In a recent poll, Lee Myung-bak of the main opposition Grand National Party (GNP) was the clear front-runner among 12 potential presidential... [Jan.2,2007 14:02 KST]

President Roh Moo-hyun said on Monday that his government will concentrate its policy resources on alleviating economic difficulties by removing factors of instability in the real estate, financial, .. [Jan.1,2007 20:07 KST]

Despite repeated rulings that a court’s decision to reject an arrest warrant is not subject to appeal, the prosecution has continuously fought this regulation. Some in the courts have criticized the p.. [Jan.1,2007 16:04 KST]

The government announced on December 19 that a recipient of state-funded low-cost medical care cost the nation more than three times what it pays... [Jan.1,2007 15:46 KST]

South Koreans began quietly seeing the old year out and the new one in Sunday, with hundreds of thousands gathering in urban centers, on mountains and at beach resorts across the nation for bell-.. [Dec.31,2006 19:48 KST]

On December 29, the Hankyoreh, along with Naver, South Korea’s top Internet search engine operator, looked at 2006 search statistics regarding... [Dec.31,2006 14:13 KST]

In 2006, the entire world experienced abnormal climate changes due to global warming. South Korea was no exception, setting various records this year in terms of weather. According to the Korea Met.. [Dec.31,2006 14:10 KST]

South Korea's commerce minister offered to resign Friday to focus on politics as a ruling party lawmaker. "I think my role as a minister has been completed," Minister of Commerce, Industry and.. [Dec.29,2006 18:45 KST]

South Korea on Friday said North Korea's recent nuclear test posed a serious threat to the nation's security, but refused to call the communist state a full-fledged nuclear power. In its bienn.. [Dec.29,2006 16:43 KST]

A court in Incheon has decided that high school teachers who boycotted classes have to pay students and their parents compensation. Judge Choe Jeong-yeol, in a ruling dated December 28, said 20 te.. [Dec.29,2006 13:09 KST]