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USFK Sends 60-Day Notice of Potential Furlough Amid Allies' Cost-Sharing Impasse

2020-02-02

U.S. Forces Korea(USFK) said on Wednesday that it has begun sending a 60-day notice of potential furloughs to its South Korean employees, citing ...

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Prosecution Moving Forward with Power Abuse Investigations

2020-02-02

Former Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on Thursday morning for questioning ...

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S.Korea to Lend Helping Hand to Australia over Bushfires

2020-02-02

South Korea has decided to send one million dollars in humanitarian aid and a government delegation to Australia to help the country recover from ...

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S. Korea to Send Warship to Strait of Hormuz amid US-Iran Tensions

2020-01-26

South Korea will send a warship and commandos to the strategic Strait of Hormuz in response to U.S. calls for help.However, in apparent consideration ...

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S. Korea Bolsters Quarantine Efforts as 2nd Coronavirus Infection Confirmed

2020-01-26

South Korean quarantine authorities have found another person infected with the new coronavirus from China, raising the total number of confirmed ...

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Senior Prosecutors Leading Probes Involving Ruling Camp Replaced

2020-01-26

All of the senior prosecutors who led investigations involving the presidential office and ruling camp figures have been replaced.The Justice ...

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Transgender Soldier Seeks to Remain in Barracks after Army Orders Her Discharge

2020-01-26

A South Korean transgender soldier has expressed hope to continue to remain with the military and serve on the front lines after the Army decided ...

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President Moon Holds New Year’s Press Conference

2020-01-19

"We can neither be optimistic nor pessimistic about the dialogues between the South and North Korea and between the North and the U.S... "President ...

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U.S. and China Sign Phase One Trade Deal

2020-01-19

"This is a very important and remarkable occasion. Today we take a momentous step, one that has never been taken before with China... "Washington ...

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Top Diplomats of S. Korea and the U.S. Hold Talks in California

2020-01-19

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo near San Francisco, California on Tuesday to discuss cooperation ...

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