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The Korean National Police Agency said it considered and approved a revised bill on the police mascots of Podori and Posuni in a meeting Monday, to make some changes to their looks, 21 years after their creation. Under the revision, Posuni will now wear pants instead of a skirt, no longer have eyelashes and tuck her hair behind her ears. " Today North Korea N. Korea not answering call on military hotline: official The military hotline between South and North Korea has remained cut since early June when the North severed all official communication channels between the two countries in protest over launches of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets by South Koreans. According to the Ministry of National Defense on Tuesday, the North has not been answering a routine daily call from the South, despite it having suspended further military action against Seoul. “As far as we know, communication on the mi Today Social affairs Moon calls for full probe, proper punishment in case of violence against triathletes President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday stressed the need for a thorough investigation and proper punishment of the perpetrators in the case of a triathlete who was found dead after claiming she had been abused by her coaches and team staff. Choi Suk-hyeon, 22, jumped to her death from her dormitory in Busan on June 26, leaving a Kakaotalk message to her mother asking her to “reveal the sins” of her abusers. Choi, a junior bronze medalist at the 2015 Triathlon Asian Championships, had so Today North Korea N. Korea's paper says border control tightened to fight virus North Korea is beefing up its border control to prevent an outbreak of the coronavirus, the country's state newspaper said Tuesday, after leader Kim Jong-un called for "maximum alert" against the highly contagious disease. Last week, Kim held a politburo meeting and urged people not to lower their guard against COVID-19, saying that premature easing of anti-virus measures will lead to an "unimaginable and irretrievable crisis." North Korea has "completely shut down i Today Social affairs S. Korea beefs up screening in airport to prevent ASF South Korea said Tuesday it has installed six additional X-ray devices at its main airport as it strengthens the guard against African swine fever (ASF). The move raised the number of X-ray devices at Incheon International Airport to eight and is designed to prevent travelers from bringing in pork products that can potentially be infected with the virus, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. South Korea has been grappling with a steady rise of ASF cases among wild Today North Korea NK-associated hackers steal credit card information from online US retail stores: security firm A North Korea-sponsored hacking group has been found to have stolen credit card information of American and European shoppers from online stores of US retailers for more than a year, a Dutch cyber security firm said. Hackers associated with the "APT Lazarus/HIDDEN COBRA group" were implicated in breaking into the online stores through digital payment "skimming" from as early as May 2019, according to a report posted on the website of Sansec. Digital skimming refers to a wa Today Social affairs S. Korea adds 44 coronavirus cases, 24 imported from overseas South Korea reported 44 more COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with the number of imported cases exceeding domestic cases for the first time in two weeks as many parts of the world grapple with surging coronavirus infections. Of the total, 24 cases were imported and the rest locally transmitted, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of the imported cases, 16 people were detected during the quarantine screening process at the border and the rest while under home quarantine a Today Politics Cabinet OKs govt. motion to seek ratification of key ILO conventions South Korea's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a government proposal to seek parliamentary ratification of key International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions as part of ongoing efforts to improve workers' rights here. South Korea joined the ILO in 1991, but has yet to ratify four of the eight core conventions aimed at protecting workers' basic rights. The conventions approved in Tuesday's meeting are three of those -- No. 87 on freedom of association, No. 98 on the right to organize and collec Today Social affairs [Graphic News] S. Koreans used over 82% of state emergency relief funds in one month South Koreans used over 82 percent of the 9.61 trillion won ($7.98 billion) worth of emergency disaster relief funds provided by the government in just one month, the Interior Ministry said. Seoul started receiving requests for the relief funds on May 11, with people allowed to spend the money, offered in the form of credit and debit card points, the following day, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said. The money has been handed out to prop up consumer spending and bolster the lo Today North Korea NK again rejects possibility of talks with US as Biegun set to arrive in Seoul North Korea reiterated Tuesday it has no intention to hold talks with the United States, just hours before Washington's top nuclear envoy is set to arrive in Seoul to discuss how to break the impasse in nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang. Kwon Jong-gun, the North Korean foreign ministry's director-general handling US affairs, made the remark in a statement, saying there are still people talking about brokering a meeting between the US and the North even after First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Jul 6, 2020 Defense Vice defense ministers of S. Korea, Vietnam vow cooperation against COVID-19 The vice defense ministers of South Korea and Vietnam held talks via video links Monday and pledged to strengthen cooperation against the new coronavirus and other security issues, Seoul's defense ministry said. During the talks with Nguyen Chi Vinh, Vice Defense Minister Park Jae-in explained the government's response against COVID-19, and said South Korea has the virus situation under control thanks to its preemptive quarantine efforts and active participation by the citizens, according to t Jul 6, 2020 Foreign affairs FM holds talks with Uzbek deputy PM on bilateral cooperation Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with a deputy prime minister of Uzbekistan in Seoul on Monday and discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation, her office said. Sardor Umurzakov, Uzbekistan's deputy prime minister for investment and foreign economic relations, is the first senior foreign government official to visit South Korea since the coronavirus outbreak began. "We have created a very special strategic partnership and even under the difficult circumstances of the coronavirus Jul 6, 2020 Politics Process to launch corruption investigation office poised to spark another bipartisan spat After the troubled first month since the new assembly term began in late May, rival parties are poised to lock horns again over the ruling party-led initiative to launch a special investigative body targeting corruption by high-ranking public officials. Despite vigorous protest by the opposition bloc, the ruling majority Democratic Party (DP) last Friday officially kicked off its process to launch the probe body, tentatively called the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Official Jul 6, 2020 Social affairs [Newsmaker] More victims come forward over triathletes abuse case A wave of abuse allegations swept a semi-pro triathlete club owned by Gyeongju City after the suicide of a player who claimed to have suffered years of verbal and physical abuse from her coach, team physician and senior teammates. More triathletes have come forward as victims and in support of the deceased teammate, but the alleged abusers denied any wrongdoing. Some 15 former and current triathletes have told police that they were victimized by the alleged abusers, according to Gyeongbuk P Jul 6, 2020 Social affairs PM rewards civil servants with ‘proactive administration plate’ Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Monday awarded civil servants of his office selected for outstanding performance, gifting them with commemorative plates to symbolize his “plate theory.” The plates were given to a number of officials within the Prime Minister’s Office for proactive administration. Recipients include the COVID-19 response team and officials who developed ideas for enabling the public to attend religious services while maintaining social distancing -- via onl MORE 15 / 174633
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