SEOUL, — Thousands of protesters held a candlelight vigil in central Seoul on Saturday denouncing Japan for imposing export restrictions on South Korea and demanding an apology from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.About 5,000 activists representing 596 civi…
SEOUL, The new type of shortrange missiles North Korea recently tested were not a threat aimed at South Korea or the United States, and they do not affect their joint defense posture, the Combined Forces Command (CFC) said Friday.On Thursday, North Ko…
SEOUL, The shortrange missiles that North Korea testfired this week were a new type of ballistic weapon similar to Russia’s Iskander, the military authorities here said Friday, citing the projectiles’ unique flight pattern.North Korea on Thursday fire…
South Korea protested on Wednesday against a Japanese plan to remove it from a Japanese list of countries that face minimum trade restrictions, saying it would undermine their decades-old economic and security cooperation and threaten free trade, repor…
GWANGJU, A civic group supporting Korean victims of wartime forced labor on Tuesday filed an application with a local court against Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to order the sale of the Japanese firm’s assets seized in South Korea.The civi…
SEOUL, Senior South Korean and Chinese officials will meet in Beijing this week to discuss the demarcation of maritime boundaries, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Tuesday.The twoday meeting will be held from Thursday between Vice Foreign Minister Lee Ta…
SEOUL, President Moon Jaein expressed hope Tuesday for bipartisan efforts to weather the trouble from Japan’s export curbs against South Korean businesses, hosting a luncheon in Seoul with ruling party leaders.Governmentproposed supplementary budgets …
Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande each received 10 nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) on Tuesday, leading the race in the youthorientated awards show, which this year includes two new categories, best Kpop and video for good.Singersongwriter…
SEOUL, South Korea’s current stance is to extend a military informationsharing deal with Japan, the defense ministry said Friday, amid concerns the economic row between the two countries could affect their security cooperation.The General Security of …
SEOUL, President Moon Jaein said Friday he feels responsible for recent cases of lax military discipline and ordered his defense minister and military chief to take stern countermeasures.The people are concerned about the military’s discipline and sec…
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that China’s mistreatment of its Uighur Muslim minority had created one of the most significant human rights crises in contemporary world history. Speaking at a conference on religious freedom in Washi…
Renovation of some parts of National Road 21 will begin soon, said a recent news release from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.Technical discussion of the renovation project was co-chaired by Senior Minister and Minister of Public Works and T…