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Suspect in Pattaya murder case extradited home from Cambodia

One of three suspects behind the murder of a South Korean tourist in Pattaya, Thailand, was extradited home from Cambodia, nearly two months after his arrest, officials said Wednesday.

The National Police Agency said the suspect was brought home ear…

(EDITORIAL from Korea JoongAng Daily on July 10)

A strike hit Samsung Electronics for the first time since its foundation in 1969. The National Samsung Electronics Union, the largest labor union in Korea, started a three-day general strike from Monday. The union demands a “rational wage increase” a…

S. Korea, U.S. hold 5th round of talks on defense cost sharing

South Korea and the United States began a new round of negotiations Wednesday on the sharing of the cost for the upkeep of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), officials said.

The three-day talks in Seoul mark their fifth round since the two countries launched…