President Lee names National Tax Service head as new chief of staff
President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday appointed the head of the National Tax Service (NTS) as his new chief of staff, his office said. Outgoing chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik announced the appointment of...
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Korea eyes new dome stadiums for sports, K-pop concerts
Korea has launched an ambitious national search for candidate sites to construct next-generation multipurpose indoor stadiums, aiming to address a chronic shortage of premier venues capable of hosting...
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Embassies express concern over foreign ministry's Sejong relocation plan
Foreign embassies in Seoul are quietly monitoring the Korean government’s plan to relocate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Sejong, about 110 kilometers south of the capital, with some expressing co...
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Main opposition demands probe into suspicious membership of Shincheonji followers in ruling party
The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Wednesday called for a thorough investigation after followers of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a nonmainstream religious sect, were found to have joi...
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Defense chief visits Gwangju air base amid planned relocation for chip project
Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul visited an air base in the southwestern city of Gwangju on Wednesday to inspect the readiness of a key Air Force unit as the government plans to relocate the base to su...
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Seoul-backed crowdfunding campaign raises $632,000 for small businesses
About 100 small businesses in Seoul have raised a combined 850 million won ($632,000) through a city-backed crowdfunding campaign, helping local entrepreneurs bring their products directly to online c...
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Nominee vows political neutrality in leading new investigative agency
Kim Ji-yong, a former prosecutor nominated to lead the newly-established Serious Crimes Investigative Agency (SCIA), pledged political neutrality at his parliamentary confirmation hearing on Wednesday...
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Rescued loggerhead sea turtle returns to Pacific after 7 years of care
Seven years ago, a badly injured loggerhead sea turtle washed ashore on the coast of Jeju Island, entangled in abandoned fishing gear and suffering from severe trauma to its flippers, shoulder and eso...
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Jongno District launches picture-based recycling guides for foreign residents
Navigating municipal waste regulations can be a daunting task for newcomers to any country, often resulting in accidental illegal dumping due to language barriers. To address this challenge, central S...
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High court overturns acquittal of ex-PSS chief over phone data deletion
An appellate court on Wednesday overturned the acquittal of Park Jong-joon, former chief of the Presidential Security Service (PSS), who was indicted for deleting secure phone data involving former Pr...
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