SEOUL/WASHINGTON– Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and his U.S. counterpart, Antony Blinken, agreed Monday to continue close cooperation for complete denuclearization and lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, the foreign ministry said.The agreement ca…
BUSAN– A towering shipyard crane nimbly moves over stacks of cargo crates at a terminal in Busan Port, South Korea’s largest seaport 453 kilometers southeast of Seoul, to snatch a container box and gently load it onto a truck.While the scene is busine…
SEOUL– Human-caused climate change has brought about extensive meteorological changes on the Korean Peninsula over the past century, making summers longer and winters hotter and shorter and increasing the frequency of extreme weather events, such as h…
SEOUL– Police said Sunday they have arrested 94 suspects over allegations of creating or distributing illegal deepfake content in the past five months amid calls for tightened scrutiny over crimes using the deep learning technology.Deepfake content re…
SEOUL– A barrage of scathing statements that North Korea issued Sunday to slam the United States and South Korea appear to be aimed at upping the ante ahead of Washington’s announcement of its new policy on Pyongyang and summit talks with between the …
SEOUL– South Korean shipbuilders are enjoying a booming liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) ship market, snapping up a significant number of new orders placed this year, industry data showed Sunday.South Korean builders have won 31 LPG carriers out of 44 or…
SEOUL– The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un slammed South Korea for failing to stop anti-Pyongyang leaflets flown by a defector group last week, calling it an “intolerable provocation” and warning of “corresponding action.”Kim Yo-jong made th…
SEOUL– A Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army (KATUSA) soldier has tested positive for the new coronavirus after receiving a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine shot, officials said.The soldier, stationed at Camp Ca…
SEOUL– Five-term legislator and former Incheon Mayor Rep. Song Young-gil was elected the new chairman of the ruling Democratic Party Sunday as it seeks a major reform drive following a recent election defeat.Song earned 35.6 percent of the ballots cas…
SEOUL– North Korea said Sunday that U.S. President Joe Biden made a “big blunder” after he called Pyongyang’s nuclear program a serious threat, warning the U.S. will face a “worse and worse crisis beyond control.”Kwon Jong-gun, director general of the…
SEOUL– South Korea may soon face a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines as less than 10 percent of the country’s AstraZeneca vaccine doses are left, the health authority said Sunday, raising concerns over delays in the nation’s immunization schedule.The nati…
SEOUL– South Korea’s daily new virus cases stayed in the 600s for the fourth consecutive day Sunday as sporadic cluster infections popped up across the nation, complicating antivirus efforts.The country reported 606 more COVID-19 cases, including 585 …