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Unionized bus drivers in Seoul went on a general strike Thursday to demand a wage hike, halting the operation of nearly 98 percent of buses running across the capital and causing delays for commuters in the morning rush hour. In their last-minute wage negotiations conducted from Wednesday till early Thursday morning, the Seoul Bus Labor Union and their employers failed to strike a deal over the union's demand fo...

National Election Commission officials put up posters of candidates for the April 10 general elections in Jongno District, Seoul, March 28, which is the first day of the election c...

Im Jong-seok, chief of staff to former President Moon Jae-in, is being portrayed as a “victim” of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea’s (DPK) conflict between Chairman Lee Jae-myung and a pro-Moon faction, as Im has been sidelined from the party’s candidate nominations for the upcoming April 10 general elections.

It’s that time of the year again for a 25-year-old officer worker surnamed Na to revel in the whimsical joy of Halloween traditions like dressing up and getting together with friends. She plans to go to Itaewon during the weekend to grab a drink and later stay the night with her friend at an accommodation facility in the area -- hoping there won’t be a repeat of the Itaewon crowd crush that took the lives...

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Thursday that it will implement a system that alerts authorities of overcrowded areas. The city government’s new safety plan comes nearly a year after the deadly Halloween crowd crush that killed 159 people in the neighborhood of Itaewon in 2022, and is intended to prevent similar accidents from occurring in the future. The city government stated that it will implemen...