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Ideology wars, missiles and more: 10 Korean news stories that defined 2023 1. Controversy over removal of Hong Beom-do’s bust and rewriting of historyThe controversy over the relocation of independence fighter Hong Beom-do’s bust at the Korea Military Academy was an example Fri, 29 Dec 2023 14:55:12 GMT
[News analysis] Why a Korean university kicked international students out of the country Hanshin University’s forcible ejection of 22 international students who were enrolled the school’s Korean language institute to their home country of Uzbekistan has been met with shock and outrage.The Wed, 27 Dec 2023 09:33:02 GMT
US Embassy in Seoul’s unpaid internship program draws renewed criticism A 22-year-old Korean university student surnamed Park who has long hoped to get a job abroad was recently flabbergasted by a post about an internship at the US Embassy in South Korea. The six-month in Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:51:47 GMT
Who is Han Dong-hoon, the justice minister-turned-PPP interim leader? Han Dong-hoon, one of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s key advisers and closest confidants, was officially nominated to run the ruling People Power Party’s emergency interim leadership committee on Thursday. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:32:53 GMT
Prosecutor president, prosecutor party leader: Korea’s ruling party falls in line under Yoon The ruling People Power Party has officially recruited Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon to serve as its interim leader on Thursday. After Han agreed to take over as interim party leader, President Yoon Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:11:12 GMT
Two teens booked for vandalizing Gyeongbok Palace with graffiti Two teenage suspects who fled after spray-painting graffiti on the walls of Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul have been apprehended after three days at large. The teenagers had reportedly been offered money t Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:24:59 GMT
40% of Koreans 66 and up are living in poverty, the highest rate in OECD South Korea has the highest rate of poverty in old age in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. As of 2020, four out of 10 South Koreans aged 66 and older fall below the poverty Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:22:16 GMT
As North fires off missiles, Yoon swaps out national security lineup On Tuesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol nominated current National Security Office chief Cho Tae-yong as the new director of the National Intelligence Service and South Korea’s former ambassa Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:13:25 GMT
Seoul activates real-time sharing of N. Korean missile warning data with Japan, US On Tuesday, South Korea, the US and Japan activated their new system for sharing North Korean missile warning data in real time. The Ministry of National Defense expects the data-sharing system to enr Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:13:20 GMT
Justice Ministry’s disregard for own regulations landed Hanshin’s Uzbek students on forced flight home The Uzbek students forced to return home by Hanshin University last month were issued visas by South Korea’s Ministry of Justice even though they didn’t meet the entry requirements at the initial stag Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:08:45 GMT
S. Koreans more accepting of foreign nationals than N. Korean defectors, study finds A study has shown that South Koreans feel closer to foreign migrants than North Korean defectors. In addition, the percentage of Koreans willing to mix with social minorities such as foreigners or sex Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:14:51 GMT
Church slaps Korean pastor dismissed for performing blessings at Pride with major bill for trial The Korean Methodist Church has slapped Rev. Lee Dong-hwan, who was defrocked in a tribunal for blessing sexual and gender minorities, with a bill for 28.6 million won (US$21,800) in judicial fees. To Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:23:39 GMT
[Video] Prostrating on frozen ground, families of Itaewon disaster victims plead for special act At around 9:50 am on Monday, when Seoul saw temperatures drop to minus 7 degrees C, an icy gust blew through tents set up outside the National Assembly by the families of those who died in last year’s Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:12:42 GMT
Worse than worst case: Korea’s population is shrinking faster than predicted Changes in South Korea’s demographic structure, including a low birth rate and aging society, are progressing at a rate far faster than previously predicted, statistics show.An analysis of Statistics Mon, 18 Dec 2023 18:16:36 GMT
Biden, Yoon have been given communications devices for use in nuclear crisis, says senior adviser South Korea and the US have agreed to finalize concrete guidelines for deterring North Korea’s nuclear threats by summer of next year, and to include a “nuclear operations scenario” in joint military Mon, 18 Dec 2023 18:10:17 GMT

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