Pres. Moon’s Speech Marking Independence Movement Day

2018-03-04

On the anniversary of Korea's independence movement on Thursday, President Moon Jae-in said the March first 1919 movement and the centennial anniversary ...

Prosecution Seeks 30 Years in Prison for Ex-President Park Geun-hye

2018-03-04

Prosecutors have demanded 30 years in prison for impeached former President Park Geun-hye. The prosecution said in the lower court hearing that ...

National Assembly Approves Shortened 52-Hour Workweek

2018-03-04

The National Assembly has passed a revision to the Labor Standards Act to lower the maximum weekly working hours from the current 68 to 52 hours. Among ...

IMF: S. Korean Economy’s Growth Rate Set to Fall

2018-02-25

The International Monetary Fund(IMF) has projected that South Korea's potential growth rate will hover at the low two percent levels in the 2020s ...

Gunsan to be Designated as Employment Crisis Region

2018-02-25

The government will take measures to designate Gunsan as an employment crisis region a week after General Motors(GM) revealed it would shut ...

Roundup of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics

2018-02-25

The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics held from February 9 to the 25th for 17 days is regarded as a successful event in all areas of the games' management, ...

North Korea Invites Moon to Pyongyang

2018-02-18

North Korea has extended a formal invitation for President Moon Jae-in to visit Pyongyang via the high-level delegation it sent to the PyeongChang ...

Choi Soon-sil Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

2018-02-18

A Seoul court has sentenced Choi Soon-sil, a central figure in the influence-peddling scandal that ousted former President Park Geun-hye, to 20 ...

GM Korea to Close Gunsan Plant

2018-02-18

Major U.S. automaker General Motors(GM) has decided to close one of its four plants in South Korea. The South Korean government expressed deep regret ...

Exclusive Interview with Minister of Agriculture

2018-02-13