The bill initiating an official inquiry into lingering questions of recent history that the ruling and main opposition parties have agreed to vote on in April's extraordinary session of the National A.. [Apr.20,2005 02:47 KST]

Programs for aiding recovery from bad credit are being done away with on April 28, without any of the many of them ever having much of an effect helping people deal with their bad credit. One worries.. [Apr.19,2005 01:32 KST]

The Participatory Government's administration of welfare is taking steps backwards. According to figures released by Grand National Party (GNP) member of the National Assembly Jeon Jae Hee, of t.. [Apr.19,2005 01:31 KST]

The government has confirmed that North Korea has shut down its 5-megawatt reactor at Yongbyon. Recently Selig Harrison of the American Center for International Policy visited Pyongyang and met with o.. [Apr.19,2005 01:28 KST]

UNESCO's covenant on cultural diversity will be finalized next month. Already there is intense behind-the-scenes maneuvering between countries ahead of what is supposed to be an agreement on protectin.. [Apr.18,2005 07:39 KST]

Korean ambassador to Washington Hong Seok Hyun and his family illegally purchased farmland on four occasions, a fact that has come apparent in his declaration of assets as a public servant. In 1975, 1.. [Apr.18,2005 07:38 KST]

The anti-Japanese "weekend demonstrations" going on major Chinese cities have gone on how for three weeks. Over the past weekend Shanghai, considered the country's economic capital, there was the larg.. [Apr.18,2005 01:55 KST]

The Political Reform Council, an advisory body under the speaker of the National Assembly, has decided on a proposal for reforming the Election Law that would keep the Assembly's membership at 299 but.. [Apr.16,2005 07:27 KST]

An increasing number of local governments are lowering property taxes. When the Gyeonggi province city of Seongnam announced it was revising its ordinances to lower housing property taxes by 50 percen.. [Apr.16,2005 07:22 KST]

On Friday Labor Minister Kim Dae Hwan called the National Human Rights Commission's finding that proposed legislation on irregular workers is inadequate in protecting their rights "a political act tha.. [Apr.16,2005 02:51 KST]