Nearly half of adults support abolition of gender ministry
SEOUL-- Nearly half of South Korean adults are in favor of some opposition lawmakers' proposals to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, a poll showed Thursday.In the poll…
July 15, 2021
Son of slain fisheries official files damages suit against Coast Guard, calls for apology
SEOUL-- The son of a South Korean fisheries official killed by North Korea's military last year filed a damages suit against the country's Coast Guard on Thursday, demanding an apology…
Man fined for lying during COVID-19 tracing probe
GWANGJU, South Korea-- A man who contracted COVID-19 was fined heavily Thursday for lying about his whereabouts during a contact tracing probe by health authorities.A district court in Gwangju, 330…
S. Korea, WTO member states vow efforts to expedite deal on fisheries subsidies
SEOUL-- South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee and her counterparts from other World Trade Organization (WTO) member states agreed Thursday to redouble efforts to reach a deal this year on…
N.K. media denounces Japan’s wartime sexual slavery as war crime with ‘no statute of limitations’
SEOUL-- North Korea's official news agency on Thursday slammed Japan over its wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, calling it a "war crime to which no statute of limitations is…