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Former first lady pioneered women's movement Following the death of Lee Heeho (1922-2019) Monday, many Koreans are revisiting the life of the former first lady, the wife of the late Kim Daejung who served as president from 1998 to 2003, after years of struggle as a dissident leader during Korea's authoritarian rule in the 1970s and 80s. The younger generation of Koreans probab..

KAL scion's return to management illustrates chaebol's brazenness Cho Hyunmin, the younger daughter of the late Korean Air Chairman Cho Yangho, returned to two management posts Monday. Her comeback was made 14 months after she was forced to resign from all positions at the Hanjin Group amid a controversy over her misbehavior ― and only two months after her father died. The y..

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will deliver a condolence message and flowers to South Korea at the border village of Panmunjom on Wednesday over the death of former South Korean first lady Lee Hee-ho, the unification ministry said. The North informed the South through their joint liaison office in the North's border city of Kaesong that the leader's younger sist..

Lee Heeho, the widow of former President Kim Daejung, died Monday at the age of 96, aides said. Lee had been hospitalized at a Seoul hospital while battling liver cancer. "First lady Lee passed today at 11:37 p.m.," an official at the Kim Dae Jung Peace Center said. Lee served as chair of the Kim Dae Jung Peace Center, which was founded by her husband to promote inter-Korean r..

Liberty Korea Party (LKP) Chairman Hwang Kyoahn last week marked his 100th day as leader of the largest opposition party. To mark the occasion, he posted a message on Facebook, stressing that he will press ahead with reforms to innovate his party. However, it is doubtful how many Korean voters see a difference in the LKP before and after he came to lead the party widely seen a..

Governmental plan wins consumers' favor at the expense of state utility The Moon Jaein administration's plan to revise progressive electricity rates has problems, as it puts the financial burden on the Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO). The government put forth three proposals to loosen or abolish progressive power rates for residential consumers, all of which have the effect..

South Korea advanced to the semifinals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup on Saturday after knocking off Senegal on penalties in a heart-stopping contest. After the teams ended 120 minutes of regulation and extra time knotted at 3-3, South Korea prevailed 3-2 in the penalty shootout in the quarterfinals at Bielsko-Biala Stadium in Bielsko-Biala, Poland. The first two South Korean kick..

Prime Minister Lee Nakyon on Saturday visited a pig farm and the Civilian Control Zone near the border with North Korea, making his third visit to border areas to check efforts to prevent an outbreak of African swine fever. South Korea has been on high alert since North Korea told the World Organization for Animal Health late last month that pigs had died from the highly conta..

Inter-Korean collaboration needed to prevent spread of virus The farming and health authorities are on high alert over the possible spread of African swine fever because of an outbreak of the highly contagious disease in North Korea. They are stepping up quarantine measures to guard against any spread of the virus in areas bordering the North. It is more than necessary for bot..

Pyongyang unresponsive to Seoul's kind gestures The government has decided to offer humanitarian aid to North Korea despite the sluggish progress in denuclearization talks with Pyongyang. The Ministry of Unification approved earlier this week a plan to extend $8 million (about 9.4 billion won) worth of aid to the North through international agencies, including the World Food P..