#Hot Issues of the Week Covid-19 Cases Hit Three-week High 2020-06-21 The average daily amount of new COVID-19 infections in South Korea has increased over the past two weeks while patients in their 50s and older now ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Bolton Memoir Critical of Seoul for Giving Trump & Kim Unrealistic Expectations 2020-06-21 Former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton says he doesn't believe U.S. President Donald Trump is fit for office."I don't ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Social Distancing Campaign Extended in Seoul Metro Region amid Cluster Outbreaks 2020-06-14 Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Friday announced the two-week emergency social distancing campaign in the Seoul metro area will be extended indefinitely."The ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Tensions heighten between the two Koreas 2020-06-14 "How can the South Korean government say it will block the basic right of free speech guaranteed under the Constitution? That is a very wrong, ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week S. Korea Loses Jobs for 3 Straight Months amid Pandemic Crisis 2020-06-14 Statistics Korea said on Wednesday that the number of employed people in the nation reached 26-point-93 million in May.It is down by 392-thousand ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Court Rejects Arrest Warrant for Samsung Heir 2020-06-14 A local court this week refused to grant an arrest warrant for Samsung Electronics Vice Chair Lee Jae-yong over his alleged involvement in a controversial ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Gov't Announces Record-High 3rd Extra Budget to Cushion COVID-19 Impact 2020-06-07 At a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the government approved its third extra budget plan worth a record-high 35-point-three trillion won, to help ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week S. Korea to Resume WTO Complaint over Japan's Export Curbs 2020-06-07 The South Korean government has decided to resume dispute settlement proceedings at the World Trade Organization(WTO) over Japan's export ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week US Agrees to Pay Wages to Korean USFK Workers 2020-06-07 The Pentagon announced Tuesday that it as agreed to pay wages for all Korean workers at U.S. military bases in South Korea.Under the agreement outlined ... Listen News
#Hot Issues of the Week Kim Jong-un's Sister Slams Seoul over Defiant Defectors' Anti-Pyongyang Leaflets 2020-06-07 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister, Yo-jong, issued a statement criticizing the South Korean government for not preventing anti-Pyongyang ... Listen News