Prime Minister Kim Min-seok ordered an investigation into suspicions that Korea National Railway circulated content of ousted former President Yoon's martial law decree and tried to implement it even after Assembly demanded the lifting of the act.
A senior government official met on Wednesday with a Gates Foundation official to discuss increasing cooperation in health care and bio sectors by leveraging AI technology, the Prime Minister's Office said.
The government is conducting an unprecedented probe into all state-employed researchers' communications and interactions with foreign nationals, according to multiple sources on Monday.
Lee Hong-koo, a scholar-turned-statesman who helped shape South Korea's democratic transition and inter-Korean policy across multiple administrations, died Tuesday. He was 92.
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok on Wednesday reaffirmed Seoul's pledge to ensure that all independence fighters are laid to rest at home as the remains of Lee Ha-jun returned from the United States.
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok instructed the government on Tuesday to crack down on the spread of disinformation ahead of the June 3 local elections.
When Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s administration took office, questions lingered over whether its predecessor had rushed into debt-laden arms contracts with Korea. Polish Ambassador to Korea Bartosz Wisniewski put those concerns to rest.
The state human rights watchdog said on Tuesday it has decided to ask Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Prime Minister Kim Min-seok to work for the swift transfer of two North Korean soldiers held in Ukraine to South Korea.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called Wednesday for the "urgent" creation of a permanent trilateral nuclear consultative framework among South Korea, the United States and Japan.
President Lee Jae Myung congratulated Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on his re-election and agreed to closely cooperate to address uncertainties in the global energy supply chain during a phone call on Tuesday, the Blue House said.
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