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G-20 speakers to adopt joint declaration on global security development

Parliamentary leaders and representatives of the world`s 20 major economies were to adopt a joint declaration based on ...

76% of women in uniform have military spouses

Nearly eight in 10 women in uniform in South Korea have military spouses, a report said Friday, showing a trend that a ...

S. Korea to hold foreign ministers` talks with Pacific island countries

South Korea said Thursday that its foreign minister will hold talks later this month in Seoul with his counterparts ...

G-20 speakers discuss anti-terrorism measures, development issues

Parliamentary representatives of the Group of 20 major economies opened a conference in Seoul on Thursday to discuss ...

S. Korea allows retired female officers into reserve forces

South Korea has amended a conscription law to allow retired female officers to serve in the Reserve Forces, in line ...

Defence ministry to phase out 30 general-level posts by 2015

South Korea`s defense ministry will gradually eliminate at least 30 posts for general-grade officers by the end of ...

S.Korea hosts regional conference against chemical weapons

An annual conference among Asian nations against chemical weapons opened here Monday to discuss appropriate responses ...

Lee calls for stern punishment of those involved in savings bank corruption

President Lee Myung-bak instructed aides Monday to make sure to sternly punish those involved in illegal withdrawals ...

Three men nabbed for blasts at Seoul transportation hubs

Police said Sunday they have arrested three men on suspicion of triggering a string of explosions involving what ...

Hijacked vessel with S. Koreans aboard heading toward Somalia: official

The Singaporean chemical tanker hijacked by pirates with four South Koreans on board is heading toward the Somali ...

Jimmy Carter in Beijing for N. Korea visit

A group of former statesmen led by ex-US president Jimmy Carter on Sunday said they were in Beijing on the way to ...

South Korean jailed over cooked-up phone

A South Korean who cooked his mobile phone in a microwave and then claimed compensation from the maker Samsung ...

Seoul elementary schools to have emergency call system to prevent bullying

Almost all elementary schools in Seoul will have an emergency call system installed by next month under the municipal ...

TV actor Hyun Bin assigned to frontline marine unit

A popular TV actor who enlisted in the Marine Corps last month for his mandatory military service has been assigned to ...

Baker jailed after `rat bread` plot crumbles

A South Korean court Tuesday passed an 18-month prison term on a baker who posted a doctored photo of a loaf ...