By Park Chan-kyong South Korea has thrown its weight behind a United Nations resolution condemning the North’s dire human rights record, a choice that could complicate Seoul’s push to reopen dialogue with Pyongyang, analysts have warned. The decision to co-sponsor the annual UN resolution – despite expectations that President Lee Jae-myung’s liberal government might step […]
Read MoreA South Korean team demolished two towering structures with explosives on Tuesday in a bid to clear the way to recover two workers who are presumed dead and two others missing in the rubble of a collapsed industrial facility. They were among nine who were working on the massive steel structure, a decommissioned heating facility, […]
Read MoreSouth Korean prosecutors indicted former president Yoon Suk Yeol today (10 November) on new charges of aiding the enemy, alleging that he ordered drone flights over North Korea to strengthen his effort to declare martial law. North Korea said last year it had “proved” that the South flew drones to drop propaganda leaflets over its […]
Read MoreChinese President Xi Jinping will wrap up his three-day visit to South Korea on Saturday with a state dinner and summit hosted by President Lee Jae Myung, the newly elected US ally who has pledged to balance Seoul’s ties with Beijing. The stakes are high for Lee, who assumed office in June following the ouster […]
Read MoreGYEONGJU: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung told Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Saturday that he hopes the two countries will continue to cooperate in military security, building on existing collaboration such as the joint development of fighter jets, Lee’s office said. The two leaders held talks on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation […]
Read MoreBy Park Chan-kyong South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon-hee has again made headlines after revelations that she sat on a royal throne during a private palace visit – triggering ridicule that she must have fancied herself a queen, given her oversized influence over her husband. Kim reportedly sat on the throne during a private […]
Read MoreBY Park Chan-kyong Top Seoul officials are visiting Washington amid signs of major progress in tough trade negotiations, although analysts warn that a coerced deal could severely damage South Korea’s economy. Kim Yong-bum, policy chief of the presidential staff, and Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan left for Washington on Thursday to join Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol […]
Read MoreFormer South Korean first couple Yoon Suk-yeol and Kim Keon-hee requested special treatment for their pets from South Korea’s embassy in Paris during their visits to France in 2023, an opposition lawmaker has revealed. The couple “planned to bring their dogs on two visits to France in 2023 and asked the embassy to prepare protocol […]
Read MoreThe United States has agreed that South Korea is not manipulating its currency for trade advantage, a spokesperson for President Lee Jae Myung said on Sunday. The two allies agreed that Seoul does not fall under the manipulator designation that the US Treasury Department announces in reports twice a year, Kang Yu-jung told a press […]
Read MoreSuicide has overtaken cancer as the main cause of death among South Koreans in their forties for the first time since records began in 1983, amid growing concerns that the country is facing a mental health crisis. The country recorded 14,872 suicides last year – a 6.3 per cent rise from the previous year and […]
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