The Supreme Court has ruled that the state is responsible for compensating victims of a 1975 decree issued by the Park Chung-hee government which enabled the violent crackdown of anti-government activists.Describing the decree as unconstitutional and a…
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol met with multicultural and single parent families Tuesday and pledged to increase the government’s support for their education and welfare.Yoon held the meeting at the Gurogu Family Center in western Seoul, which has pro…
Tenants of “ban-jiha”, or semi-underground housing, units will be provided with interest-free loans of up to 50 million won to assist their move to an above ground dwelling starting next year.According to a confirmed national budget plan for 2023, the …
Cloudy skies and rains are forecast for most parts of the nation, with more than 100 millimeters of rain expected for the central region.The Korea Meteorological Administration announced on Tuesday that the central region and northern parts of North Je…
Parents of a child younger than two years old will be eligible for up to 700-thousand won in monthly “parental allowance” issued by the state beginning next year. Under the 2023 national budget approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday, each household raising…
A delegation of South Korean government officials has arrived in the United States to deliver concerns over a new U.S. law that excludes electric vehicles(EVs) assembled outside North America from tax incentives.The group of senior officials from the m…
Nuclear power is set to account for nearly 33 percent of South Korea’s total energy creation by 2030, according to a new energy plan that aims to reduce the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.The industry ministry on Tuesday said an advisory council dra…
The Seoul Institute held the second session of its commemorative seminar “Thirty Years of the Seoul Institute, Discovering Values Together” in the conference room at 2 PM on Thu, Aug. 25.Following the welcome speech, the seminar covered presentations i…