<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<channel>
<title>The korea Herald News Rss</title>
<link>https://www.koreaherald.com/</link>
<language>The korea Herald</language>


  





  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[No. of highly educated youths under long-term unemployment hits 13-month high]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10617045</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 21:31:23 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[The number of people in their 20s and 30s with four-year college degrees who have been unemployed for more than six months has climbed to its highest level in 13 months, data showed Sunday. A total of 119,000 people said they remained jobless for over six months last month despite efforts to find employment, marking the highest figure in four years, according to Statistics Korea. The long-term unemployment rate had remained slightly above the 100,000 range in 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pa]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/rcv.YNA.20251116.PYH2025111608210001300_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[PM urges safety measures after Seoul river bus accident]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10617043</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 21:30:39 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Prime Minister Kim Min-seok on Sunday instructed the Seoul city government to conduct a joint probe with the interior ministry into a recent river bus accident and draw up necessary safety measures. On Saturday, one of the boats that run on the water bus service along the Han River came to a stop near a dock in southeastern Seoul while passing through shallow waters. All 82 passengers aboard were safely rescued by police and fire authorities. Kim expressed grave concerns over the overall safety ]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.4ca0be7c82bf468ea174e00401fbd971_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Korean travel to Southeast Asia takes a hit amid Cambodia scandal]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616977</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:40:31 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Korean travelers are pulling back from Southeast Asia amid growing reports of scams and kidnappings in Cambodia. In October, the number of travelers flying from South Korea to Southeast Asian countries dropped sharply, with Cambodia seeing the steepest fall. According to passenger statistics released Sunday by Incheon International Airport Corporation, departures to Southeast Asia declined by 7.25 percent from the previous month (to 784,962 travelers). Cambodia alone saw a 15.4 percent drop, fro]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.eb105b3558fc4adda8ecedafb28917b6_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Police to probe e-scooter firms after unlicensed teen crash leaves mother in coma]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616975</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:36:09 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[South Korean police are weighing criminal liability for e-scooter rental companies after a teen riding a scooter critically injured a woman in Incheon last month, a case that has intensified public anger over a service already strained by years of accidents, sidewalk conflicts and government crackdowns. Police confirmed they are reviewing whether rental platforms facilitated unlicensed riding in the Songdo accident on Oct. 18, which involved two middle school students who crashed into a woman wa]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.0b04cdd2f7b841f78b8b22fb3cd4a1f8_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Working parents challenge ban on dawn delivery]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616973</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:35:46 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Korea’s dawn delivery services are drawing renewed attention after a public petition opposing possible restrictions gained thousands of signatures, following online speculation that the system may be curbed to address working-condition concerns for couriers. The petition posted on the National Assembly’s public petition platform has received more than 5,000 signatures since it was uploaded on Thursday. In it, a working mother raising two children wrote that dawn delivery had become “an important]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.821fc80f16df4fbf9b004b966921be58_T1.png"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Man gets suspended term for assaulting and intimidating a teen]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616972</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:33:34 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[A 63-year-old has been found guilty of assault, trespassing and intimidation against a boy living next door, according to local court officials Sunday. The Chuncheon District Court in Gangwon Province sentenced the defendant to six months in prison, suspended for one year. He has been held responsible for violence, intimidation and forced entry into the 14-year-old victim&apos;s home in April. The attack occurred after the victim requested the defendant to keep quiet on April 8, to which the defendan]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.d78a6b34305e4ac99a375a1463629bcf_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[&apos;Not again&apos; Seoul&apos;s running boom sparks frustration]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616937</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 14:50:49 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[As running becomes one of South Korea’s fastest-growing pastimes, Seoul is facing a new challenge: a marathon calendar packed so tightly that major roads are blocked almost every weekend, prompting widespread complaints that the city’s fitness fever is pushing everyday life off course. Streets in central districts, from Gwanghwamun and Jongno to the Han River bridges, have been repeatedly shut down for early-morning events that funnel tens of thousands of runners through the city’s most heavily ]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251111.fc4854b0dafd40ddb0f123c9a4642aa3_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[South Korea’s nuclear-powered subs to help counter China: US naval chief]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616935</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 14:49:27 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Joint Press Corps -- The chief of US naval operations said Washington views the deployment of a future South Korean nuclear-powered attack submarine as a “natural expectation” in joint efforts to deter China, underscoring that such a capability would inevitably deepen the allies’ strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. US Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle on Friday stressed that once South Korea fields a nuclear-powered attack submarine, the US would expect it to play a role ]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.361f12e3bb304c45b032bdd1cdc71f9e_T1.png"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Cheap AI tools fuel teen-driven rise in deepfake sex crimes in South Korea]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616925</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 14:13:08 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[A sharp rise in AI-generated sex crimes in South Korea is being driven largely by teenagers, according to police, in what officials describe as a troubling intersection of cheap deepfake technology, digital manipulation and underage offenders. Between November 2024 and October 2025, South Korean police apprehended 3,557 individuals for cybersexual violence. The country’s National Office of Investigation revealed Sunday that deepfake-related crimes now make up the largest single category, with 1,]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.1afa038d905a4b568560dee6149fcb1c_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Political banners with messages of contempt and ungrounded rumors spark dispute]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616904</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 12:52:43 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[The South Korean government is reportedly reviewing the guidelines for banners hung by political parties after some stirred controversy for making baseless claims and defaming major figures in and out of the country. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, 18,016 petitions related to such political banners were made in the first half of this year. Of these, 26.5 percent were filed in Seoul and 26.3 percent in Gyeonggi Province. President Lee Jae Myung&apos;s administration is reportedly]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.c6b9cf5880414081ba719688b305e1fc_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Korean men dreamed of being &apos;friend-like fathers&apos;, but became &apos;busy dads&apos;: survey]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616903</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 12:52:11 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Most South Korean men aspire to be active playmates for their children but are often unable to fulfill that role due to work obligations, a recent survey revealed Sunday. The government-affiliated Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association surveyed 418 fathers with children aged 18 and younger last month. Participants were asked what activities they had expected to excel at as fathers before they had children and what they believe they actually do best now that they are parents. Before bec]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.33d6f67930204b11999f4ceb0f10ce16_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[[Contribution] Central Asia, on threshold of a new era]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616883</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 11:51:59 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[By Shavkat Mirziyoyev President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Central Asia is entering a new, historically significant stage of its development. Today, we are moving toward genuine unity. For the first time in many years, an atmosphere of trust, good neighborliness, and mutual respect is taking shape in our region — an atmosphere that serves as a solid foundation for joint progress. This process is not spontaneous. It is the result of purposeful work and the political will of the leaders of our ]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251115.e2da24d2ca524b7eae970f781f1be542_T1.png"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Long-term unemployment hits 4-year high]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616872</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 11:25:38 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[As of October, around 119,000 people have failed to find a job despite an extended search. This is the highest figure recorded in four years, according to the state-run statistics agency on Sunday. The number of individuals experiencing long-term unemployment in South Korea, which the government defines as those who have sought employment for at least six months, reached a new high for the first time since the 128,000 recorded in October 2021, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics (fo]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.b4a14f16aa0247d6b63fbf104dfa0ba7_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Fire destroys massive Cheonan fashion logistics hub]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616870</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 11:20:36 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[A towering inferno ripped through one of South Korea’s largest fashion logistics centers on Saturday, leaving the E-Land facility in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, a hollowed-out shell and destroying millions of garments inside. No injuries were reported. The fire broke out early in the morning, at around 6:08 a.m., before employees arrived for work. According to the South Chungcheong provincial fire headquarters, the blaze began on the fourth floor of the warehouse and spread rapidly, fue]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.e862a75ce31e4068b5bc9b0bbf891ba9_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Lee to meet biz leaders, discuss follow-up measures for US trade deal]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616841</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:15:57 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[President Lee Jae Myung was set to meet with leaders of key conglomerates later Sunday to discuss follow-up measures following the release of a joint fact sheet on bilateral trade and security agreements with the United States. The meeting comes two days after Seoul and Washington released the joint document outlining agreements reached in their recent summit talks, including Seoul&apos;s $350 billion investment plans in the US in exchange for reducing US tariffs from 25 percent to 15 percent. The me]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.683f1cf6fbab4970bb34517968743720_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Trump govt. notifies S. Korea of decision to end development cost waiver for US arms purchases: sources]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616820</link>  
    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 09:28:59 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[US President Donald Trump&apos;s administration has notified South Korea of its decision to abolish a development cost waiver for certain US arms purchases, multiple sources have said, a move bound to raise the financial burden on the Asian ally that has committed to buying more US weapons. It told the Seoul government in August that it will end the waiver of &quot;non-recurring&quot; costs -- one-time expenses associated with the research, development or production of certain defense equipment, according to t]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/16/news-p.v1.20251116.2a2053c3a3d4402190930fbe18ca7a6a_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Colby praises S. Korea as 1st non-NATO treaty ally to commit to 3.5% of GDP defense spending]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616729</link>  
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 14:14:18 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[A senior Pentagon official on Friday praised South Korea as the first non-NATO treaty ally that has committed to increasing defense spending to 3.5 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), highlighting the Trump administration&apos;s desire to work with &quot;partnerships&quot; rather than &quot;dependencies.&quot; Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby made the remarks during an event celebrating the Korean National Day and Armed Forces Day in Washington, casting the Seoul-Washington alliance as a &quot;fo]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/15/news-p.v1.20251115.85d04a7a16b34bfaaaa12d8839c73b73_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Senior US diplomat hails joint fact sheet release as opening &apos;new chapter&apos; in S. Korea-US alliance]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616677</link>  
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:16:24 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said on Wednesday that South Korea and the United States have opened a &quot;new chapter&quot; in their alliance with the release of a joint fact sheet on bilateral security and trade agreements. On Thursday (Washington time), the two countries released the document outlining the outcomes of the two summits that President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump held at the White House in August and in Korea&apos;s southeastern city of Gyeongju last month ahea]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/15/news-p.v1.20251115.270981b81c254c7dbcf8e6acb9179b70_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Korean students anxious as Trump pushes tougher US visa controls]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616581</link>  
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[When 24-year-old Kim Yeon-joo, not her real name, opens her laptop each morning to resume drafting her personal statement, the first website she checks is no longer her dream university’s admissions page. Instead, she scrolls through the news. For many Korean students hoping to pursue higher education in the United States, a path once seen as competitive but predictable has become increasingly uncertain. Under US President Donald Trump’s renewed push to tighten immigration controls, prospective ]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.9f8db4549d1c444a8a3964dfc770b389_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[4 in 10 Dongduk students say school alone should cover protest damage repairs]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616313</link>  
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Four in 10 students at Dongduk Women’s University say the campus damage caused by students protesting against the school’s plan to adopt coeducation should be repaired at the school’s expense, according to local news reports Friday. A survey conducted by the student council on Wednesday showed that 95.2 percent of 725 respondents said the campus needs lacquer coating as part of the restoration. Students cited the overall appearance of the campus, the school’s image and the arrival of new student]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/15/news-p.v1.20251114.53dbf98c3d2d4f9cae6f111e740772c6_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Authorities locate last missing person in Ulsan power plant collapse]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616640</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:56:34 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Authorities said Friday they have located the last remaining person buried under the collapsed boiler tower at a thermal power plant in the southeastern city of Ulsan, with operations under way to recover the individual from the debris. The search had continued to find the last of the seven workers who were trapped when the 63-meter tower collapsed on Nov. 6. The bodies of the six others have been recovered. Firefighting authorities said they are cutting through metal structures around the spot ]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.70bf6b04f91a45c1a6f442eaada4da09_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Allies accelerate OPCON transition with 2nd-phase test next year]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616593</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[South Korea and the United States will move ahead next year with the second-phase assessment of Seoul’s readiness to take over wartime operational control, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said Friday. The allies set out their agreement in the joint communique from the 57th Security Consultative Meeting, held in Seoul on Nov. 4 during US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s visit to South Korea. Although the SCM communique is typically released immediately after the meeting, its publication was delayed]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/rcv.YNA.20251104.PYH2025110417930001300_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[US endorses Korean uranium enrichment, reprocessing: why it matters — and what comes next]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616578</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:15:55 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[The United States has, for the first time, formally backed South Korea’s right to pursue civil uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing, opening the door for the allies to launch negotiations on expanding Seoul’s long-sought nuclear-fuel autonomy. Washington’s greenlight appeared in a carefully worded clause in the joint fact sheet released Friday, more than two weeks after the summit between South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang P]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.cbc850736c614bb6a4eb60ea0b395757_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Top prosecutor steps down over Daejang-dong fallout, cites concern over &apos;rushed reform&apos;]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616567</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:54:32 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Acting Prosecutor General Noh Man-seok voiced strong concerns over the Lee Jae Myung administration’s prosecution reform plans during his resignation speech Friday, warning of potential impacts on the public. “It is frustrating to see continued focus solely on abolishing the prosecution, without adequate discussion or preparation regarding the inconvenience this could cause the public,” Noh said during a ceremony at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Seoul. Although not explicit, his comments si]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.94defb90dedd447a87759fcf29175997_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Out of tough US tariff negotiations, South Korea advances key defense priorities]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616523</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:58:00 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[South Korea and the United States on Friday unveiled a joint fact sheet outlining their agreements on trade and security, concluding months of tense negotiations that began after US President Donald Trump raised tariffs and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung offered a pledge of $350 billion investment in the US. While the document contains details of South Korean spending and lowered US tariffs on key Korean items, including automobilies, the fact sheet also includes significant security-relat]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/15/rcv.YNA.20251029.PYH2025102924760001300_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Cold snap to grip S. Korea early next week; Tuesday morning to be season&apos;s coldest]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616431</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:28:44 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[After a warmer-than-usual weekend, South Korea is bracing for a strong cold snap next week, with the season&apos;s coldest morning forecast for Tuesday. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration on Friday, this weekend will see average or slightly cooler weather, with daytime highs in Seoul and other major cities reaching 14-16 degrees on Sunday. Cooler conditions are expected to set in from Sunday afternoon, as a low-pressure system currently situated in the north moves in toward the Kore]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.19d7b0bf1c404a24bb79c2d5c9a569c4_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Seoul to raise defense spending as allies map out alliance modernization]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616401</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:06:28 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[South Korea will increase its defense spending and provide more financial support for US soldiers stationed here, while working toward regaining wartime operational control from the US, according to a fact sheet on President Lee Jae Myung’s summit with US President Donald Trump in Gyeongju last month. The document, unveiled Friday, comes after months of speculation that Seoul and Washington were preparing to outline elements of a broader plan to modernize the 72-year-old South Korea-US alliance.]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/15/rcv.YNA.20251114.PYH2025111405070001300_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Flu season hits early and hard; cases double in a week]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616373</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:41:52 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Seasonal influenza is spreading rapidly among children and teenagers in Korea, with cases more than doubling in just one week. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Friday, about 51 out of every 1,000 outpatients visiting 300 monitoring hospitals between Nov. 2 and 8 showed influenza-like illness, defined as having a fever of 38 degrees Celsius or higher accompanied by symptoms such as a cough or sore throat. The figure marks a 122.4 percent increase from the previous w]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.89e476568f0047dabee639d2e61cb216_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Highlights from Korea-US joint fact sheet]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616360</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:25:08 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[South Korea and the United States on Friday released a joint fact seet on trade and security agreements, concluding months of negotiations. Here are the key points from the document, agreed upon by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump, unveiled on the webite of the White House. • $150 billion of Korean investment in the US shipbuilding sector • $200 billion in additional &quot;strategic&quot; Korean investment, under an MOU expected to be signed by both countries • Korea&apos;s an]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.581b181fc96b43eeb90b438dde7d1490_T1.png"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Gwangju district criticized for using female officials as mayor’s backup dancers]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616339</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:08:50 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[A district office in Gwangju is under fire after eight female civil servants appeared as backup dancers during a performance by Gwangju Buk-gu District Mayor Moon In. The performance took place on Nov. 6 at Donggang University during filming for the KBS program “National Singing Contest,” which drew more than 1,000 audience members. Moon took the stage to sing Yoon Soo-il’s 1985 hit “Apartment,” with the officials dancing behind him. The women, wearing sunglasses and headscarves and holding pomp]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.7a2b3cc9e2a04d75b9d82a12776741a1_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Full text of joint fact sheet on Korea-US agreements]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616294</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:57:41 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Below is the full text of a joint fact sheet, released by the White House on Friday, following last month&apos;s summit talks between South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump. -- Ed.  President Lee Jae Myung of the Republic of Korea welcomed President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America for a State Visit to ROK on Oct. 29. This marks the first time in Korean history that a State Visit has been hosted in Gyeongju and follows on the two leaders’ first meeting in Wa]]>
    </description>

      <media:content medium="image" url="https://static.heraldcorp.com/wbazic/kh/www/image/dummy_rss.jpg"/>      
           
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[&apos;Kant took Suneung, too&apos;: Test-takers tormented by 18th-century philosopher]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616284</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:04:07 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[“Do you think (Immanuel) Kant knows? That centuries later he is inflicting so much pain on students in an East Asian country? In the Korean, English and electives sections. Do you think Kant knows?” read a post uploaded by a test-taker to Orbi, an online community for college admissions, on Thursday after the annual College Scholastic Ability Test, or Suneung, ended. Immanuel Kant is the 18th-century German philosopher whose work on ethics, metaphysics and human reason fundamentally reshaped mod]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.b163eed3c2c94be78679959042011d0d_T1.png"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Lee announces joint fact sheet on trade, security agreements with US]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616280</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:52:54 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[South Korea and the United States on Friday released a joint fact sheet on their trade deal outlining Seoul&apos;s $350 billion investment pledge and security agreements, including Washington&apos;s approval of South Korea&apos;s plan to build a nuclear-powered submarine. President Lee Jae Myung made the announcement more than two weeks after he concluded the trade deal during his summit with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in South Korea on Oct. 29. Th]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.5747a4473f7345bb832fac4245fd6610_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[English section of Suneung deemed tougher than last year: Can you solve these questions?]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616277</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:47:31 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[This year’s English section on the College Scholastic Ability Test, or Suneung, was more difficult than last year, according to teachers and education experts. “(The English section) was a bit more difficult than last year’s Suneung and similar to the September mock exam,” said Kim Ye-ryeong, a teacher at Daewon Foreign Language High School, who appeared on the state-run Educational Broadcasting System on Thursday after Suneung ended. Kim noted that while this year’s exam contained no so-called ]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.79950ed3ad53403b8e76752e9d99be91_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[[Breaking] S. Korea, US sign joint fact sheet on trade, security]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616109</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:30:59 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[South Korea and the United States finalized a joint fact sheet on trade and security, concluding months of fraught negotiations, President Lee Jae Myung told reporters Friday. “We have finalized the Korea–US trade and security consultations, which had been the biggest variable,” Lee said in Seoul, expressing gratitude to US President Donald Trump for his “rational decision,” which played a major role in reaching the agreements. The Korean leader said, -South Korea and the US have agreed to move ]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/rcv.YNA.20251112.PYH2025111213070001300_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[S. Korea, US Navy chiefs set to discuss cooperation in shipbuilding, MRO]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616069</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:06:06 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Kang Dong-gil will meet with his US counterpart in Seoul on Friday to discuss ways to strengthen military cooperation between their navies, including in the shipbuilding sector. Kang was to meet Adm. Daryl L. Caudle, the US chief of naval operations, who is arriving in South Korea on Thursday for a four-day trip, to discuss cooperation in the field of shipbuilding and maintenance, repair and operations. The US Navy chief will also meet with US Forces Korea Commande]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.6410dab9f9fa4829b5b422fa135dff1f_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[India installs its first envoy in N. Korea since pandemic]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616019</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:41:25 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[A new Indian ambassador to North Korea has taken office, marking the return of an Indian envoy to Pyongyang for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the North&apos;s state media on Friday. Aliawati Longkumer, India&apos;s new ambassador to North Korea, presented his letter of credence to parliamentary standing committee chairman Choe Ryong-hae in Pyongyang the previous day, the Korean Central News Agency reported. It marks the first time an Indian ambassador has been present in North K]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.e11ed5e10b4347cc92a1b95ffc4c0e06_T1.png"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[N. Korea denounces G7 call for Pyongyang&apos;s denuclearization]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10616003</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:38:34 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[North Korea on Friday denounced a recent call by the Group of Seven countries for Pyongyang&apos;s complete denuclearization, saying the regime&apos;s will to retain its nuclear arsenal is &quot;firm and unwavering&quot; amid external nuclear threats. &quot;I express strong complaint and regret over the G7 foreign ministers&apos; explicit hostility that directly infringes upon our constitution, and I resolutely denounce it in the strongest possible rhetorical terms,&quot; the North&apos;s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said in a statem]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.39ae3f4db0a34f7c90a3076b29616c53_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Court again denies arrest warrant for ex-justice minister]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10615982</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:30:40 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[A court again denied a warrant Friday to arrest former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae on charges of involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol&apos;s failed imposition of martial law. Park has been accused by special counsel Cho Eun-suk&apos;s team of playing a key role in an insurrection by calling a meeting of senior justice ministry officials following the martial law declaration Dec. 3, ordering the possible dispatch of prosecutors to a martial law-related organ, directing the Korea Correctional Se]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.6be48447298747108d674445102f6f00_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Trump govt. directs visa officers to mull obesity, diabetes, other conditions as reasons to deny visas: report]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10615957</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:19:05 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told overseas diplomatic missions that the United States will consider obesity, diabetes, cancer and other health conditions as grounds to deny visas, a report said Thursday, as President Donald Trump&apos;s administration seeks to reduce immigration. Citing a Nov. 6 State Department cable, The Washington Post reported that Rubio told US consulates and embassies about the directive -- a move expected to toughen screening procedures for visa applicants, including ]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/news-p.v1.20251114.c2ac1c3db8664dfdabea2036c557f6f4_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Lee&apos;s aide on trip to Middle East to forge strategic cooperation]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10615873</link>  
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:53:20 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik on Thursday flew to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as President Lee Jae Myung&apos;s special envoy for strategic cooperation. According to an official of the presidential office, Kang is to &quot;discuss ways to establish a new model for strategic economic cooperation.&quot; The field of cooperation would encompass artificial intelligence, defense, advanced manufacturing, culture, food and medical services, according to the presidential office. While Kang was set to ]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/14/rcv.YNA.20251113.PYH2025111318780001300_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Defense ministry carries out major reshuffle of 3-star generals]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10615798</link>  
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:29:03 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[The defense ministry said Thursday it has promoted 20 military generals to three-star posts, a sweeping reshuffle aimed at restructuring the military leadership after last year&apos;s botched martial law bid. Under the move, 20 military generals -- 14 from the Army and three each from the Navy and the Air Force -- were promoted to lieutenant generals, according to the ministry. It marked the biggest promotion of three-star generals in the past decade. &quot;The latest reshuffle focused on overcoming the D]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/13/news-p.v1.20251113.9af950c1e64945bcaf2dc644a114ceca_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[S. Korea-US summit fact sheet could be released Fri.: sources]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10615775</link>  
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:30:38 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[A joint summit document on trade and security between Seoul and Washington could be released as early as Friday, sources said Thursday. Ruling party officials, who are familiar with the matter, said the two countries were fine-tuning the joint fact sheet, which outlines the outcome of the Oct. 29 summit talks between President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump, and were reviewing when to announce it. Kang Hoon-sik, the presidential chief of staff, addressed the matter, saying &quot;Discussi]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/13/news-p.v1.20251113.8d2a811ee2a54cb3b74bb0c75ad7001c_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Lee signals sweeping overhaul to revive economic growth]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10615755</link>  
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:28:26 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[President Lee Jae Myung called for structural reforms across key sectors to boost South Korea’s slowing economy, with a particular focus on regulatory and financial reforms, according to the presidential office, Thursday. “The most urgent challenge facing the Republic of Korea today is to reverse the decline in our potential growth rate,” said Lee during Thursday’s meeting, referring to Korea by its official name. “To do that, bold, structural reform is essential.” During a meeting held with sen]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/13/news-p.v1.20251113.108d05091b3945ff8cbac02b36e34858_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Suneung discounts roll out nationwide as students celebrate the end of exam season]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10615731</link>  
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:37:48 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Suneung, the daylong college entrance exam that serves as the culmination of a high school senior’s academic journey, is finally over. To mark the end of months of grueling preparation, retailers and service providers nationwide are rolling out special promotions for test-takers. Students must bring their ID and test identification slip, issued by the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, to qualify for the benefits. &quot;Test-takers! You&apos;ve put in so much effort! To repay you for your hard]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/13/rcv.YNA.20251113.PYH2025111303270001301_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Acting chief likely to address allegations of Justice Ministry pressure]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10615599</link>  
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:36:33 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Acting Prosecutor General Noh Man-seok, who offered to resign amid growing objections to the prosecution&apos;s decision not to appeal a ruling in the Daejang-dong development corruption case linked to the president, is expected to address whether his decision was influenced by the Justice Ministry. The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office said Noh will attend a closed-door retirement ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday, during which he has indicated he will explain his stance on the decision. The announcement came]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/13/news-p.v1.20251113.4a63f81fd4444c5190d29490fc813c80_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Truck plows into Bucheon market, killing at least 2]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10615598</link>  
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:33:51 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Two people were killed and 18 were injured as of Thursday afternoon after a truck veered off the road and crashed into a traditional market in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, earlier in the morning. According to police and fire authorities, the incident occurred at 10:55 a.m., when a truck driven by a man in his 60s suddenly shot forward and rammed into a restaurant inside the market and nearby stalls. Authorities dispatched around 20 emergency vehicles and 60 personnel to the scene after receiving ]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/13/news-p.v1.20251113.400242887817439fbc0eb589bad833fd_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[[GBF] S. Korea’s defense industry pivots toward aerospace and unmanned technologies]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10615592</link>  
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:27:14 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[South Korea’s defense industry is accelerating its transformation from a conventional arms producer into a technology-driven aerospace and unmanned systems powerhouse, signaling a new phase in the nation’s industrial and strategic evolution, an official at one of the country’s top arms exporters said Wednesday. At the Global Biz Forum hosted by Herald Media Group in Seoul on Wednesday, Kim Dong-hyun, head of the Land Systems Business Group at Hanwha Aerospace, outlined plans to channel the compa]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/13/news-p.v1.20251113.2eb7089aca2245e3abf57ab8148182e9_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[2026 Suneung mirrors push to curb reliance on private education]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10615584</link>  
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:23:17 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[South Korea’s most consequential academic ritual ended Thursday, under unusually warm conditions, as more than half a million students sat for the College Scholastic Ability Test, or Suneung. The 2026 Suneung marks the second year under the government’s policy of eliminating “killer questions,” referring to ultradifficult problems that go far beyond the high school curriculum and require university-level concepts to solve, with critics arguing that they deepen reliance on private tutoring. At a ]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/13/news-p.v1.20251113.3dfe7e4f3ea54e34bf54bbe75b66be18_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  
  
  
    
      
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Russia, N. Korea sign two accords to deepen media cooperation]]></title>
    <link>https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10615531</link>  
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:37:02 +09:00</pubDate>
    <author>The Korea Herald</author>
        
    
    <category>National</category>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
                                            
    <description>
    <![CDATA[Russia and North Korea signed two parallel agreements this week on media and public information cooperation, extending their deepening strategic alignment and signaling tighter coordination in their external and public communications. The Committee on Public Information, North Korea&apos;s state publicity and media-oversight organ, and Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media inked an agreement on cooperation in mass media and public information, North Korea’s state-run]]>
    </description>

	<media:content medium="image" url="https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2025/11/13/news-p.v1.20251113.fcb7ed657ecb4dff9f0234efa0810594_T1.jpg"/>    
            
  </item>
  
  

</channel>
</rss>