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    <title><![CDATA[Police arrived at deadly shooting site in Incheon without proper equipment]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:05:35 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[A transcript of conversations among police officers responding to last month&apos;s deadly shooting in Incheon indicates that the officers did not have proper safety equipment, causing a slight delay in their entry into the crime scene. Rep. Youn Kun-young of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea on Monday revealed the transcripts of radio transmissions between the control center of the Yeonsu Police Station in Incheon and the on-site officers, who were sent to a home where a 62-year-old suspect had s]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Seoul to expand monthly transit pass to cover Hanam]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:38:30 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[People traveling from Hanam, Gyeonggi Province, by subway will be able to use “Climate Card” — Seoul’s monthly transit pass, starting from this weekend, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday. The Climate Card is a rechargeable monthly transit pass that offers unlimited access to public transportation within Seoul and select neighboring cities on the city’s outskirts. Starting Saturday, people can use the pass at four Hanam-based subway stops — Misa Station, Hanam Pungsan Station, Hanam ]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[S. Korean presidential office downplays foreign minister&apos;s China remarks]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10547259</link>  
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:58:28 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[President Lee Jae Myung&apos;s office on Tuesday downplayed Foreign Minister Cho Hyun&apos;s remarks about China in a recent media interview. In a note to reporters, the presidential office said Cho&apos;s remarks were meant to deliver his intention to &quot;continue to foster a relationship between South Korea and China to contribute to people&apos;s economic well-being, regional stability and prosperity, despite some differences over some issues between the two countries.&quot; The presidential office also noted that it wo]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Church, far-right pastor raided over Jan. court attack]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10547247</link>  
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:37:03 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[South Korean police on Tuesday conducted a search and seizure operation at Sarang Jeil Church as part of a criminal investigation into pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon, who is affiliated with the church and is suspected of inciting an assault earlier this year on a court that issued an arrest warrant for then-President Yoon Suk Yeol. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said that the church, located in Seongbuk-gu, northern Seoul, was raided at around 6:30 a.m., with officers searching the entire building]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lee offers condolences to Korean atomic bomb victims ahead of 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10547224</link>  
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:29:38 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday offered his condolences to the Korean nuclear bomb victims, a day before Japan&apos;s Hiroshima marks the 80th anniversary of the devastating 1945 atomic bombing of the city. In a Facebook post, Lee wrote, &quot;I express my deepest condolences and sympathy to the victims of the atomic bombing and their families who were caught in the tumult of history and suffered unimaginable pain in a place that was not their homeland but in a foreign land. &quot;The two atomic bombs that ]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[S. Korea registers 2nd hottest July on record]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10547207</link>  
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:24:34 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[South Korea experienced its second hottest July on record this year as sweltering heat waves and tropical nights gripped the nation, the weather agency said Tuesday. The average nationwide temperature last month stood at 27.1 C, marking the second-highest ever for July since nationwide weather observations began in 1973, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. The nation experienced its hottest July in 1994, when the average temperature reached 27.7 C. Last month, the country repor]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Special counsel says no plans to detain Yoon until after Wednesday]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10547194</link>  
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:22:33 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[A special counsel team has said it has no plans to make a second attempt at detaining jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol until after Wednesday. Special counsel Min Joong-ki&apos;s team, which is investigating various corruption allegations involving Yoon&apos;s wife, Kim Keon Hee, said the decision follows Yoon&apos;s appointment of a lawyer. &quot;We plan to discuss the schedule and method of questioning with the lawyer, and therefore have no plans to execute the detention warrant today or tomorrow,&quot; the team s]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Presidential office says to advance ties with China based on robust alliance with US]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10547174</link>  
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:18:50 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[South Korea is seeking to advance its relationship with China based on the staunch alliance with the United States, the presidential office said Tuesday, following the foreign minister&apos;s remarks describing Beijing as &quot;somewhat problematic&quot; for its neighbors. In an interview with The Washington Post last week, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun suggested that China&apos;s rise and its assertive actions in the region have made neighboring countries &quot;alert,&quot; saying there is a &quot;problem of China becoming somewhat ]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Science ministry hosts AI forum with World Bank ahead of APEC summit]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10547013</link>  
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:05:34 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[South Korea&apos;s science ministry hosted a forum with the World Bank on Tuesday to discuss ways to build a more inclusive global community based on digital and artificial intelligence technologies. The forum, held in Incheon, west of Seoul, aimed to promote global cooperation for an innovative future and to explore areas of collaboration between the World Bank and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT. &quot;We hope various stakeholders with different intere]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Natl. Assembly expected to vote on contentious broadcasting bill despite filibuster by main opposition]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10546925</link>  
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:19:51 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[The National Assembly is expected to vote on a controversial broadcasting bill aimed at reducing the government&apos;s influence over public broadcasters Tuesday, when the main opposition&apos;s filibuster in the parliamentary chamber to block the bill ends. The main opposition People Power Party launched the filibuster at around 4:01 p.m. the previous day, shortly after the ruling Democratic Party tabled a contentious amendment to the Broadcasting Act during a plenary session. The proposed bill is part o]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[No. of workers aged 50 or over surpasses those in 20s at major firms for 1st time]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10546919</link>  
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:16:59 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[Leading companies in South Korea have fewer employees in their 20s than those aged 50 or older on their payrolls, industry data showed Tuesday, partly reflecting reduced hiring of young workers amid an economic slowdown. According to the data from corporate tracker Leaders Index, the share of 20-something employees at 124 top companies in terms of sales was recorded at 19.8 percent as of the end of 2024, down 1.2 percentage points from a year earlier. In contrast, the proportion of workers aged ]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[US unveils program requiring temporary business visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10546891</link>  
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:10:18 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[The United States will conduct a 12-month pilot program that requires temporary visitor visa applicants for business or tourism to post a bond of up to $15,000 as a condition of visa issuance, a State Department rule showed Monday. The department posted the rule on the Federal Register, announcing the program for those applying for the B-1 visa for business and the B-2 visa for tourism, as US President Donald Trump&apos;s administration has been carrying out a crackdown on illegal immigration. Its im]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[[Graphic News] East coast tops vacation picks for Koreans]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10546694</link>  
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[The east coast of Korea remains the most popular domestic vacation destination, according to a recent survey by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. In a poll of 9,560 respondents, 24.9 percent said they plan to visit the east coast during their summer break, a slight decline from 25.1 percent the previous year. Overall, 46.5 percent of those surveyed intend to take a vacation this summer, with the busiest travel period expected to have between July 26 and Aug. 1. Of those who wer]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[FM Cho says US troops in S. Korea to remain as is amid drawdown reports]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10546730</link>  
    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 20:45:23 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[South Korea&apos;s top diplomat has said the US forces stationed in the country and their role will remain unchanged amid ongoing speculation that President Donald Trump&apos;s administration may reduce troop levels as part of a military posture adjustment. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun made the remarks in an interview with The Washington Post, as speculation persists over the possibility of the 28,500-strong US Forces Korea being reduced for use in operations outside the Korean Peninsula as the Trump adminis]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[S. Korea to resume inter-Korean projects when contact with N. Korea reestablished: unification minister]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10546726</link>  
    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 20:22:51 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Monday the government plans to resume using the Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund for humanitarian projects in North Korea once bilateral contact is restored. &quot;It is shocking that none of the Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund was executed last year,&quot; Chung said during a meeting with the NGO Council for Inter-Korean Cooperation. The fund, established in 1991, supports economic cooperation as well as social and cultural exchanges between the two Koreas. Its budge]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[FM holds 1st phone talks with Australian counterpart]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10546715</link>  
    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 19:11:06 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[Foreign Minister Cho Hyun held telephone talks with his Australian counterpart, Penny Wong, on Monday to discuss bilateral relations, the foreign ministry said, marking their first phone conversation since Cho took office. During the call, Cho stressed that the summit between President Lee Jae Myung and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in June has helped further deepen the two countries&apos; ties, according to the ministry. Cho also expressed appreciation for the warm hospitality extended ]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Defense media agency chief dismissed over alleged power abuse]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10546710</link>  
    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 19:08:02 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[The head of the state defense media agency was dismissed Monday over power abuse allegations, the defense ministry said, following accusations he unfairly exerted influence on the agency&apos;s coverage. The decision came after the ministry conducted a weeklong audit into the agency chief, Chae Il, in July after receiving public complaints over his alleged power abuse and verbal misconduct, according to the ministry. Chae has faced criticism over political neutrality in the process of editing news in]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[PPP launches filibuster to delay DP-led legislation]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:42:17 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[The main opposition People Power Party launched a filibuster Monday to delay the vote on a contentious bill proposed by the Democratic Party of Korea, denouncing what it called a &quot;unilateral&quot; legislative push by the ruling liberal bloc. The filibuster is the first by the conservative party in over a year. It targeted a revision of the Broadcasting Act, concerning the governance structure of public broadcaster KBS. Dozens of Democratic Party lawmakers walked out of the session as Rep. Shin Dong-u]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[South Korea pulls plug on AI textbooks]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10546695</link>  
    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:18:20 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[South Korea’s National Assembly passed a bill on Monday stripping artificial intelligence-powered digital textbooks of their legal status as official teaching materials, dealing a heavy blow to the previous Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s flagship education reform project. The amendment narrows the legal definition of textbooks to printed books and e-books, excluding “learning support software using intelligent information technology.&quot; This reclassifies AI-powered textbooks as just another type o]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Man who killed abusive father gets reduced sentence]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:08:45 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[A man convicted of patricide received a reduced sentence in his appellate trial, as the court took into consideration that the murder had been an unplanned act in response to the victim&apos;s frequent abuse of his family. The Seoul High Court upheld the ruling that found the defendant in his 30s guilty of the murder of an ascendant, but reduced the prison term to six years from the lower court&apos;s 10 years. It rejected the defendant’s claims that his actions were in self-defense against the victim, wh]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[More extreme rain expected in drenched southern regions]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:26:36 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[South Korea is bracing for another bout of heavy rainfall this week, just a day after powerful downpours swept through southern portions of the country. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration on Monday, a narrow band of concentrated rain clouds is expected to stretch across the country from north to south between Wednesday and Thursday. “Rain clouds resembling such a shape and pattern could bring another round of extreme, localized torrential rainfall — specifically focused on the ]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[South Korea begins dismantling border loudspeakers to ease tensions with the North]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:25:34 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[South Korea began dismantling its loudspeakers near the border used for anti-Pyongyang propaganda in a &quot;practical step&quot; to ease tensions with North Korea, Seoul&apos;s Defense Ministry said Monday. “The removal is a follow-up measure to the suspension of loudspeaker broadcasts in June,” said Col. Lee Kyung-ho, vice spokesperson of the Defense Ministry, during a press briefing. “It is being carried out within a scope that does not affect our military&apos;s readiness.” The ministry&apos;s vice spokesperson adde]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Seoul to boost river bus connectivity]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:29:13 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[Seoul is working to improve access to the Hangang Bus and its docks by operating and establishing free shuttles and more public bike rental stations ahead of its official launch in September, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday. A pilot program for the city’s new waterborne public transportation system began in July and has since identified several areas that need to be upgraded or improved. In particular, limited transport connections to the stops was found to be a major shortcoming. ]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Abuse of ER staff rises 37% in three years]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:25:32 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[A total of 801 cases of abuse in hospital emergency rooms were reported across the country last year, a government data showed Sunday, having risen each year since 585 reported in 2021. The most frequent problem was abusive language, accounting for 73.3 percent of all cases (587), according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare data submitted to Rep. Kim Mi-ae of the main opposition People Power Party. It was followed by 123 cases of physical assault, 36 cases of threats, and 28 cases of destroy]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV says 2027 World Youth Day in Seoul to take place Aug. 3-8]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:41:27 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV announced on Sunday that the next World Youth Day will be held in Seoul, Korea, from Aug. 3 to 8, 2027. The announcement came just before he led the Angelus — a brief prayer traditionally said at noon in the Catholic Church — at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome. “With this jubilee concluded, the ‘pilgrimage of hope’ for young people continues and will take us to Asia,” he said in front of 1 million Jubilee of Youth participants from 146 countries, including Korean pilgrims. ]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:41:27 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[Proposed Bill: Partial Amendment to the Commercial Act Proposed by Rep. Choi Eun-seok (People Power Party) ● This bill would introduce shareholder rights plans (poison pills), allow the issuance of dual-class shares, introduce veto-right shares and codify the business judgment rule to expand measures to defend corporate control. Proposed Bill: Partial Amendment to the Commercial Act Proposed by Rep. Kim Hyun-jung (Democratic Party of Korea) ● This bill would mandate the immediate cancellation of]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:31:15 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[A South Korean court has ruled that the death of a bank employee was work-related, caused by excessive stress from his new assignment. The Seoul Administrative Court ordered the state-run Korea Workers&apos; Compensation and Welfare Service (K-Comwell) to pay full benefits to the bereaved family and reimburse them for funeral expenses, ruling in favor of the family, who filed a lawsuit last year. The man, who was 38 years old when he died, had been working at a local bank since 2012 and was assigned ]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:29:13 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[The new leader of the ruling Democratic Party on Monday began his first official schedule by paying tribute at Seoul National Cemetery. The DP&apos;s new leadership, including leader Jung Chung-rae, and members of the party&apos;s Supreme Council paid their respects at the cemetery in the southern Dongjak Ward. Jung wrote a message in the guestbook that read, &quot;I will build a more democratic Democratic Party, a more competent Democratic Party and a stronger Democratic Party to support the Lee Jae Myung adm]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:26:42 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[A special counsel team said Monday it has summoned former Foreign Minister Park Jin to appear for questioning over corruption allegations involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee. Park has been asked to appear as a reference witness at the office of special counsel Min Joong-ki at 2 p.m. to undergo questioning about the circumstances that led to former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife&apos;s surprise trip to Ukraine in July 2023. Min&apos;s team is looking into possible links between the Ukraine visit]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:18:44 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[The state-run trade promotion agency said Monday it has launched a consulting program for small and medium-sized businesses to help them develop trade strategies following the recent trade deal between Seoul and Washington. Last week, South Korea struck a trade agreement with the United States under which Washington began imposing 15 percent tariffs on South Korean goods, down from the initially proposed 25 percent. The reciprocal tariffs went into effect Friday (US time). The Korea Trade-Invest]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:09:01 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[South Korea will host a meeting of agriculture ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation member economies this weekend to discuss measures to bolster food security in the region, officials said Monday. The meeting will take place in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Sunday under the theme &quot;Driving Innovation in Agri-food Systems for Shared Prosperity,&quot; according to officials from Seoul&apos;s agriculture ministry. Ministers from the 21 APEC member economies, including the United States, China, Ja]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:54:16 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[Heavy rainfall in South Korea’s southernmost provinces led to widespread flooding, evacuations and at least one death, according to local authorities Monday. Fire departments in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province had reported hundreds of incidents as of 5:30 a.m. Monday. In Gwangju alone, 172 flooding cases were reported, while 406 total damage reports, including loss of life, came in from South Jeolla Province. Muan in South Jeolla Province received 289.6 millimeters of rainfall from Sunday to 7]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:45:31 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[More than 6 in 10 South Koreans gave a positive assessment of the trade deal reached last week between Seoul and Washington, a poll showed Monday. According to the survey conducted by Realmeter on 1,016 adults aged over 18 on Friday, 63.9 percent said they viewed the deal positively, while 32.3 percent had a negative view. When asked about the most significant outcome of the negotiations, 23.8 percent cited the reduction of &quot;reciprocal&quot; tariffs to 15 percent and securing the same conditions that]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[N. Korea slams Japan&apos;s reported move to deploy upgraded anti-ship missiles in Kumamoto]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:39:31 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[North Korea on Monday lambasted Japan over a reported move to deploy upgraded surface-to-ship missiles in western coastal Kumamoto Prefecture near China as Tokyo continued to strengthen its defense posture. The Korean Central News Agency issued the criticism following a recent Japanese news report that the country&apos;s defense ministry is finalizing a plan to deploy locally produced Type-12 anti-ship missiles at Camp Kengun in Kumamoto during the current fiscal year that runs through March 31. The ]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lee&apos;s approval rating rebounds to 63.3%: poll]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:21:38 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[President Lee Jae Myung&apos;s approval rating slightly rebounded to above 63 percent after falling for two weeks, a survey showed Monday, following a recent trade deal between South Korea and the United States. According to the survey by Realmeter and commissioned by a local news outlet, 63.3 percent gave a positive assessment of Lee&apos;s handling of state affairs, up 1.8 percentage points from the previous week, while the negative assessment dropped 1.6 percentage points to 31.4 percent. Realmeter exp]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[S. Korea on high alert amid downpour forecasts; heavy rain pounds Muan]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 22:20:17 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[Heavier-than-expected downpours were forecast in South Korea&apos;s southern provinces, with a near-record 142.1 millimeters of rain falling in the southwestern county of Muan in just an hourlong span Sunday, the state weather agency said. The precipitation reported in Muan between 7:10 and 8:10 p.m. Sunday accounted for roughly 11 percent of the annual average rainfall in the county. The country&apos;s record hourlong precipitation stands at 145 mm, logged in July 1998. As of 9 p.m., 30 to 80 mm of rainf]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[FM Cho says Lee-Trump summit unlikely to be delayed to next month]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10545791</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 20:29:08 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Sunday last-minute coordination to set a date for a summit between President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump is under way, noting the envisioned meeting will not be delayed to next month. Last week, Trump announced that Lee will visit the White House in two weeks, as he announced Washington has agreed to lower &quot;reciprocal&quot; tariffs on South Korea to 15 percent from the proposed 25 percent in return for massive investments and market opening. Cho made the]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lee calls for measures to curb fake news on YouTube]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:42:19 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[President Lee Jae Myung has instructed the government to draw up measures to fundamentally prevent the spread of fake news through online platforms, like YouTube, minutes from a Cabinet meeting held in June showed Sunday. &quot;There are too many instances where fake news is used to earn money,&quot; Lee was quoted as saying in the minutes from the June 19 meeting disclosed by the interior ministry. &quot;Resorting to illegal actions to earn money should be fundamentally prevented.&quot; Lee suggested imposing puni]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Heat-related death toll rises to 19 amid extreme heat wave]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10545744</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:09:43 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[A total of 19 people have died from heat-related illnesses in South Korea so far this year as the country endured severe heat waves, health authorities said Sunday. More than 3,100 patients had visited emergency rooms for heat-related conditions as of Wednesday since mid-May, when authorities launched the heat-related illness surveillance system, and 19 have died, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. Compared with the same period last year, the number of patients and dea]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:07:10 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[Three employees were injured, one of them seriously, and another was reported missing after a cosmetic material factory in the southern city of Yeongcheon exploded and caught fire Sunday, firefighters said. Firefighters received a report at around 12:42 p.m. that a chemical factory producing materials for cosmetics had exploded and caused a fire at an industrial complex in Yeongcheon, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul. Among the 13 employees who were working at the factory, the incident le]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:16:58 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[A 20-year-old South Korean student at Purdue University and daughter of an Episcopal priest has been detained by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement after attending a routine court hearing over her visa status, according to news reports Sunday. The Episcopal Diocese of New York and immigrant advocacy groups are calling for the immediate release of Go Yeon-soo, saying she was unfairly detained despite having legal status, and that immigration authorities bypassed proper legal procedures. G]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[Filibuster anticipated as DP floats &apos;Yellow Envelope&apos; bill]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:07:50 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[The ruling Democratic Party of Korea on Sunday reaffirmed its intention to unilaterally push forward a pro-labor bill — dubbed the “Yellow Envelope Law” — through a plenary session scheduled for Monday, with the People Power Party vowing to launch a filibuster to block its passage. Labeling the bill — which would revise Articles 2 and 3 of the Labor Union Act — as “corporate-killing legislation,” the People Power Party has hinted at delaying its passage for 24 hours through an unlimited debate d]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:03:18 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[Partisan divisions in South Korea are deepening as Rep. Jung Chung-rae, the newly elected chair of the ruling Democratic Party, declared he would not work with the main opposition People Power Party until it shows genuine remorse over its alleged ties to former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s Dec. 3 martial law declaration. Following Jung&apos;s defeat of Rep. Park Chan-dae in Saturday&apos;s leadership election at the party&apos;s national convention, Jung said the People Power Party &quot;must offer sincere reflection ]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 14:59:13 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[A defining week lies ahead for the special counsel team investigating former first lady Kim Keon Hee as it plans to make another attempt to execute the warrant to arrest jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol and bring him in for questioning, following Friday&apos;s failed attempt. The team also plans to summon the former first lady for questioning on Wednesday. Yoon, who was already detained as another special counsel investigates major charges that include abuse of power and production of false docu]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 14:58:29 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[The ruling Democratic Party of Korea is facing backlash amid speculation that Friday&apos;s sharp drop in the Korea Exchange&apos;s main board Kospi may be linked to the Lee Jae Myung government&apos;s push to expand taxation to a wider scope of investors to address a tax revenue shortfall. On Sunday, Rep. Park Sung-hoon of the main opposition People Power Party said in a statement that the ruling bloc has &quot;launched a war against individual investors out of nowhere&quot; through the proposed tax code revision, whic]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 14:37:22 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[Following days of intense heat, South Korea is bracing for another round of intense rainfall, with back-to-back nationwide downpours forecast this week. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, moisture brought into the Korean Peninsula due to the lingering impact of Typhoon Co-may — which struck Shanghai a week earlier and has since reduced to a tropical depression — are set to bring extreme rainfall across the country, with a particular focus in the Greater Seoul region, which inc]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 13:11:36 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[A special counsel investigation team brought in a former BMW leader chairman Sunday as part of an inquiry into alleged stock price manipulation involving the wife of ousted President Yook Suk Yeol. Kwon Oh-soo, a former chairman of Deutsch Motors, a BMW dealer in South Korea, was undergoing questioning after appearing for the session earlier in the morning in connection with the investigation, according to the Special Prosecutor Min Joong-ki&apos;s team. The investigation centers on former first lady]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 12:33:42 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[An average of nearly 10 older South Koreans died by suicide every day between 2019 and 2023, according to a sobering new report that underscores the growing mental health crisis among the country’s aging population. In total, 18,044 seniors aged 65 and older took their own lives during that five-year period, amounting to over 3,000 deaths each year, the report said. The findings, published in the Journal of the Korean Medical Association and authored by Dr. Oh Dae-jong of the Workplace Mental He]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 11:49:33 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[A South Korean court has ruled that the death of a worker following three consecutive company-related drinking sessions constitutes a work-related death, local media reported Sunday. The Seoul Administrative Court recently ruled in favor of the bereaved family of a worker who died from acute alcohol intoxication after attending consecutive company gatherings. The family had filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service’s decision to deny survivor benefit]]>
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    <title><![CDATA[N. Korea urges loyalty to leader Kim ahead of 80th anniv. of Korean liberation]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 11:32:57 +09:00</pubDate>
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    <![CDATA[North Korea on Sunday invoked state founder Kim Il-sung as a &quot;historic hero&quot; of Korea&apos;s liberation and urged loyalty to his grandson, current leader Kim Jong-un, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula&apos;s liberation from the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule. The North&apos;s state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper invoked the state founder&apos;s role in the liberation struggle, praising him as &quot;a legendary hero in fighting Japanese (colonial) rule&quot; and a &quot;historic patriot.&quot; The article subsequently ]]>
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