea has reportedly said that the United States intends to pursue a “fair and equitable outcome” in the upcoming negotiations.  Linda Specht, a senior adviser and lead negotiator for security agreements ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:51:33 +0900 Politics President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday appointed a two-term People Power Party(PPP) lawmaker as the new senior presidential secretary for political affairs.   President Yoon announced the appointment of former lawmaker Hong Chul-ho at the presidential office.   Yoon described Hong as having excellent ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:45:52 +0900 Politics The environment ministry said it is running Climate Change Week, aimed at raising awareness about the climate crisis and promoting carbon neutrality, to mark the 54th anniversary of Earth Day on Monday. The opening of the weeklong campaign at Seoul's COEX will be followed by a nationwide lights-out ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:13:35 +0900 Politics The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) climbed 37-point-58 points, or one-point-45 percent on Monday to close at two-thousand-629-point-44. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose three-point-91 points, or zero-point-46 percent, to close at 845-point-82. On the foreign exchange, the local currency ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:51:54 +0900 Politics Trade ministers from South Korea and Canada have discussed ways to enhance bilateral economic and trade cooperation. According to South Korea's trade ministry on Monday, minister Cheong In-kyo and his Canadian counterpart Mary Ng held two-way talks in Seoul. The South Korean minister proposed ...

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