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South Korea's state-run institute on unification said Monday it plans to expand its studies on North Korea's human rights issues as a new law aimed at better examining Pyongyang's dismal rights record goes into effect in September.The Korea Institute for National Unification said it plans to strengthen the operation of its center on North Korea's human rights and raise the number of relevant personnel. The move is in line with the government's efforts to strengthen its capacity to probe into the

President Park Geun-hye will host a luncheon with the leaders of a large conservative civic group on Monday to call for their support in coping with economic and security challenges, her office Cheong Wa Dae said.The luncheon gathering with the key members of the 1.5-million-member Korea Freedom Federation will bring together some 260 attendees including those leading regional and overseas KFF branches."President Park will encourage KFF members who have contributed to the regional community thro

 The government on Monday officially adopted "Creative Korea" as South Korea's new national slogan and promote it internationally to highlight the importance the country places on fostering creativity.The country had used "Dynamic Korea," as its official slogan ahead of the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup.The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism chose the new slogan based on public polls that singled out "creativity," "passion and "harmony" as the three main keywords that can best identify K

The total assets under management of South Korean insurers will reach 1,000 trillion won ($868 billion) sometime in the second half of this year on growing demand for post-retirement products, industry data showed Monday. As of the end of April, domestic life and non-life insurers held a combined 977.59 trillion won in assets, up 2.9 percent from the 950.1 trillion won at the end of December, according to data offered by local insurers. "People are more concerned about life after retirement as K

New foreign direct investment pledged to South Korea hit a new record high in the first six months of the year despite rising business uncertainties at home and abroad, the government said Monday.Fresh FDI committed to the country in the January-June period came to $10.52 billion, up 18.6 percent from $8.87 billion a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.It marked the largest amount of FDI pledged in history on a half-year basis, surpassing the earlier record of $

The number of foreign cruise tourists visiting South Korea nearly doubled in the first six months of 2016, with the number expected to reach 1.5 million at the end of the year, the maritime ministry said Monday.Some 724,000 foreigners arrived in the country on cruise ships over the January-June period, up 88 percent from 385,000 tallied a year ago, according to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.For all of 2016, 1.5 million cruise tourists are expected to flock to the country's shores, with 84

Retailers have begun searching for suppliers of locally popular fish after South Korea's fishing agreement talks with Japan fell through last week, industry officials said Friday.The failed talks mean the two countries cannot fish in each other's exclusive economic zones, affecting the supply of belt fish and mackerel, the two most popular types of fish among South Korean consumers, they said.Supermarket chain E-Mart, which has been importing mackerel from Norway and Scotland, said it will look

최근 실시된 한 설문조사 결과 미혼남성은 애인이 ‘이런저런 핑계를 댈 때’, 미혼여성은 애인이 ‘무미건조할 때’ 정나미가 뚝 떨어지는 것으로 드러났다. 　 (123RF)　결혼정보회사 비에나래가 결혼정보업체 온리-유와 공동으로 6월 27일부터 이달 2일 사이 전국의 결혼희망 미혼 남녀 536명(남녀 각 268명)을 대상으로 ‘애인에게서 정나미가 떨어질 때는 어떤 상황입니까?’를 물은 결과이다. 　　이 질문에 대해 남성은 응답자의 23.9%가 ‘핑계가 많을 때’로 답했고, 여성은 24.3%가 ‘무미건조할 때’로 답해 각각 가장 높은 비중을 차지했다. 　　이어 남성은 ‘여성미가 없을 때’(20.2%) - ‘성적으로 문란할 때’(18.3%) - ‘데이트 비용 안 낼 때’(15.7%) 등의 순으로 답했고, 여성은 무미건조 다음으로 ‘남성미가 없을 때’(22.0%) - ‘잘난 체 할 때’(19.4%) - ‘자신감이 없을 때’(14.9%) 등의 순을 보였다. 　　손동규 비에나래 대표는 “남성들은

The average home price in Seoul has surpassed 500 million won ($434,103) last month, with analysts expecting more price jumps within this year to reach a new high, a market study by KB Kookmin Bank showed Monday.The average home price in the capital city hit 501.98 million won in June, up 2.94 million won from the previous month, according to the bank which serves as the leading tracker of the local housing market.  The figure is the highest since the bank began compiling related data in Decembe

A former CEO of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., one of the country's top three shipbuilders, was summoned Monday as prosecutors widened their probe into the financially troubled firm's alleged accounting fraud and poor management.Ko Jae-ho, who headed the shipyard from 2012 to 2015, appeared before the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in southern Seoul as a key suspect in the ongoing investigation into the embattled shipbuilder."I feel deeply responsible for the grim situ

South Korean stocks were the second top pick for foreigners after Taiwanese shares in the first half in the Asian region despite major downward momentum factors such as Britain's EU exit vote last month, the country's main bourse said Monday. In the January-June period, foreigners bought a net $6.25 billion worth of Taiwanese stocks, followed by the purchases of Korean stocks and Indian shares worth $3.42 billion and $2.74 billion respectively, the Korea Exchange said in a statement."Foreigners

New orders clinched by South Korean shipyards fell to record lows in the first half of the year, largely due to a protracted industry slump, mirroring their worst-ever business performance, industry data showed on Monday.According to the data compiled by global research firm Clarkson Research Services, a total of 6.32 million compensated gross ton worth of orders were placed around the globe in the January-June period, sharply down from 18.04 million CGTs the previous year.In case of South Korea

South Korea is quickening negotiations and implementations of its free trade agreements as one way of alleviating the economic confusion from Brexit, finding new markets through the trade deals and making sure it is not falling out of regional pacts, officials said Monday.After signing its first FTA in 2004 with Chile, South Korea now has agreements with 52 countries through 15 agreements. Officials say while last year's efforts were more on bilateral agreements, concentration this year will be

Dozens of U.S. lawmakers in the House and the Senate have sent letters urging President Barack Obama to award this year's Presidential Medal of Freedom to late Korean-American war hero Kim Young-oak.According to the Council of Korean Americans, 33 House lawmakers, including Reps. Ed Royce (R-CA), Mike Honda (D-CA) and Charles Rangel (D-NY), sent a joint letter to Obama on June 20, while Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) sent a similar letter on June 10."As members of Congress

The United States sent two B-52 nuclear bombers to fly in skies near South Korea last month, military officials said Sunday, a move seen as a display of force against North Korea.The U.S. strategic bombers from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam conducted flights in skies near the Korean Peninsula and Japan between June 13 and 20, the officials said.(yonhap)The move was part of the U.S. Air Force's efforts to check its military capacity in the Asia-Pacific region, they added.In January the U.S. fle

North Korea is believed to have almost doubled the number of landmines it has planted in the Demilitarized Zone that bisects the two Koreas this year from the previous year, South Korean military officials said Sunday.Since April, the North has placed more than 4,000 new landmines in the DMZ, and 70 to 80 percent of them are believed to be wooden-box land mines which are hard to detect, according to the officials."The military is focusing on searching for landmines buried by North Korea on conce

The chief of South Korean business group Lotte said Sunday he will faithfully cooperate with a prosecutor probe into allegations that the group created illegal slush funds and conducted shady business practices."I will fully cooperate (with the investigation)," Lotte chairman Shin Dong-bin told reporters upon arrival at an airport in Seoul.His remarks came as Lotte, South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate, has come under a high-profile investigation since early June involving prosecutor raids o

The floor leader of South Korea's main opposition party said Sunday he is opposed to moves that would abolish a lawmaker privilege that exempts him or her from liability from speeches made in parliament.Rep. Woo Sang-ho of the Minjoo Party of Korea said that while he will take the lead in getting rid of various privileges enjoyed by lawmakers that have drawn public flak, certain rights need to be maintained if the National Assembly is to provide checks and balances to the executive branch of gov

A Cambodian national received four years in prison in Korea, Sunday, for attempting to smuggle in narcotics to Korea. 　The Suwon District Court said the 41-year-old man worked at a casino in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh where he met a client offering to pay him $5,000 with flights and accommodation covered for his stay in Korea if he were to help in drug trafficking. 　 (123RF)He was caught while attempting to bring in over 280 grams of methamphetamine and 190 grams of ketamine in vacuum-pack