Focus on Headline

1.South Korea's health ministry said Thursday that it will have hospitals recruit additional trainee doctors later this month. The announcement came as only 104 candidates applied for trainee doctor programs starting in September, while local hospitals sought to find trainees for seven-thousand-645 new positions. 2.According to data compiled by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Thu...

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday named Park Cheol-hee, an expert on Japan and the current head of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, as the top envoy to Tokyo,... and Kim Moon-soo, head of the presidential Economic, Social and Labor Council, as the new labor minister. 2.According to data compiled by Statistics Korea on Wednesday, South Korea's industrial output fell 0.1 percent on-mo...

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday reaffirmed plans to protect and support retail investors by scrapping the financial investment income tax, which is set to be introduced next year, during a Cabinet meeting at the presidential office. 2.South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said in an interview with Bloomberg published Monday, that South Korea is not ruling out the possibility of North Kor...

1.South Korea's Ministry of Finance said Monday the government has decided to extend at least 560 billion won, or roughly 445 million U.S. dollars, of funds to support small vendors suffering from payment delays by the e-commerce platforms TMON and WeMakePrice. 2.In a press conference after the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Laos on Saturday, South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Ta...

1.Lee Sang-in, acting chief of South Korea's state broadcasting regulator, voluntarily stepped down Friday ahead of the National Assembly's planned vote on his impeachment motion. With Lee's resignation, the Korea Communications Commission is now left without any standing members. 2.Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday that Japan's former gold mine, associated with South Korea&...

1.The National Assembly on Thursday rejected a bill mandating a special counsel investigation into the death of a Marine that was up for a revote after President Yoon Suk Yeol vetoed it for the second time. Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik earlier said he will also table four controversial broadcasting bills during the session. 2.According to preliminary data released from the Bank of Korea on Thursd...

1.The confirmation hearing for the new chief of the state broadcasting watchdog Lee Jin-sook began on Wednesday and will be held for two days until Thursday. Lee is a former journalist of public broadcaster MBC and was nominated by President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier this month. 2.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that North Korea again launched trash-filled balloons toward South Korea. The Pre...

1.Han Dong-hoon was elected as the new leader of the ruling People Power Party at the national convention held Tuesday. Han secured a majority in the first round of voting. 2.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday sent special envoys {성태윤}Sung Tae-yoon and Industry Minister {안덕근}Ahn Duk-geun to the Czech Republic to discuss follow-up measures on the country’s selection of a South Korean consorti...

1.Hospitals in South Korea on Monday started hiring roughly 7-thousand-700 trainee doctors, despite some medical professors warning of boycotting their training programs in protest of the government's push for accepting the resignations of trainees on strike. 2.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday that South Korea conducted anti-Pyongyang broadcasts through its border loudspeakers in full-sca...

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday attended the debate forum on people’s livelihood in Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do Province and emphasized his plans to develop Jeonbuk via visions of 'high-tech,' 'life,' and ‘culture.’ 2.According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, South Korea's military resumed propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts toward North Korea in response to its latest l...

1. Subway and ferry services on Thursday are suspended and roads are closed across the country, including the capital region, due to torrential rain. The number of people temporarily evacuated due to heavy rain has also increased to 901. 2. The Czech government on Wednesday picked South Korea's state-run nuclear power agency as the preferred bidder to build two new nuclear power units, a proje...

1. National Assembly speaker Woo Won-shik on Wednesday proposed the parliament come up with a bill to revise the Constitution with the aim of holding a national referendum in 2026 and invited President Yoon Suk Yeol to hold talks with the National Assembly to discuss the amendment. 2. Torrential downpour hit Seoul and northern Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday, triggering emergency alerts and commute...

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday that South Korea's alliance with the United States has been elevated to a "nuclear-based" one capable of deterring the North's nuclear threats. Yoon added that the joint nuclear deterrence guidelines, signed last week, has established a structure to “respond swiftly and effectively to any kind of North Korean nuclear threat." 2.South Ko...

1.Former US President Donald Trump was targeted in an assassination attempt on Saturday, local time, while delivering a rally speech in Butler, Pennsylvania. The attack left one person dead and two others critically injured. 2.President Yoon Suk Yeol said Sunday that South Korea will "spare no diplomatic ef fort" to prevent the forced repatriation of North Korean defectors overseas durin...

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden warned on Thursday that any North Korean nuclear attack against South Korea will be met with a "swift, overwhelming and decisive" response, as they highlighted "tremendous" progress in their joint deterrence efforts. 2.South Korea strongly protested on Friday after Japan restated its false territorial claims to South Korea&...

1.NATO leaders on Wednesday "strongly" condemned North Korea's weapons exports to Russia and voiced "great concern" over the two countries' deepening partnership in a summit declaration. Meanwhile, President Yoon Suk Yeol held talks with the leaders of seven countries on the sidelines. 2.South Korea's central bank left its key rate unchanged at 3.5% for the 12th str...

1.The Nato summit opened on Wednesday with U.S. President Joe Biden’s welcoming speech, where he reassured the allies that the military alliance “is more powerful than ever.” President Yoon Suk Yeol is set to arrive in Washington to join the summit on Wednesday and Thursday. 2.The government on Wednesday unveiled a set of guidelines loosening class requirements for medical students to help them av...

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday again vetoed a bill mandating a special counsel investigation into the military's response to a Marine's death last year, the second time he did so in less than two months. 2.President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Hawaii on Monday and visited the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and laid wreaths in honor of veterans who fought in the Korean War. He...

1.South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is set to embark on a trip to the United States to attend the NATO summit in Washington. President Yoon will stop in Hawaii on Monday and Tuesday ahead of the summit, and arrive in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. 2.The Gyeongbuk National Police Agency announced the results of the investigation into the death of Marine Corporal Chae’s after nearly a year. The po...

1.The National Assembly Speaker’s office announced on Thursday that the opening ceremony of the 22nd National Assembly, that was originally scheduled for Friday, has been postponed, adding that the new schedule for the event will be disclosed at a later date. 2.According to data released by the Bank of Korea on Friday, South Korea logged the largest current account surplus in May, reaching eight-p...

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday named Lee Jin-sook as new chief of the Korea Communications Commission. {김완섭}Kim Wan-sup, who previously served as the second vice finance minister, was named as the minister of environment. 2.Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on Thursday called for proactive and preemptive responses during a meeting of ministers, to prevent possible massive changes in externa...

1.The interpellation session of the 22nd National Assembly on Tuesday was adjourned roughly two hours after it began due to sparring between rival party lawmakers and failed to resume, while the session was also canceled on Wednesday after the PPP’s filibuster in response to the DP proposing a special probe bill into Marine Corporal Chae. 2.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday announced a support...

1.According to the South Korean Army on Tuesday, South Korea resumed live-fire exercises at artillery ranges near the border with North Korea for the first time in six years, following the suspension of the September 19 Military Agreement. 2.President Yoon Suk Yeol accepted the resignation of Korea Communications Commission Chairman Kim Hong-il on Tuesday, before a National Assembly vote on his im...

1.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday that North Korea fired two ballistic missiles in a northeastern direction with one of the launches possibly failing and the missile falling inland within the country. 2.The South Korean government announced plans Monday to launch a new ministry of population strategy to address low birth rates and a rapidly aging population, which have emerged as some of the...

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol plans to meet with U.S. National Intelligence Director Avril Haines on Friday. The two sides are likely to discuss the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed between North Korea and Russia, and discuss joint efforts to counter the two countries’ growing military ties. 2.According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Friday, Industry Minister Ahn Duk...