SEOUL– North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited the mausoleum of his late grandfather and father in his first reported public activity this year, Pyongyang’s state media said Sunday.Kim paid tribute at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the bodi…
SEOUL– Ruling party presidential nominee Lee Jae-myung plans to raise election funds via a blockchain-based digital platform to draw support from tech-savvy young voters, his campaign said Sunday.The Democratic Party (DP) will issue non-fungible token…
SEOUL– Main opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol said Sunday he will transform the government into one based on big data and digital technologies if elected so as to offer tailored services to the people.During a press conference to outline…
Activists are calling for a policy change to improve the treatment of undocumented immigrants in South Korea, following recent instances of abuse against asylum seekers.Under the current immigration policy, anyone who has received a deportation order –…
South Korea reported 3,833 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Saturday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 639,083, Trend reports citing Xinhua.The daily caseload was down from 4,415 in the previous day due to fewer v…
SEOUL– Over 1,000 people have jointly filed a lawsuit against the government’s requirement of presenting proof of vaccination in multiuse facilities on concerns over discrimination against unvaccinated people, sources said Sunday.A total of 1,023 plai…
SEOUL– South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 4,000 on Sunday as the country has implemented tighter antivirus measures to stem the spike in virus infections and the fast spread of the omicron variant.The country added 3,833 new COVID-19 infec…
Southeast Asia’s longtime conflicts cooled in 2021, a development overshadowed by the Feb. 1 coup in Myanmar and ensuing civil war.Since the coup, the Burmese military has killed at least 1,375 people, according to reports. While fighting the National …
An unidentified person entered North Korea from the South on New Year’s Day, the military in Seoul said Sunday, a rare breach of the heavily fortified border between the neighbors, Trend reports citing Al Arabiya.The person was detected by surveillance…
South Korea’s military said Sunday that an unidentified person crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea.The person was earlier spotted by surveillance equipment at the eastern portion of the border, known as the Demilitarized Zone, but avo…
SEOUL– South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Sunday it has moved up a notch to receive an A in the MSCI ESG Ratings assessment.MSCI, or Morgan Stanley Capital International, is an American rating agency that measures, among other things, a company…
SEOUL– The state human rights watchdog has rejected a petition accusing the government of a human rights violation over its decision to revoke the license of an anti-North Korea group of defectors for sending propaganda leaflets across the border, sou…