#Hot Issues of the Week 2022 Minimum Wage Set at 9,160 Won in 5.1% Rise 2021-07-18 Next year's minimum wage has been set at nine-thousand-160 won per hour, up about five percent from this year.The Minimum Wage Commission, ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Weekly Protest on Wartime Sex Slavery Marks 1,500th Edition 2021-07-18 A weekly protest held in front of the now former Japanese Embassy in Seoul every Wednesday since 1992 urging Tokyo to resolve the wartime sex slavery ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week KBO Suspends Season over COVID-19 Outbreak 2021-07-18 The Korea Baseball Organization(KBO), South Korea's professional baseball league, has been forced to suspend its ongoing regular season ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week COVID-19 Cases Break Record for 3rd Day Topping 1,370 2021-07-11 South Korea on Friday reported new COVID-19 cases in the upper 13-hundreds, hitting a new high for the third day in a row as the country enters a fourth ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Gov't to Enforce Toughest Level 4 Social Distancing for Capital Region 2021-07-11 On Friday the government announced that Seoul and surrounding regions will transition into the new social distancing scheme starting on Monday, ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Vatican Official Confirms Pope's Will to Visit N. Korea 2021-07-11 The Vatican Secretary of State has conveyed the clear will of Pope Francis to visit North Korea and expressed hope that an invitation will be sent ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week NIS: N. Korea Willing to Talk with US But with Conditions 2021-07-11 Seoul’s top spy agency says Pyongyang is willing to return to dialogue with Washington to end the hostile relationship between the two states.According ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Ex-DP Chief Lee Nak-yon Announces Presidential Bid 2021-07-11 Former prime minister and ex-chief of the ruling Democratic Party(DP), Lee Nak-yon, officially announced his presidential bid on Monday.Lee ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Yoon, Ahn Agree on Need for Power Change 2021-07-11 Former prosecutor general and presidential hopeful Yoon Seok-youl met with minor opposition People's Party chairman Ahn Cheol-soo on Wednesday, ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week UNCTAD Categorizes S. Korea as Developed Economy 2021-07-11 The UN Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) has re-categorized South Korea as a developed country.The UN agency unanimously decided to ... Listen News