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• 03:14

  South Korea's Moon administration showcases key policy goals for next five years It's called a "concert." A "Policy Roadmap Concert for State Affairs." (Korean) "My respectful fellow Koreans. I am very happy to see the State Affairs Pl...

• 01:57

  President Moon changes stance on transfer of OPCON from 'within his term' to 'soon as possible' There has been a last minute change to one of President Moon Jae-in's key policy pledges. As a candidate... Moon pledged to achieve the transfer of wartime operational control from Washington to ...

• 02:31

  President Moon asks for bipartisan support in getting legislative affairs move forward President Moon had a lunch meeting with the leaders of the major political parties for lunch,... marking the first such gathering at the top office since his inauguration in May. The guests inc...

• 01:42

  National Assembly passes government reorganization bill After a long-delayed debate in parliament, rival political parties settled on the government reorganization bill,... a boost to President Moon's efforts to complete his administration. It's pro...

• 01:55

  North Korea fails to respond to Seoul's proposal for military talks Seoul's proposed inter-Korean military talks were scrapped on Friday as North Korea didn't bother responding to the South's proposal for discussions aimed at cooling cross-border tensions. South ...

• 00:41

  President Moon says he is willing to change nuclear energy policyA key campaign pledge by President Moon Jae-in was to have the country move away from nuclear power. With the nation's first nuclear plant at Kori already shut down, President Moon said on Friday th...

• 01:58

  Seoul continues to wait for Pyongyang's response to offer of talks with first deadline looming It's been four days since Seoul proposed holding talks with Pyongyang to defuse border hostilities and restart reunions for separated families, but so far there has been no official response. The...

• 01:49

  Politicians and policymakers suggest raising corporate and income taxes to support national budget With one-hundred policy tasks to carry out over the next five years, how will the government foot the bill? In line with President Moon's key policy initiatives,... politicians from the ruling pa...

• 01:06

  Moon administration's first finance strategy meeting comes to an endYouth employment is the solution to low birth rate. That's according to President Moon Jae-in during the second and final day of the administration's finance strategy meeting on Friday. Briefing t...

• 00:53

  Finance, budget officials to meet at the Blue House for second day of talks The Moon Jae-in administration continues its second and final day of its first finance strategy meeting on this Friday. Following the first day during which President Moon and his team of more th...

• 01:54

  Korea strengthens inspections onU.S. beef due to mad cow disease scare Boxes of American beef are unloaded for inspection. State inspectors check the shelf life and export labels, and use infrared thermometers to ensure that the beef hasn't gone bad. The Korea...

• 02:04

  President Moon says it's time to finalize tax scheme, tax hike will be limited to highest income bracket, biggest conglomerates Rest assured. No tax hike on the average Koreans or the nation's small and medium-sized firms. That's South Korean President Moon Jae-in... upon closing his first finance strategy meeting... one th...