SEOUL– The East Sea between South Korea and Japan has been the source of one of several modern diplomatic rows between the two countries. Historically, however, the waters between Korea and Japan have been something that connects, rather than alienate…
SEOUL– South Korea’s military flew helicopters to spray disinfectant over the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas Friday as it launched a weeklong quarantine operation to prevent the spread of African swine fever, the defense ministry s…
SEOUL– South Korea’s military has ordered border-guarding troops to shoot on sight wild pigs crossing the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas as part of efforts to prevent the spread of African swine fever, a government source said Frid…
WASHINGTON– The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday that North Korea’s latest missile launch appeared to have come from a sea-based platform, not a submarine.The comments come after North Korea said it successfully tested a new submarine-launched…
SEOUL– The body of a man buried in a landslide in the southern city of Busan was found Friday after 33 hours of rescue work, police said. He is the last of the four victims of the landslide that crashed a house and a restaurant early Thursday after he…
SEJONG– After looking for a perfect place for her family for years, Cho Yeoun-hoa and her family moved in April from an apartment where her daughter couldn’t play the cello at night to a stand-alone house in the country’s administrative city of Sejong…
SEOUL– The prosecution will terminate its practice of openly summoning suspects or others involved in its investigations as part of efforts to better protect their human rights, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (SPO) said Friday.At present, prosecutors…
SEOUL– About 800 cases of workplace harassment have been reported to the labor ministry since a new law aimed at preventing harassment in the workplace took effect in July, government data showed Friday.The data, submitted by the ministry to the Envir…
North Korea’s underwater-launched missile has a longer-range than the missiles the country tested earlier this year and is designed to be launched from a submarine that has a potential to pose a threat to the U.S. allies in northeast Asia, experts said…
SUWON– Criminal Lee Chun-jae was belatedly found to have made a dubious confession, raising doubts about the credibility of statements in which he identified himself as the killer in South Korea’s worst serial murder case.On Wednesday, police announce…
SUWON– Criminal Lee Chun-jae was belatedly found to have made a dubious confession, raising doubts about the credibility of statements in which he identified himself as the killer in South Korea’s worst serial murder case.On Wednesday, police announce…