K-VIBE General

General

Search: 54,571

General

Seoul, Guri mayors hold meeting on proposal to integrate 2 cities

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The mayors of Seoul and the neighboring city of Guri held a meeting Monday to discuss the ruling party's proposal to integrate satellite cities into the capital under a megacity initiative.The meeting between Seoul Mayo
General

New KBS chief calls for overhaul to regain public trust

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- KBS' new President and CEO Park Min vowed on Monday to significantly reform the country's largest public broadcaster to regain public trust and solve financial problems."We should not hesitate to conduct a maj
General

Ex-justice minister asks court to summon U.S. professor as witness over alleged online cheating

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk and his wife on Monday asked an appellate court to summon an American professor as a witness to refute the charge that they took an online test on behalf of their son while he was attending G
Maximum 52-hour workweek to be relaxed for certain biz sectors

General

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The government will relax the maximum 52-hour weekly work hours for certain business sectors with heavy workloads, officials said Monday."While retaining the 52-hour workweek system, the government plans to come up wi
General

(2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S. revise 'tailored deterrence strategy' on N. Korea

(ATTN: REVISES headline, byline; UPDATES with latest details in paras 1-5; CHANGES photos)By Kim Eun-jung and Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States updated their joint deterrence strategies on North Korea during th
General

N. Korea slams Japanese official's remarks on Kanto massacre of Koreans

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday denounced Tokyo's claim that it is difficult to verify the massacre of Koreans in the wake of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake as "desperate efforts to erase its blood-stained past history.&q
General

(LEAD) N. Korea slams S. Korea-UNC defense chief meeting as attempt for 'new war of aggression'

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in last 4 paras)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday renewed its calls for dissolving the U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC), claiming that a plan by South Korea and UNC member states to
General

Authorities to cull test-positive cattle as vaccination against lumpy skin disease completed

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The agriculture ministry said Monday it plans to cull test-positive cattle as the nationwide vaccine drive against lumpy skin disease (LSD) was completed last week. Under the plan, health authorities will conduct clinical t
General

PPP requests Yoon veto 'yellow envelope bill,' broadcasting law revisions

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The leader of the ruling People Power Party on Monday officially requested that President Yoon Suk Yeol exercise his veto power against four contentious bills unilaterally passed by the opposition last week.The four measure
General

Biz lobbies ask Yoon to veto pro-labor bill

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- A group of business lobbies in South Korea on Monday asked President Yoon Suk Yeol to veto a contentious pro-labor bill that was recently passed by the National Assembly controlled by the main opposition Democratic Party (D
General

(LEAD) S. Korea, U.S. defense chiefs discuss 'tailored deterrence strategy' on N. Korea

(ATTN: UPDATES headline, lead with opening of the meeting; CHANGES photo)By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States held annual security talks Monday as the two countries seek to update joint mil
General

S. Korea to display homegrown helicopters at Dubai Airshow

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will feature two homegrown helicopters at an air show in Dubai this week, the state arms procurement agency said Monday, amid Seoul's push to become a major defense exporter.The Surion multirole utility heli
Monday's weather forecast

General

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Monday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul07/-3Sunny0Incheon06/-1Sunny0Suwon08/-3Sunny0Cheongju09/-2Sunny10Daejeon10/-3Cloudy2
General

(Yonhap Feature) Teen inmates pursue new life in college entrance exam behind bars

By Park BoramSEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- When nearly half a million students sit down across the country for the all-important once-a-year college entrance exam this week, a group of 10 teenage inmates will join the test in their separate test room se
General

Yoon's approval rating falls for first time in 3 weeks to 34.7 percent

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol's approval rating fell for the first time in three weeks to 34.7 percent, a poll showed Monday.The survey, conducted by the polling agency Realmeter, showed the positive assessment
General

S. Korea, U.S. defense chiefs to discuss extended deterrence against N.K. threats

By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States were set to hold their annual security meeting Monday, which is expected to focus on ways to deal with North Korea's growing missile and nuclear thr
General

N. Korea slams S. Korea-UNC defense chief meeting as attempt for 'new war of aggression'

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday renewed its calls for dissolving the U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC), claiming that a plan by South Korea and UNC member states to hold the inaugural defense ministerial meeting this week is a &
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

General

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top in major South Korean newspapers on Nov. 13.Korean-language dailies-- Thin ice over 'yellow envelope' bill; will talks between labor, gov't end completely? (Kyunghyang Shinmun)-- Worri
General

Yoon calls for combined U.S.-S. Korea defense posture against any N. Korean provocations

SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has called on the U.S defense chief to maintain the allies' combined defense posture against any North Korean provocations, the presidential office said Sunday.Yoon invited U.S. Secr
2 S. Koreans among 18 sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking: report

General

SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- Two South Koreans were among 18 people sentenced to death Saturday in Vietnam for trafficking over 216 kilograms of drugs, a Vietnamese newspaper reported. Former South Korean police officer Kim Soon Sik, 63, his compatriot