Sri Lanka said Saturday it has agreed that the Chinese survey vessel Yuan Wang 5 can dock at its southernmost port, the Chinese-run Hambantota on August 16, despite security concerns raised by neighboring India and the United States.Foreign security an…
South Korea’s newly appointed human rights envoy for North Korea called upon the international community to cooperate with Seoul to improve the human rights of those living under the Kim Jong Un regime.Lee Shin-hwa, a political science professor at Kor…
South Korea’s president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing former President Park Guen-Hye as part of the massive corruption scandal that toppled Park’s government, the justice minister announced Friday.Lo…
The suspended chairman of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) again cried foul Saturday over a party leadership switch, which he claims is aimed at removing him from his position.Lee Jun-seok’s party membership was suspended last month over allegations…
Rep. Lee Jae-myung, former presidential candidate of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), secured yet another victory in regional races to elect the new party leadership Saturday.Lee secured more than 70 percent of the vote in the polls carried o…
The South Korean government plans to cut its expenditures next year, the finance minister said Sunday, as the country aims to tighten its belt amid economic challenges and inflation.The remark indicates the government’s budget for 2023 will hover below…
North Korea has lifted a face mask mandate and eased antivirus curbs as the communist state moves toward normalcy after declaring victory in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, state media reported Saturday.Earlier this week, North Korean leader K…
Deaths from this week’s heavy rains have risen to 14, and five have gone missing, officials said Saturday.Of the dead, eight were in Seoul, four in the surrounding Gyeonggi Province and two in the eastern Gangwon Province, according to data from the Ce…
South Korea’s military reported 1,999 additional COVID-19 cases Saturday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 237,105, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 1,386 from the Army, 231 from the Air Force, 108 from the Navy, …
South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases declined for the third straight day Saturday but remained above the 100,000 level for the fifth day in a row amid the fast spread of the omicron variant.The country added 124,592 new COVID-19 infections, bringing …