Already it feels like there is maneuvering over how to interpret the joint statement from the six-party talks that was adopted only after a long series of complications. North Korea and the United Sta.. [Sep.21,2005 08:15 KST]

On Tuesday the cabinet approved a government-proposed increase on the tax for soju and whiskey to 90 percent, up from the current 72 percent. The ruling Uri Party is opposed to the increase, but the g.. [Sep.21,2005 00:40 KST]

It has just recently been learned that the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development secretly abolished the guidelines for articles of incorporation for the educational foundations that ow.. [Sep.21,2005 00:38 KST]

The basic foundation for resolving the North Korean nuclear issue has been set, after the issue had pushed the Korean peninsula into a crisis situation. It is the fruit of long pain and negotiatio.. [Sep.20,2005 07:36 KST]

The German general election campaign was a close race and remains uncertain even now that it's over. Both the right and the left have failed to win enough votes to form a coalition government. In .. [Sep.20,2005 07:35 KST]

The National Assembly continues to be unable to figure out whether or not to have Samsung chairman Lee Kun Hee summoned as a witness. While the discussion was going on Lee left the country for th.. [Sep.16,2005 06:55 KST]

Paldang Lake, which provides the drinking water for the 20 million residents of the greater capital region, is having the quality of its water threatened. It's not the first time you've heard abou.. [Sep.16,2005 06:55 KST]

One again there's controversy about real estate owned by a high-ranking public official. Prime minister Lee Hae Chan, "he above all else and second only to the king," has been accused of real esta.. [Sep.16,2005 06:54 KST]

The ruling Uri Party is discussing enacting something tentatively called the "Bill on Preventing Medical Accidents and Helping Victims." The main gist of it is about requiring the medical staff th.. [Sep.15,2005 07:21 KST]

More and more evidence is emerging that suggests former JoongAng Ilbo president Hong Seok Hyun served as the delivery channel for Samsung's illegal "lobbying." First it was revealed that he misappropr.. [Sep.15,2005 02:56 KST]