Click "CC" for Scripts Subscribe to arirang! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=arirangnews Bookworms from all over Korea and around the world will be converging in southern Seoul for the next few days... for the 19th Seoul International Book Fair. President Park Geun-hye was one of many who dropped by on Wednesday. Park Ji-won has more. Avid book readers have hundreds of thousands of books... to choose from here...

Click "CC" for Scripts Subscribe to arirang! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=arirangnews Let's now go over to our Lee JeeHyun, who is standing by at the weather center. Hello there JeeHyun. Good afternoon. How are you doing today? The humidity is very high today, making it somewhat uncomfortable to be outside. I see, so it wasn't just me feeling tired and stressed I am so glad it's Thursday....

Click "CC" for Scripts Subscribe to arirang! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=arirangnews A number of the nation's state-run energy companies have been coming under fire for corruption scandals, frequent technical failures, and bulging debts. The government is moving in to improve the efficiency of these companies, streamlining unnecessary development projects abroad and encouraging the private sector to play a bigger role in energy projects. Yoo Li-an...

Click "CC" for Scripts Subscribe to arirang! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=arirangnews President Park Geun-hye has revealed her vision of a new governance system that allows fair and impartial information sharing between the government and the people. She calls her idea ''Government 3-point-oh". Kim Yeon-ji explains what it is. President Park says "Government 3.0" is intended to make information sharing more equitable and transparent between the central government,...

Click "CC" for Scripts Subscribe to arirang! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=arirangnews South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have agreed North Korea must show it is sincere about its denuclearization efforts before talks with the countries can resume. That's right... and on the same day, North Korea told China it is seeking a peaceful diplomatic solution to its nuclear issues. Hwang Sung-hee has the details. Meeting in Washington...

Click "CC" for Scripts Subscribe to arirang! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=arirangnews Six decades have passed since South Korea and the U.S. formed their alliance,... and the bond remains as strong as ever today. Marking the 60th anniversary of the alliance,... a group of U.S. soldiers based in South Korea have embarked on a very special journey. Our Han Da-eun went with them. "What you're seeing behind me is...

The Seoul Metropolitan Government's "cool-biz" dress code aimed at reducing energy consumption and allowing staff to work in more comfortable clothes in summer has been a resounding flop.The recommended dress code, introduced two years ago is short-sleeved shirt, shorts and sandals.

Major businesses in Korea plan to hire fewer people this year. The Federation of Korean Industries surveyed 157 of the country's top 600 businesses in terms of revenues excluding the financial sector and found that 39.5 percent plan to hire fewer new people this year than in 2012, while 46.5 perc...

North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan expressed "a willingness to return to long-stalled six-party talks" and resolve the nuclear issue through dialogue, China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The announcement followed what was billed "strategic dialogue" with his Chines...

The low youth employment rate is driving job seekers to think outside the box in order to improve their chances of finding work, with many acquiring extra qualifications and even resorting to plastic surgery to improve their appearance.A local research institute found that young people con...

Avid bookworms have hundreds of thousands of books to choose from at the 19th Seoul International Book Fair. With nearly 600 publishers from 25 countries taking part, this year's five-day event that begins on Wednesday is the largest in terms of the number of exhibitors.This year, India re...

Goldman Sachs has issued a positive outlook for the Korean stock market, CNBC reported Monday. "The inevitable jitters regarding [quantitative easing] tapering are not likely to impact Korean equities as much. Note the outperformance of Korea during the recent sell-off," the U.S. investme...

This year's biggest full moon will rise at 7:37 p.m. on Sunday and become fully visible 55 minutes later at 8:32 p.m., the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute said Wednesday. The reason the moon looks bigger is that it revolves around the earth in an elliptic orbit, and this is th...

Hong Myung-bo, who led Korea's Olympic football team to a bronze medal at the London Games last summer, has emerged as the strongest candidate to take up the now-vacant managerial position for the national team, which in Tuesday earned its place at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The Korea ...

Gwanghwamun Plaza in downtown Seoul turned into a huge outdoor concert venue on Wednesday night as veteran singer Lee Seung-chul held a free showcase of his 11th album.The area was packed with 5,000 fans, many of whom appeared hours early to secure good seats. Lee appeared on stage at 8 p....

International hackers' collective Anonymous claims it has managed to access top-secret North Korean missile technology and vows to reveal the information on the internet. The "hacktivists" previously attacked pro-North Korean sites and released the personal information of subscribers. In ...

Click "CC" for Scripts Subscribe to arirang! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=arirangnews Time to go over to our Kwon Soa at the weather center for the latest forecast. Hi there Hi guys With what we saw today in most of the nation, it's hard to believe monsoon season has begun, right? Yes, we had one or two rainy days. and now all of a sudden it's hot...

Click "CC" for Scripts Subscribe to arirang! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=arirangnews Amid chilly relations over historical and territorial matters., the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan have plans to sit down for the first time. since their respective governments came into power. Our Eoh Jin-joo . has more on the one-on-one. that could signal a thaw in frosty ties between the two countries. The foreign...

Click "CC" for Scripts Subscribe to arirang! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=arirangnews Let's get a check on the weather with Hanna Kim, who's standing by at the weather center. Thanks Daniel, and good evening. I know we had a lot of rain these last two days. but it will clear up the rest of the week. Right, you told us earlier that we won't have any precipitation,...

Click "CC" for Scripts Subscribe to arirang! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=arirangnews The committee that is responsible for making policy decisions for the U.S. Federal Reserve has kicked off two days of meetings in Washington D.C.,. the results of which are being watched with keen interest all around the world. Our Kim Han-ul tells us what to expect. This year's fourth meeting of the Federal Open Market...