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The average prices of gasoline and diesel both increased for the fourth consecutive week. According to the Korea National Oil Corporation's(KNOC) price information system Opinet on Saturday, the average price of gasoline rose 13-point-one won on-week to one-thousand-613-point three won per liter, or ...

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Myung Tae-kyun, a self-proclaimed political consultant and a key figure in a high-profile scandal involving the president and first lady, appeared for questioning for the second consecutive day. Prior to interrogation by the Changwon District Prosecutors' Office on Saturday, Myung once again denied ...

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K-pop boy band SEVENTEEN has received a certificate of appreciation from Los Angeles for their contribution to music and youth empowerment.  Joshua, the LA-native of the 13-member group, accepted the honor on behalf of SEVENTEEN at the invitation of the LA City Council on Friday, local time. The ...

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Massive rallies by labor and civic groups are set to take place in Seoul on Saturday afternoon. The Federation of Korean Trade Unions(FKTU), one of the nation's two umbrella groups, staged a rally in Yeouido at 2 p.m., denouncing what it calls the government's "anti-labor policies." The other umbrella ...

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John Bolton, former national security advisor under the first Donald Trump administration, warned that U.S. isolationism is expected to further intensify as Trump returns to office for a second term. In an interview with Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun a day before the election on Monday and published on ...

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Myung Tae-kyun, a self-proclaimed political consultant and a key figure in a high-profile scandal involving the president and first lady, was questioned by the prosecution for the second consecutive day on Saturday. The Changwon District Prosecutors' Office grilled Myung for over 12 hours on Saturday ...

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The ruling People Power Party has launched a consultative body with the government and some doctors’ groups, but without the participation of the main opposition party, a trainee doctors’ group or the country’s largest group of doctors.  The body held its inaugural meeting at the National Assembly on ...

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President Yoon Suk Yeol pledged efforts to overcome polarization in South Korean society, as he passes the halfway point of his five-year presidency. According to presidential spokesperson Jeong Hye-jeon on Monday, Yoon, during a meeting with his aides, called for forward-looking efforts to resolve ...

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The opposition will submit a revised version of its bill mandating a special prosecutor to investigate allegations against first lady Kim Keon-hee, limiting the scope of the probe in an apparent effort to win votes from the ruling party when the bill returns to parliament for a revote after an expected ...

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Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun on Monday reiterated that sending an observation team to Ukraine is necessary for protecting national interest. During a National Assembly National Defense Committee session, Minister Kim said sending an observation team differs from troop deployment. He explained that a ...

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President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Peru and Brazil between this coming Thursday and next Thursday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and Group of 20 summits. During his trip to South America, Yoon will also work to arrange bilateral meetings with the leaders of Japan and China while also ...

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Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said he is confident that the South Korea-U.S. alliance will continue to grow stronger under the incoming Donald Trump administration. At a press conference on Tuesday, Cho said President-elect Trump’s foreign policy, which prioritizes U.S. allies’ expanded role and ...

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The presidential office says it is working to arrange a meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. A senior official told reporters on Tuesday that the top office is in close communication with Trump’s team. This comes as the Yoon administration is preparing for the ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
North Korean troops have reportedly arrived in Russia's Kursk region amid speculations that they are expected to participate in combat against Ukrainian troops, who have occupied a portion of the region since August. Citing one Ukrainian and two American officials, The New York Times said on Friday ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
North Korea has reiterated its accusation that the South Korean military flew a drone over Pyongyang earlier this month, claiming it took off from South Korea’s Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea.  In a report on Monday, the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) said the country’s ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has derided South Korea over its refusal to respond to the North’s allegations of a drone incursion over its capital city earlier this month. In a statement carried by the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) on Monday, ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
The South Korean military has dismissed North Korea’s claims that a drone invaded its airspace earlier this month after taking off from the South’s Baengnyeong Island near the western de facto maritime border. At a press briefing Monday, spokesperson Lee Sung-joon from Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
The Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) has warned that North Korea will face corresponding countermeasures if it infiltrates drones into South Korean territory. JCS spokesperson Lee Sung-joon unveiled such a stance to reporters on Monday when asked to comment on Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
A new survey finds that three-quarters of South Koreans believe unification of the two Koreas is necessary.  According to the national unification survey for the third quarter released by the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council on Monday, 74-point-six percent of respondents answered in the ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
South Korea’s intelligence agency believes some of the North Korean troops deployed to Russia in support of its military offensive in Ukraine may have been transported to the front lines, including high-ranking generals. According to senior members of the rival political parties on the parliamentary ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
South Korea's intelligence agency assessed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has begun to upgrade his security due to concerns over a potential assassination attempt. According to rival political parties on the parliamentary Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, the assessment was made by the ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
North Korea and Russia reportedly held a joint information technology(IT) exhibition in Pyongyang.  The North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) said Wednesday that the joint IT product exhibition opened the previous day at the Pyongyang Science and Technology Complex. The KCNA said the ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States have condemned the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia in the “strongest” terms with “one voice.” Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued the condemnation on Wednesday in a joint statement after ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
Defense minister Kim Yong-hyun said Wednesday that South Korea is not considering sending troops to support Ukraine.  The minister made the remarks during a meeting with reporters in Washington, while visiting the United States to attend the annual Security Consultative Meeting. When asked how the ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
President Yoon Suk Yeol has instructed the National Security Council(NSC) to respond strongly to North Korea’s provocations and prepare thoroughly so the North cannot carry out any surprise provocations. Yoon gave the instructions Thursday after being immediately informed by the National Security ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
A group representing families of South Koreans abducted by North Korea called off plans to send anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets north of the border, amid opposition from residents and the presence of law enforcement officers. Choi Seong-ryong, the head of the association, announced the decision Thursday ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
Incheon’s Ganghwa County, near the inter-Korean border, has designated itself a “danger zone” effective Friday and issued an administrative order banning the dissemination of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets north of the border. According to county officials on Thursday, the decision stems from ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
North Korea said Friday that the missile it launched the previous day was the new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM) and declared the test a success. The North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) said the Missile Administration conducted the test under the guidance of North ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
South Korea's ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs assessed that North Korea likely has various objectives behind its test launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM) days ahead of the U.S. presidential election. At a press briefing on Friday, unification ministry deputy ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, declared that the regime will continue to bolster its nuclear capabilities in protest of criticisms from the international community. In a statement carried by the North's Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) on Saturday, Kim ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
North Korea and Russia have accused the United States and its allies of escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, with Moscow expressing its full support of the North's measures against the United States. Pyongyang and Moscow released press statements on Saturday, a day after a strategic dialogue ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
After demolishing sections of the inter-Korean roads and railways, North Korea has deployed troops to install anti-tank trenches there. The Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) announced on Monday that the North’s military recently installed concrete anti-tank trenches where the Gyeongui and Donghae roads and ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Tuesday morning, just hours before the start of the U.S. presidential election.   South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) said it detected the launches around 7:30 a.m. from the Sariwon area in North Hwanghae ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
The South Korean military says it believes more than ten-thousand North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia in support of the military offensive in Ukraine. At a press briefing Tuesday, defense ministry spokesperson Jeon Ha-kyu said intelligence authorities in South Korea and the U.S. believe a ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
North Korea continues GPS jamming attacks against South Korea for the second day since Friday. According to Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) on Saturday, the GPS jamming provocations from the North's Haeju and Gaeseong regions have disrupted the operations of dozens of South Korean vessels and civilian ...

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[Inter-Korea] :
The South Korean military believes the Hwasong-19, the intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM) that North Korea test-fired on October 31, is a new model that Pyongyang may have developed with technological assistance from Moscow. In a report disclosed Monday by the office of ruling People Power Party ...

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The 2024 Paris Paralympics came to a close on Sunday after a 12-day run.  The global sports festival wrapped up Sunday night with a glitzy closing ceremony at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris. About 44-hundred athletes with disabilities competed in 22 sporting events, representing 169 ...

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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism says it has uncovered evidence of financial misconduct at the Badminton Korea Association(BKA). During a briefing on an ongoing investigation Tuesday, the ministry said it suspects the head of the association and another top official improperly distributed 150 ...

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Former national football team member Son Jun-ho has been permanently banned by the Chinese Football Association(CFA). The CFA on Tuesday announced the disciplinary action against Son, accusing the football player of engaging in match-fixing and bribery. With the latest decision, Son is permanently ...

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The national governing body of badminton has strongly protested the sports ministry's allegations of embezzlement and breach of trust by its chief, Kim Taek-gyu. In a statement late Friday, the Badminton Korea Association(BKA) said it will hold the government legally responsible for defamation, ...

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The Kia Tigers have won the regular-season title in the Korea Baseball Organization(KBO), heading straight to the Korean Series. The Tigers were defeated by the SSG Landers 2-0 Tuesday but secured the regular-season title as second-place Samsung Lions lost 8-4 to the Doosan Bears. With seven games ...

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South Korean forward Son Heung-min of the Tottenham Hotspur has picked up his first two assists of the season, helping his club with the second win of the season. Son set up Brennan Johnson's 28th-minute goal in a match against Brentford on Saturday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, breaking ...

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South Korean forward Son Heung-min of the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club has missed a Premier League match against Manchester United due to an injury. Tottenham won three-nil Sunday in Son’s absence at Old Trafford.  Son was substituted against Qarabağ FK in the team's Europa League opener Thursday with ...

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Men's national football team head coach Hong Myung-bo has cast doubt over captain Son Heung-min's availability in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers next month. During a press conference on Monday, Hong announced the roster for October's World Cup qualifiers, which included the Tottenham Hotspur star ...

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The Korea Football Association(KFA) has rebutted the findings of a sports ministry investigation that found the association violated its own rules when it hired Hong Myung-bo as head coach of the national football team. In a statement released Wednesday, shortly after the ministry released the interim ...

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Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min has been excluded from the South Korean national football team’s roster for the third round of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, after he sat out two recent Premier League matches due to a hamstring injury. The Korea Football Association(KFA) said Friday that it ...

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Culture minister Yu In-chon has reiterated that he will not approve the fourth term of Korea Football Association(KFA) President Chung Mong-gyu.  Yu revealed the stance on Monday during the parliamentary culture committee’s inspection of government agencies when asked whether he will grant approval ...

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FIFA has slapped a ten-match ban on Italian footballer Marco Curto for making racist comments to Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Hwang Hee-chan during a pre-season friendly against Como 1907 back in July.  British sports media outlet, Sky Sports, quoted a spokesperson for the international football ...

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The South Korean men's national football team is set to face Jordan in the third round of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The qualifying match between the national team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, and Jordan at Amman International Stadium is scheduled to begin at 11 p.m. Thursday, Korea time. While ...

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[Sports] :
South Korea defeated Jordan two-nil in its third round of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers without captain Son Heung-min. The national football team, led by head coach Hong Myung-ho, beat Jordan at Amman International Stadium in the Jordanian capital on Thursday in their Group B match in the third round of ...

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