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Government Policy Coordination Minister Bang Ki-seon speaks about the government's comprehensive plan to combat illegal drug crimes during a press briefing at Government Complex Seoul, central Seoul, on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Travelers from certain nations to be searched as war on drugs intensifies

The Korean government on Wednesday rolled out a comprehensive plan to combat illegal drug crime amid a surging number of drug offenses.

2023.11.22

The automated civil service system at a district office in Seoul partially restored on Saturday. [NEWS1]

Gov’t partially restores crashed civil service system

Since the system failure on Friday morning, widespread chaos ensued as citizens were denied access to crucial government documents, such as resident IDs and family relation certificates.

2023.11.18

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A rescue worker searches for survivors in the rubble of destroyed houses in Talat-n-Ya'qoub, Al-Haouz province, on Sept. 11, 2023. [AFP/YONHAP]

Korea offers $2 million worth of humanitarian aid to earthquake-stricken Morocco

Despite the Korean government's offer to dispatch an emergency rescue team to Marrakesh, the Moroccan government has not yet made any such requests.

2023.9.12

A person gets tested for Covid-19 at a test center in Yongsan on Aug. 31. [YONHAP]

Gov't triples compensation for Covid-19 vaccine deaths to 30 million won

Currently families of victims who died within 42 days of receiving the vaccine and whose autopsy results were inconclusive are eligible to a 10 million won payment.

2023.9.6

Education Minister Lee Ju-ho, center, attends a meeting with superintendents at the government complex in Seoul on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Education Minister warns teachers of a large-scale walkout

The teachers are planning to walkout on Sept. 4 to commemorate the death of a teacher and toe demand the government to take more aggressive actions in protecting the rights of teacher. Sept. 4 marks the 49th day since the teacher took her own life.

2023.8.29

'Consequences cannot be undone'

“I will never compromise with someone who takes illegal action,” said President Yoon Suk-yeol, saying that the government will make the strikers take legal responsibility.

2022.12.1

The Hyundai Motors groundbreaking ceremony for its first EV dedicated production plant in Georgia, U.S., on Oct. 25. The first EV is to roll out in 2025. [HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP]

IRA wish list delivered to U.S. by Korean government

The Korean government requested a three-year suspension on the domestic manufacturing requirement for companies already building EV plants in the United States. It also asked for the "final assembly" requirement be adjusted to "partial assembly."

2022.11.4

Korean Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meet in Washington on Oct. 13. [MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE]

Yellen lays down the law, says IRA itself nonnegotiable

"The legislation is what it is," Janet Yellen said Monday, according to a Bloomberg report.

2022.10.25

Cars are submerged in Gangnam District, southern Seoul after record heavy rains on Aug. 8. [YONHAP]

Government to spend 225 billion won on rainwater storage facilities

The government will spend 225 billion won ($168 million) to construct underground rainwater storage facilities in Seoul.

2022.8.23

Education Minister Park Soon-ae announces plan regarding semiconductor talents at the government complex in Seoul on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Korea to amass a chip army with huge spending of public funds

Large sums of public money are to be committed to the education and training of 150,000 skilled engineers in the semiconductor field over the next decade.

2022.7.19