SEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on May 30.
Korean-language dailies
-- S. Korea wins 2 top awards at Cannes (Kyunghyang Shinmun)
-- Sm...
07:15 May. 30
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By Kim Deok-hyun
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Sunday passed a 62 trillion-won (US$49.4 billion) extra budget bill to support small...
22:55 May. 29
(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES first two paras with passage of extra budget bill)
By Kim Deok-hyun
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Sunday passed a 62 trillion-won (US$49.4 bill...
22:38 May. 29
(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead, minor edits)
By Kim Deok-hyun
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- The ruling and opposition parties agreed Sunday on a 62 trillion-won (US$49.4 billion) extra budget aimed main...
16:44 May. 29
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- First lady Kim Keon-hee dropped by the office of President Yoon Suk-yeol on two consecutive days last week, photos from her fan club showed Sunday.
Kim first visited th...
16:02 May. 29
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday nominated a female patent attorney as the new head of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), which is in charge of processing pa...
14:47 May. 29
May 30
1930 -- Ethnic Koreans residing in Manchuria carry out an uprising against Japan's colonization of Korea.
1968 -- Kim Jong-pil (1926-2018) announces his retirement from politics, al...
14:00 May. 29
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By Kim Deok-hyun
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- The ruling and opposition parties agreed Sunday on a 62 trillion-won (US$49.4 billion) extra budget aimed main...
13:53 May. 29
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- A personnel vetting unit under the justice ministry will go into operation as early as June 7, taking over the role of checking the qualifications of senior position candi...
13:52 May. 29
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- The ruling and opposition parties agreed Sunday on a 62 trillion-won (US$49.4 billion) extra budget aimed mainly at helping pandemic-battered small merchants and others, a...
13:18 May. 29
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday congratulated director Park Chan-wook and actor Song Kang-ho on winning the best director and the best actor awards at the Cannes Film Fe...
10:29 May. 29
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SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol is willing to meet with chiefs of political parties if the National Assembly first approves an extra bu...
22:46 May. 28
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By Joo Kyung-don
SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Two-day early voting for next week's local elections ended with a turnout of 20.62 percent on Saturday, the highest...
22:25 May. 28
SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol is willing to meet with chiefs of political parties if the National Assembly first approves an extra budget bill, the presidential office said Satu...
21:53 May. 28
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By Joo Kyung-don
SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Two-day early voting for next week's local elections ended with a turnout of 20.62 percent o...
21:22 May. 28
(ATTN: UPDATES turnout as of 2 p.m. in 2nd para)
By Joo Kyung-don
SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans headed to the polls Saturday on the second and last day of early voting for next week's nat...
14:45 May. 28
(ATTN: UPDATES with position by presidential office in last two paras)
SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Saturday he will try to find a new nominee after a former official ...
13:59 May. 28
SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- The ruling and main opposition parties agreed Saturday to cancel the National Assembly plenary session initially expected to be held later in the day to deal with an extra...
13:46 May. 28