The National Intelligence Service (NIS) is being accused of violating privacy and civil rights by publicly posting written "retractions of... [Aug.9,2006 12:00 KST]

Prosecutors on Tuesday arrested a former senior judge on suspicion of taking kickbacks in return for influencing court proceedings. Earlier in the day, a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant.. [Aug.9,2006 09:29 KST]

South Korea's Labor Ministry said Tuesday it will re-hire about 54,000 non-regular workers in the public sector as full-time laborers by the end of next year as part of efforts to reduce widesprea.. [Aug.8,2006 20:33 KST]

President Roh Moo-hyun named a top anti-corruption official as his new justice minister Tuesday, backing down from his earlier plan to appoint a close associate due to mounting criticism. Roh .. [Aug.8,2006 19:33 KST]

One in five South Koreans was found to have either lobbied to get preferential treatment related to criminal and civil lawsuits, or has heard... [Aug.8,2006 10:28 KST]

A pro-North Korea newspaper reported Monday that 549 people died from recent floods in North Korea and 295 went missing, citing what it claims to be an official count by the communist state. .. [Aug.7,2006 22:13 KST]

The South Korean prosecution on Monday requested an arrest warrant from a Seoul court for a former judge suspected of influence peddling in several law cases, shocking the country's judicial communit.. [Aug.7,2006 22:02 KST]

Police said Monday that two infants found dead in the freezer of a French man's house in Seoul two weeks ago are believed to have been killed by the man's wife, also a French national. Police m.. [Aug.7,2006 22:00 KST]

Although a union workers' occupation of POSCO headquarters in Pohang, North Gyeongsang province, has come to an end, the crisis at the large... [Aug.7,2006 21:38 KST]

North Korea's recent launch of a series of missiles on July 5 local time has had little effect on day-to-day operations at the Gaeseong (Kaesong)... [Aug.7,2006 14:46 KST]