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DP's Lee proposing moving shipping giant HMM to Busan

The shipping industry is abuzz after Lee Jae-myung, presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, proposed relocating the headquarters of HMM, whose primary shareholders are government-affiliated entities, to Busan.

2025-05-16

Seoul to slash firefighters' psychological support budget despite rising PTSD cases

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is expected to cut next year's budget for firefighters' psychological support, even as more and more emergency workers complain of traumatic stress.

2023-11-01

Yoon orders gov't to mobilize 'all resources' to respond to heavy rains

President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered the government to mobilize all available resources to cope with the aftermath of the recent heavy rainfall in a disaster relief meeting in Seoul Monday.

2023-07-17

Welcome the launch of the drone headquarters

We hope the defense ministry takes this as an opportunity to extend the drone and artificial intelligence technology to other fields of the military.

2023-06-27

Bank of Korea blames interest rates for rental frauds

The Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong said the central bank’s monetary policy is partly responsible for the recent spate of housing fraud.

2023-04-24

North hackers used Itaewon tragedy as Trojan Horse

North Korea exploited public interest in the deadly crowd crush in Seoul in October to conduct cyber attacks on South Korean targets, Google said on Thursday.

2022-12-08

Yongsan police, fire chiefs grilled about Itaewon tragedy

The police questioned Lee Im-jae, former chief of the Yongsan Police Precinct, and Choi Seong-beom, chief of the Yongsan Fire Station, on Monday about the Itaewon Halloween tragedy.

2022-11-21

'High ranking officials are being irresponsible'

An intelligence officer at Yongsan Police Precinct, who was accused of deleting a report related to the Itaewon tragedy, was found dead at his home on Nov. 11.

2022-11-14

Gov't emergency network not used until over an hour after first death in Itaewon

A government-wide civil emergency communication system set up in the aftermath of the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking was barely used to coordinate inter-agency action while the fatal Itaewon crowd crush unfolded last weekend.

2022-11-04

Doosan Group raided in relation to allegations surrounding former candidate Lee Jae-myung

Prosecutors raided the headquarters of Doosan Group on Tuesday in relation to allegations that former presidential candidate and current Democratic Party Chairman Lee Jae-myung, who was mayor of Seongnam from 2010 to 2018, took donations from...

2022-09-20