Sep 22, 2019

[Newsmaker] Professor under fire for comparing ‘comfort women’ to prostitutes

A professor at a prestigious university in Seoul has come under fire for reportedly likening Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement to prostitutes, triggering calls for his expulsion fr...

Sep 22, 2019

[Newsmaker] Fire at Dongdaemun fashion market injures 2, fumes continue for hours

A fire that started around midnight Sunday at a fashion wholesale market in central Seoul continued to burn Sunday afternoon, with two people injured. Fire authorities have been fighting the blaze f...

Sep 20, 2019

[Newsmaker] Police decide to drop pimping charges against former YG chief

Police have dropped pimping charges against Yang Hyun-suk, an idol-turned-K-pop guru who was head of YG Entertainment, one of the biggest K-pop management firms, police officials said Friday. The of...

Sep 20, 2019

[Newsmaker] S. Korea, US to launch negotiations on defense cost sharing next week : source

South Korea and the United States will launch negotiations in Seoul next week on sharing the cost of upkeep for American troops here, a source with knowledge of the matter said Friday. Seoul and Was...

Sep 19, 2019

[Newsmaker] Gwanghwamun restructuring put on hold in face of strong opposition

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday its plan to restructure Gwanghwamun Square would be put on hold to gather public opinion in the wake of opposition from the relevant ministry and some ...

Sep 18, 2019

[Newsmaker] B.I admits drug use, ex-YG chief to be summoned over alleged cover-up

The ex-chief of YG Entertainment, the label that represents the K-pop band iKON, will soon be summoned after the band’s former leader admitted to some of the drug allegations against him, police said...

Sep 16, 2019

[Newsmaker] National Cancer Center strike ends after 11 days

An 11-day health workers’ strike at the National Cancer Center ended Monday morning after the labor union and the hospital management reached an agreement on pay and working conditions. The hospital’...

Sep 16, 2019

[Newsmaker] Main opposition leader to have head shaved to demand dismissal of justice minister

The chief of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party will have his head shaved Monday to call for the dismissal of the justice minister, whose family is embroiled in corruption allegations, party off...

Sep 16, 2019

[Newsmaker] Moon issues 'grave warning' against public agencies for wrong naming of East Sea

President Moon Jae-in ordered disciplinary action against three government-affiliated agencies Monday for their description of the waters between Korea and Japan as the Sea of Japan, not the East Sea...

Sep 14, 2019

[Newsmaker] Police to summon K-pop band iKON's ex-leader over drugs allegation

Police plan to summon B.I, former leader of K-pop band iKON, next week to question him about an allegation of drug use, officials said Saturday. The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency is accele...

Sep 12, 2019

[Newsmaker] Working-level nuclear talks aimed at drafting summit agreement: pro-Pyongyang paper

Working-level talks expected to take place between the United States and North Korea late this month are part of a process to draft an agreement to be signed at the next summit of the two countries, ...

Sep 11, 2019

[Newsmaker] NK’s test-firing of new rocket launcher likely failed

North Korea said Wednesday it test-fired its “super-large multiple rocket launcher” the previous day, however there is speculation in Seoul that one of the projectiles failed to reach its target in t...

Sep 11, 2019

[Newsmaker] Bolton’s exit may add flexibility to NK talks but could hinder full denuke efforts

Hawkish US national security adviser John Bolton’s departure may bring flexibility to the upcoming nuclear talks with North Korea but could undercut efforts to achieve the regime’s complete denuclear...

Sep 10, 2019

[Newsmaker] N. Korea’s short-range projectiles possibly ‘super-large MRLS’ or ATACMS: experts

North Korea on Tuesday fired two short-range projectiles from its northwestern area toward the East Sea, its 10th launch this year, South Korea’s military said. According to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of ...