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South Korean President Park Geun Hye in her New Year's message promised to create more jobs in 2016. (Photo by: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Jan 01, 2016 AM EST - Diana Tomale

More Jobs For South Koreans In 2016, Says President Park Geun Hye

President Park Geun Hye vowed to create more jobs for South Koreans in 2016. Aside from that, the South Korean leader is also bullish to boost the economy of her country.

Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan (L) and South Korean Defense Minister Han Min Koo. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun / Getty Images)

Jan 01, 2016 AM EST - Diana Tomale

South Korea And China Officialy Set Up Military Hotline

Defense Ministry officials from the two countries had their first telephone conversation through the newly established military hotline Tuesday.

South Korean outfielder Kim Hyun Soo expresses desire to conclude his baseball career in the United States. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun / Getty Images)

Jan 01, 2016 AM EST - Diana Tomale

South Korean Outfielder Kim Hyun Soo Says He Wants To Retire In The U.S.

There no is turning back for South Korean outfielder Kim Hyun Soo who recently joined the New Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball. Kim says he wants to conclude his baseball career in the US.

Lee Wan Koo Appears Before The Prosecutor's Office in Seoul in May amid allegations of a 30-million-won bribery. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun/Getty Images)

Dec 28, 2015 PM EST - Czarelli Tuason

South Korean Government To Remove Corrupt Officials From Office

Following the bribery scandal that broke out in April involving South Korea's former prime minister, the government has decided to impose stricter rules, expelling any government official who will be proven corrupt.

A statue of a girl symbolizing the issue of 'comfort women' in front of the Japanese Embassy (Photo by Chung Sung Jun/Getty Images)

Dec 28, 2015 PM EST - Czarelli Tuason

South Korea And Japan Reaches Deal To End The Issue On ‘Comfort Women’

South Korea and Japan has finally come to an irreversible deal that would put an end to the issue on comfort women, or sexually enslaved South Korean women by Japanese soldiers during the World War II.

The cigarette price hike was intended to curb South Korea's smoking rate.  (Photo by Chung Sung Jun/Getty Images)

Dec 27, 2015 PM EST - Therese Agcopra

Cigarette Price Hikes Pushes South Korea's Tax Income To $3.66 Billion For 2015

Cigarette prices were increaed from $2.3 dollars to $3.66 in January this year.

South Korea was the largest arms buyer in 2014. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun/Getty Images)

Dec 27, 2015 PM EST - Therese Agcopra

South Korea Named World's Biggest Arms Importer in 2014, With $7.3 Billion Worth of Purchases

South Korea's purchases included surveillance vehicles and several F-35 fighter jets.

Some South Korean graduates have been classified as NEET. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun/Getty Images)

Dec 27, 2015 PM EST - Therese Agcopra

Over 24 Percent of Young South Korean Bachelor's Degree-Holders Are Classifed As "Not In Education, Employment or Training", National Assembly Research Data Says

South Korea has the third highest number of NEET among members of the OECD.

Cho So Hyun (Photo by Andre Ringuette/Getty Images)

Dec 27, 2015 AM EST - Therese Agcopra

Cho So Hyun and Kim Yong Gwon Named Players of The Year By The Korea Football Association

"I will try my best next year to give more happiness back to fans," Cho said about her win.

South Korean students stand together in prayer beside the comfort woman statue in Seoul. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun/Getty Images)

Dec 26, 2015 PM EST - Therese Agcopra

South Korea and Japan to Discuss "Comfort Women" Issue in Seoul Monday

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida will meet in Seoul on Monday to discuss a solution on the long-running "comfort women" issue

United Nations Security Council first discussed North Korea's human rights violations in 2014.  (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Dec 26, 2015 AM EST - Therese Agcopra

Senior North Korean Official Visits London to Lobby Against International Pressure Over Pyongyang's Human Rights Abuses

The visit follows the resolution passed by the U.N. General Assembly which summoned North Korea to the International Criminal Court for human rights violations.

(Photo by: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images News) South Korean President Park Geun Hye visits a front line military base on Christmas eve.

Dec 26, 2015 AM EST - Diana Tomale

South Korean President Park Geun Hye Checks Military Preparedness Of A Frontline Army

South Korean President Park Geun Hye spent her Christmas eve in Yeoncheon as she visited the Army's 28th Division to check its preparedness against North Korea's unexpected provocations.

(Photo by: Chung Sung Jun / Getty Images News) Korean investigators were dispatched in the Philippines to probe the murder of a Korean man killed in his own house in Batangas.

Dec 25, 2015 PM EST - Diana Tomale

South Korean Investigators Probe The Murder Of A Korean Man In The Philippines

South Korean investigators were dispatched in the Philippines to probe the murder of a Korean man. During the five-day investigation, Korean police said they found key evidence and clues to track down the suspects.

22 refugees from Myanmar arrived at Incheon International Airport Wednesday. (Photo by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

Dec 27, 2015 PM EST - Diana Tomale

South Korea Welcomes First Batch Of Refugees For Three-Year Pilot Resettlement Programme

22 refugees from Myanmar landed in South Korea on Wednesday to begin with the country's resettlement programme. The country becomes the second Asian country to welcome refugees through the Refugee Act.

Children who will be absent from school for more than a week will be monitored by social workers under a new enactment. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun/Getty Images)

Dec 23, 2015 AM EST - Therese Agcopra

South Korean Government Implements Measure To Monitor Absent Students to Catch Possible Domestic Abuse

The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Welfare agreed to enact a measure that will impose mandatory inspects of the homes of students who've been absent from school for more than seven days without justifiable reason.

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