MADRID/SEOUL– South Korea has considered setting up a travel bubble with Spain, but more discussions are needed for quarantine-free travel between the two nations, Seoul’s culture minister said Wednesday.Culture Minister Hwang Hee made the remarks as …
MADRID– South Korean President Moon Jae-in proposed closer partnerships between his country and Spain on low-carbon and digital economies, while attending a joint business forum here Wednesday along with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.Moon stressed that…
MADRID– South Korea and Spain agreed during their leaders’ talks here Wednesday to elevate their bilateral relationship to a “strategic partnership.”President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of Spain said that the two sides…
SEOUL– Defense Minister Suh Wook on Wednesday discussed the global security situation with his counterparts from countries in the region, and called for continued support for South Korea’s efforts to establish a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, …
SEOUL– Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Won In-choul visited military units on the western border island of Yeonpyeong Wednesday and called for a staunch posture against any contingencies, his office said.His visit to Navy and Marine Corps bases on…
SEOUL– Logistics firms and delivery workers reached a tentative deal on Wednesday afternoon to end a protracted strike that disrupted parcel delivery nationwide, volume of which has risen significantly since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.Deliv…
SEOUL– Defense ministry investigators raided the offices of the Air Force’s legal affairs department Wednesday over the suicide of a sexually harassed noncommissioned officer as part of a sprawling investigation into what led the victim to take her ow…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned of “prolonged” anti-coronavirus measures, the latest indication his country’s strict lockdown will not end anytime soon. During a meeting of ruling party leaders, Kim discussed the need to maintain a “perfect ant…
SEOUL– Eleven people, including seven foreign nationals, have been caught attempting to smuggle nearly 100 pieces of ancient Korean cultural assets out of the country, police said Tuesday.The Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency in the central city said…
SEOUL– The foreign ministry refused Tuesday to confirm a Japanese media report that Seoul and Tokyo were in talks over President Moon Jae-in’s possible visit to Japan on the occasion of the Tokyo Olympics later this year.The Yomiuri Shimbun reported e…
SEOUL– South Korea will make a bid for a seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2024-25 period, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday.The government plans to launch an official campaign at the U.N. Gene…
SEOUL– A military public defender was questioned Tuesday for allegedly failing to provide adequate help to a sexually abused Air Force noncommissioned officer as military prosecutors expanded an investigation into what led the victim to take her own l…