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State auditor to inspect civil servants for neutrality ahead of local elections

The Board of Audit and Inspection said it will launch a special inspection next week to make sure that public servants remain faithful to their duties, including maintaining political neutrality, ahead of next month's nationwide local elections.

2026.5.7

The official emblem of Unesco World Heritage Committee session scheduled to take place in Busan from July 19 to 29 [KOREA HERITAGE SERVICE]

Unesco completes inspection for upcoming World Heritage Committee meeting in Busan

With two months left until the annual World Heritage Committee meeting in July, an inspection team from Unesco has completed the second round of pre-event observation from last Monday to Thursday.

2026.5.4

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Inspectors from the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s food safety unit examine bread products sold at a store. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul city gov't to inspect '1,000 Won Bread' over excessive preservative use

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched a safety inspection into cheap, imported baked goods known as 1,000 Won Bread in subway stations and on online platforms.

2026.3.23

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, inspects the construction site for the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations in Pyongyang on March 16. [YONHAP]

North Korea's Kim inspects memorial museum for troops sent to Russia in war with Ukraine

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a memorial museum under construction to commemorate North Korean troops dispatched to support Russia in its war with Ukraine, state media said Tuesday, with the museum expected to open as early as next month.

2026.3.17

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un fires a pistol at a shooting range on March 11, during his inspection of a factory for light, portable weapons, in this photo published by the Korean Central News Agency on March 12. [YONHAP]

North Korea's Kim, daughter test pistols together at munitions factory

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a factory for light, portable munitions, where he and his teenage daughter tested pistols together, according to state media Thursday.

2026.3.12

A quarantine vehicle carries out disinfection near a farm in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, on Feb. 5. [YONHAP]

Total number of highly pathogenic avian flu cases rises to 53

Korea has confirmed one additional case of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a farm on the northern outskirts of Seoul, bringing the total number of cases this season to 53, officials said on Saturday.

2026.3.8

Dubai chewy cookies, prepared as thank-you gifts to blood donors, sit on display at a blood donation center in Busan on Jan. 23. [YONHAP]

Health inspectors to check Dubai chewy cookies, other baked goods for food safety

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will be putting the viral Dubai chewy cookies — as well as a number of other baked goods — under the microscope in an upcoming hygiene inspection.

2026.1.27

Lee Jong-wook, the vice commissioner of the Korea Customs Service, announces plans to intensify inspections and crackdowns on illegal foreign-exchange transactions at the government complex in Sejong on Jan. 13. [NEWS1]

Gov't begins foreign exchange inspections of more than 1,100 exporters

The government will begin special foreign exchange inspections of more than 1,100 exporters to crack down on illegal currency transactions as the weak won continues.

2026.1.13

The image labels the sea between Korea and Japan as both the “East Sea” and the “Sea of Japan.” [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Gov't inspecting public institutions for accurate naming of Dokdo, East Sea on digital maps

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety is conducting a nationwide review of how public institutions label Dokdo and the East Sea on their websites and mobile applications.

2026.1.6

Civil servants, or government officials, are seen on their way to work in front of the government complex in Sejong on Sept. 21, 2022, in this file photo unrelated to the story. [YONHAP]

Interior Ministry inspects civil servants for falsifying overtime records

Dozens of local government officials were caught falsifying overtime hours to receive unearned pay during the year-end and New Year holiday season, according to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on Thursday.

2025.11.20