SEOUL– Students at South Korea’s three most prestigious universities are to hold candlelight vigils on their campuses in Seoul on Thursday night to protest President Moon Jae-in’s appointment of his embattled aide Cho Kuk as justice minister.It will b…
SEOUL– A serial rape and murder case that gripped South Korea in the 1980s was so mysterious and ghastly that it has inspired a host of TV shows and movies, including, most notably, a feature film by Cannes-winning director Bong Joon-ho.”Memories of M…
SEOUL, South Korea is considering holding a PR event to mark the introduction of F-35A stealth fighters into the country as part of next month’s Armed Forces Day ceremonies, officials said Saturday.South Korea has so far brought in eight F-35As, begin…
WASHINGTON, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged Friday that North Korea has the right to defend itself and assured Pyongyang of Washington’s security guarantees should the regime dismantle its nuclear weapons program.In an interview with …
SEOGWIPO, South Korea– A Chinese woman was found dead on the coast of South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju, three days after she went missing, a police official said Sunday.The body of the 36-year-old, identified by her family name Jin, was fo…
SEOUL, — South Korea said Saturday it is maintaining trade measures to support the domestic agriculture industry, including high tariffs for imported rice and subsidies for local farmers, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks suggesting a push t…
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…