THE historic warming of ties between South Korea and Japan took a new turn when the leaders of the two countries stood together and told a US audience they were looking at ways to strengthen their economic bonds. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol told a group of entrepreneurs at […]
Read MoreHalf a million South Koreans sat for the annual nationwide college entrance exam on Thursday, the first time in four years that the exam, often considered life-defining in the highly competitive society, has taken place free of pandemic rules. This year, nearly 505,000 high school students, graduates and others signed up to take the single-day, […]
Read MoreBY HYUNG-JIN KIM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol slammed the purported illicit arms deal between North Korea and Russia, saying he’ll emphasize its far-reaching security implications and discuss international response during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco this week. In written responses to questions from The Associated […]
Read MoreTOKYO/SEOUL, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Defence chiefs from South Korea, Japan and the United States have agreed to start as planned a real-time data sharing scheme on North Korean missiles in December, South Korea’s defence ministry said on Sunday. U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin met his South Korean counterpart, Shin Won-sik, in Seoul on Sunday […]
Read MoreSouth Korea and the US pledged to expand their defence alliance into orbit at their inaugural joint space forum this week, as the countries seek deeper co-operation in response to emerging threats from adversaries including North Korea and China. Seoul and Washington agreed to bolster their partnership in areas spanning defence, commerce and civil space […]
Read MoreINJE, SOUTH KOREA – South Korean and U.S. troops held joint future combat drills involving drones, an unmanned vehicle and wearable laser sensors this week as part of efforts to modernize their militaries, the South’s army said on Saturday. The training came as South Korea’s military conducts a series of annual Hoguk autumn exercises aimed […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Ng BBC News, Singapore South Korean police are investigating 17 US soldiers and five other people who allegedly smuggled or used synthetic marijuana via military mail. This follows raids in at least two US army bases in May, including Camp Humphreys, its largest overseas base. A Filipino and a South Korean have been […]
Read MoreBy KAWASHIMA Shin A Japan-U.S.-South Korea summit was held at Camp David in August. The focus was primarily on the Korean Peninsula and North Korea, but discussion also encompassed the Indo-Pacific. This prompted strong objections from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which decried attempts to encourage geopolitical competition in the Asia-Pacific or to trigger […]
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