SEOUL– North Korea accused U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday of lacking impartiality as head of the global agency, taking issue with his denuclearization-related remarks during a visit to Seoul last week.In a press statement, Kim Son-g…
Day: August 14, 2022
PM calls for preemptive response to heavy rains
SEOUL– Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Sunday called for a preemptive response to minimize damage caused by heavy rains, as weather officials warn of more downpours in the coming days.Han told a disaster response meeting that the central and local gove…
Yoon renews pledge to honor people who sacrificed themselves for nation
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday renewed his determination to create a nation where those who sacrificed themselves for the country are properly honored, a day before Liberation Day, celebrating the Korean Peninsula’s liberation from Japan’s 1…
Foreign stock ownership dips to 13-year low amid Fed’s aggressive rate hikes
SEOUL– Foreigner ownership of South Korean stocks hit a 13-year low this month, the bourse operator said Sunday, as demand for riskier assets declined amid the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes.Foreign investors held 606.2 trillion won (US$464 b…
Putin Says Russia, North Korea to Expand Bilateral Relations – KCNA
Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the two countries will “expand the comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations with common efforts,” Pyongyang’s state media reported Monday.In a letter to Kim for Korea’s lib…
Ex-presidential candidate Lee wins Chungcheong provinces in vote for new DP leadership
SEOUL– Rep. Lee Jae-myung, former presidential candidate of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), won the central Chungcheong provinces in an ongoing race for the new party leadership Sunday.Lee secured more than 70 percent of the vote in polls c…
New COVID-19 cases down for 4th day on fewer testing
SEOUL– South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases dropped for the fourth straight day Sunday on fewer virus tests during the weekend but stayed above the 100,000 mark for the sixth day in a row amid the fast spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant.The …
Military reports 1,288 more COVID-19 cases
SEOUL– South Korea’s military reported 1,288 additional COVID-19 cases Sunday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 238,393, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 834 from the Army, 198 from the Air Force, 90 from the Nav…
Heavy rain-caused deaths stand at 14; number of missing rises to 6
SEOUL– The deaths from heavy rains stood at 14 and the number of people registered missing rose to six from four as two more people were reported missing in the central region, officials said Sunday.Of the dead, eight died in Seoul, four in the surrou…
New COVID-19 cases down for 4th day; critical cases at over 3-month high
SEOUL– South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases dropped for the fourth straight day Sunday, but the number of seriously ill patients hit an over three-month high amid the fast spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant.The country added 119,603 new COVI…