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The national budget for 2020 would increase 9.1 percent from this year.The main opposition Liberty Korea Party presented its own revision bill worth 499.2 trillion won Today Social affairs [News Brief] Assault case involving S. Korean and Chinese students ends without prosecution The South Korean and Chinese students booked for hitting each other were released without prosecution, the Seodaemun Police Station said Tuesday. Neither student sought punishment of the other.The police said they closed the assault case last month.On Nov. 19, the two Myeongji University students were reported to the police for getting into a physical fight over putting up posters concerning pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The Korean student had tried to stop the Chinese student from coveri Today Social affairs Ultrafine dust chokes Korea, cold spell expected late Wednesday South Korea was blanketed by a high level of particulate pollution Tuesday, prompting emergency dust reduction measures for the first time this winter and an ultrafine dust advisory issued in the afternoon. The implementation of emergency measures was extended into Wednesday with the high level of PM 2.5 -- ultrafine particles less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter -- expected to continue across the country due to the stagnant air over the peninsula and the inflow of particles from abroad.Se Today Foreign Affairs Moon to hold trilateral meeting with Chinese, Japanese leaders President Moon Jae-in will make a two-day trip to China later this month for a Korea-China-Japan trilateral summit, Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday. According to the presidential office, Seoul is also in talks with Beijing and Tokyo to arrange bilateral summits during the visit. The trip is scheduled for Dec. 23 and 24, with the trilateral summit to be held on the second day in Chengdu, Sichuan province. “President Moon will discuss practical cooperation among the three countries, and pol Today North Korea North Korea to declare end of dialogue with US: expert North Korea is expected to declare a suspension of its nuclear talks with the US as the regime has already decided to beef up its military capability and accelerate self-development of the economy next year, experts said on Tuesday.During a press conference hosted by Institute for Far Eastern Studies, experts offered a pessimistic outlook on North Korea’s relations with the US and South Korea due to the packed domestic politics in 2020 in each country, such as the presidential election in Today Defense Defense minister confirms North conducted rocket engine test South Korean, Australian ministers urge North Korea to stop raising military tension Today Foreign Affairs Moon to attend annual summit with Chinese, Japanese leaders South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit China later this month for annual summit talks with Chinese and Japanese leaders, Cheong Wa Dae announced Tuesday.Moon is scheduled to make a two-day trip to the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu starting Dec. 23.The summit will be joined by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. They plan to "focus consultations on ways to have substantive cooperation among the three countries and have in-depth discussions on regi Today Foreign Affairs S. Korea to join this week's UNSC session on possible NK provocation A South Korean representative will attend a UN Security Council session set to convene this week following a US request to discuss North Korea's recent missile launches and a possible escalatory provocation, an official at Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday.The meeting will be held on Wednesday, according to Reuters, just days after the North said it conducted a "very important test" at its Dongchang-ri satellite launch site. The test is presumed to have been a rocket engine experim Today Social affairs ‘Unchecked prosecution a threat to democracy’ A prosecution with only the power to indict is what we see in developed countries, Hwang Un-hah, the commissioner of the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency, said Monday.“Besides indicting, our prosecutors go on investigating numerous cases they either shouldn’t or needn’t,” Hwang said at an event marking the release of his book, which explores the much-debated matter of prosecutorial reform.Hwang stressed that checks and balances guarantee transparency and accountability, Today Social affairs Korea to bolster protection for foreigners on ‘entertainment visas’ South Korea will introduce measures to protect foreign workers in the entertainment industry starting next year, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday. The ministry said the new measures will apply to foreigners holding the E-6 visa, a long-term work visa for the culture and entertainment sectors, effective from Jan. 1, 2020. Proxy applications will no longer be allowed for stay permit evaluations, the duration of visits will be shortened from a year to six months, and confirmation of health insu Today Social affairs [News brief] Man booked on attempted murder charges for stabbing woman in shop Incheon police said Tuesday they have tracked down a man accused of fleeing after stabbing a woman believed to be his onetime girlfriend with intent to kill her.Incheon Seobu Police Station has booked the man on charges of attempted murder. On Dec. 3, the man allegedly stabbed the woman, 43, inside her shop in Seo-gu, Incheon, after she tried to report him to police for assault. The man allegedly used a knife he had prepared in advance and ran from the site. Police said the woman is being treate Today Social affairs [News brief] Foreign worker in Pocheon found dead, stabbed in neck Police found the body of a foreign worker in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, on Monday, with stab wounds to the neck.The body of the 30-year-old Nepalese man was found around 7:30 p.m. on Monday in front of a dormitory inside an industrial complex in the city, according to Pocheon Police Station. A colleague discovered the man bleeding on the floor and reported to the police. Security camera footage showed the man stabbing himself several times in the neck, police said. While there was no sign of fo Today North Korea NK lauds leader’s ‘achievements’ in military affairs, diplomacy North Korea’s official newspaper on Tuesday lauded this year’s “achievements” by the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, in military affairs and diplomacy in an apparent bid to consolidate internal unity amid rising tensions with the US. The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the country’s Workers’ Party, said in a commentary titled “Our party’s record of revolution in 2019 will be long remembered in history” that hostile forces maneuv Today North Korea Defense minister: N. Korea conducted rocket engine test at Dongchang-ri site Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo confirmed Tuesday that North Korea tested a rocket engine in what the regime called a "very important test" at its western satellite launching station over the weekend, calling on the communist country to stop such military acts.Jeong's remark, made in Sydney after a meeting of the foreign and defense ministers of the two countries, represented the first time that a government official has confirmed what the North tested Saturday at the Sohae Satellite Today Politics Parliament passes children safety bills in plenary session South Korea's parliament passed uncontested bills, including those on children safety, in its morning plenary session Tuesday, without reviewing the budget bill and other contentious bills on electoral and prosecution reform.Among the 16 bills that were passed in the morning session were those on children's road safety. The bills, each named after the two boys who died from safety accidents, are aimed at reinforcing road safety by mandating surveillance cameras in school zones to prevent speedin MORE 15 / 169535
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