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Jagyeongnu, made in 1434 during the reign of King Sejong of Joseon (1392-1910), was the first water clock that was devised to strike the hour automatically with a bell, gong or drum.
Thousands of North Korean laborers were sent to work in Russia last year, South Korea's spy agency said Sunday, in apparent violation of UN Security Council resolutions against Pyongyang.
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Harbin, discussing diplomatic and economic issues. This is Xi's first meeting with a Korean National Assembly speaker in 11 years.
Mokpo National University and Jeonnam State University are set to strengthen their collaboration as they prepare for a merger, with plans to offer expanded entrepreneurship education to students.
Military commanders involved in executing President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law decree gave clashing testimonies on Thursday about whether they were ordered to remove lawmakers from the National Assembly on Dec. 3.
Acting President Choi Sang-mok told a parliamentary committee investigating the Dec. 3 declaration of martial law that he declined to appoint Judge Ma Eun-hyuk to the Constitutional Court because of "a lack of bipartisan consensus" on Thursday.
Korea's National Security Adviser Shin Won-sik spoke by phone with his new U.S. counterpart Mike Waltz for the first time and agreed to meet in Washington at an early date, Seoul's presidential office said Thursday.
The parliamentary committee investigating President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law failed to convince either Yoon or his former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun to attend hearings held at their detention facilities on Wednesday.
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik embarked on a five-day trip to China on Wednesday to meet with Chinese officials and attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Winter Games in Harbin, his office said.
Former Special Warfare Commander Kwak Jong-keun on Tuesday refuted the former defense minister's claim that Yoon had ordered the removal of "agents," not lawmakers, from the National Assembly during the brief imposition of martial law.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap