The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Monday.
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Moon's approval rating dips to 35.5 pct: Realmeter
SEOUL -- President Moon Jae-in...
13:28 Jan. 11
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By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in said Monday that the government will provide all South Korean people ...
11:41 Jan. 11
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Monday that social distancing rules that are considered either unfair or ineffective must be changed, suggesting that authorities may s...
10:39 Jan. 11
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in said Monday that the government will provide all South Korean people with free-of-charge COVID-19 vaccines in phases starting next month.
"(The g...
10:27 Jan. 11
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in's job approval rating has dropped to 35.5 percent, while the proportion of those critical of his leadership has hovered above 60 percent, a poll sho...
08:55 Jan. 11
The wrong direction
North Korea has amended its Workers' Party rules and proclaimed it will continue reinforcing its military power. In the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party, the first in five ye...
06:51 Jan. 11
Victory for wartime victims
Japan urged to accept landmark compensation ruling
A local court has made a landmark ruling in favor of South Korean victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery. On Friday, ...
06:50 Jan. 11
Motivate businesspeople
CEOs can be jailed for fatal accidents; more anti-business bills in the making
The National Assembly passed a bill on punishment for serious industrial accidents Friday des...
06:50 Jan. 11
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Jan. 11.
Korean-language dailies
-- N.K. notes importance of strong defense capabilities that ca...
06:50 Jan. 11
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to restrict or phase out its imports of 10 kinds of industrial waste to increase the recycling of domestic waste, the Ministry of Environment said Sunda...
11:00 Jan. 10
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SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The Han River, which runs through Seoul, was declared officially frozen on Saturday for the first time in two year...
14:04 Jan. 09
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The Han River, which runs through Seoul, was declared officially frozen on Saturday for the first time in two years, the weather agency said, as South Korea has been gripp...
12:11 Jan. 09
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SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha called for Japan to refrain from "excessive responses" to this week's local court ruling ordering ...
11:49 Jan. 09
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign minister on Saturday requested that Japan refrain from responding excessively concerning a local court's ruling that ordered Tokyo to provide compens...
11:01 Jan. 09
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SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Friday passed a landmark bill that would increase punishment of business owners and CEOs in the event of on-duty...
18:12 Jan. 08
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Friday passed a landmark bill that would increase punishment of business owners and CEOs in the event of on-duty deaths or other serious workplace...
17:52 Jan. 08