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South Korea's four presidential candidates clash over how to address aging society, trade blows over political stances
SEOUL: Four leading candidates in the upcoming June 3 presidential election fiercely clashed over social issues in their ...
North Korean leader furious over failed destroyer launch, vows to arrest those responsible
A statement from North Korea on its handling of the botched launch came after leader Kim Jong Un expressed fury over the ...
FDA issues norovirus warning on frozen oysters from South Korea
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that certain half-shell oysters that are frozen and raw harvested in South ...
South Korea's love for Wallace and Gromit
They are much loved in the UK, but Aardman characters Wallace & Gromit now also have a huge following on the other side of ...
South Korea vows more policy support, including for drugmakers, as US tariffs weigh
China's CMOC Group , the world's top cobalt mining company, called on Democratic Republic of Congo last week to lift a ban on ...
The US and South Korea just rewrote the rulebook on salvaging a downed F-35
When an F-35A belly-landed in South Korea in 2022, engineers wrote it off. But a novel plan to remove and reattach its wings ...
She found her daughter after 44 years. Now she's suing Korea's government
The last memory Han Tae-soon has of her daughter as a child is in May 1975, at their home in Seoul. "I was going to the ...
Why Growing Acceptance of Childbirth Outside of Marriage Matters for South Korea
As the country faces the world’s lowest fertility rate, young adults’ attitudes are shifting about having children out of ...
On This Day: South Korean president dies amid corruption probe
On May 23, 2009, police said South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, 62, linked to a corruption investigation, died in a leap ...