South Korea will provide 300 billion won (US$253.5 million) in emergency loans to local budget carriers, which have been suffering from the economic fallout of the spread of the new coronavirus, Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said Monday.Budget carriers will also be exempted from paying airport usage

President Moon Jae-in held out hope Thursday for the role of his new justice minister, Choo Mi-ae, conferring a letter of appointment on her and filling the post that had been vacant for more than two months."I hope you will spearhead prosecution reform works well," Moon told Choo during a Cheong

President Moon Jae-in appointed Choo Mi-ae, a judge-turned-politician, as justice minister Thursday, Cheong Wa Dae announced.Accordingly, the post has been filled after more than two months of vacancy from Cho Kuk's resignation.Moon nominated Choo, a five-term lawmaker who led the ruling Democratic

U.S. President Donald Trump's policy on North Korea is "failing" and the communist nation poses an imminent threat to American troops and allies, one of his former national security advisers said Monday.John Bolton, who worked for Trump until September, made the remark in a tweet as tensions h

Rival political parties resumed negotiations Tuesday to produce an agreement over a contentious electoral reform bill currently in a parliamentary fast-track process, but failed to make headway.The floor leaders and ranking officials from the ruling Democratic Party (DP), three minor parties and one

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he would be disappointed if something was "in the works" in North Korea and that the United States is watching the regime closely.Tensions between the two nations have escalated ahead of a year-end deadline set by the North, after which the regime has h

South Korea called in a Japanese diplomat Monday to demand Tokyo's explanation on its reported plan to discharge into the Pacific Ocean contaminated water from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown.The move came amid Seoul's push to reverse Tokyo's recent export curbs through bilater

South Korea is still reviewing the timing and the scale of semiannual maritime defense drills to be held on and around its easternmost islets of Dokdo, the defense ministry said Monday.This year's drills have been pushed back amid an escalating trade row with Japan stemming from differences over

우리나라와 중미지역의 대표적인 산림환경국가인 코스타리카와의 산림협력이 본격적으로 시작된다.산림청(청장 김재현)은 오는 30일(현지 기준 29일) 코스타리카 아레날 화산 국립공원에서 ‘한-코스타리카 산림협력 양해각서’를 체결한다고 26일 밝혔다.이번 양해각서는 지난 2016년 코스타리카측의 산림협력 양해각서 체결 제안으로 마련됐다. 양해각서 체결식에는 김재현 산림청장과 까를로스 마누엘 로드리게스(Carlos Manuel Rodriguez) 코스타리카 환경에너지부 장관이 참석한다.주요 협력 내용은 산림보전, 산림보호 및 산림관리, 산림

The 59th National Assembly’s “Africa New Era Forum” & Korea-Africa Congress Forum was held in National Assembly meeting room on July 3, 2019.Under the main theme of “The Rising Continent, Africa is Calling”, the forum was initiated on September 13, 2013, having Lee Ju-young, Vice-Speaker of the Parl

The United States has briefed South Korea in detail on "important" issues related to the outcome of weekend talks between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a Cheong Wa Dae official said Monday. Trump and Kim agreed Sunday to restart working-level nuclear negotiations in a

Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea and President Donald Trump of the United States held a "historic meeting" at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas and agreed to resume dialogue for denuclearization, the North's official news agency reported Monday. During the

A global pharmaceutical company announced a plan Friday to invest US$630 million in South Korea over the coming five years, participating in a "business summit" held here on the occasion of President Moon Jae-in's state visit, his office said.Moon joined the South Korea-Sweden Business Summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a "very interesting" message to U.S. President Donald Trump in his latest personal letter, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday.Speaking after a summit here with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Moon also reaffirmed his willingness to hold ano

South Korea's economy is positioned to face heightened downside risks as the trade dispute between the United States and China escalates, hurting global trade and manufacturing activity, a senior presidential secretary said Sunday."I think we cannot rule out the possibility of the downside risk

By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Editor Ms. Kim Jung-miThe MBC TV News announced on May 8, 2019 the result of its opinion polls on the people’s preference of Korea’s next President. The first place winner was Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon with a 46% support followed by Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn of the main

South Korea on Saturday welcomed a planned second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying that it expects the summit to serve as a turning point toward permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula. Kim Eui-kyeom, a spokesman at South Korea's presidential

The National Assembly on Thursday passed a revised bill aimed at strengthening industrial safety measures amid public anger over the recent death of a young contract worker at a thermal power plant.The bill calls for contractors to take measures to better ensure the safety of irregular or contract w

President Moon Jae-in again highlighted the importance of industrial innovation Wednesday, calling it the only way to ensure sustainable growth of the economy."Industrial innovation of the Republic of Korea is today's topic," the president said while meeting with the National Economic Advisory

Prosecutors raided the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday as part of a probe into allegations that Cheong Wa Dae may have illegally collected information about civilians.The prosecution said prosecutors and inspectors from the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office were sent to t