SEOUL– Top military officers of South Korea and the United States held video talks on Tuesday and agreed that the allies are “fully ready” to deal with any North Korean provocations, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.The talks between outgoing …
SEOUL– Seoul and two other major cities recorded tropical nights for two days in a row on Tuesday, the state weather agency said.Seoul’s lowest temperature reached 25.8 C, 0.4 C higher than a day earlier, according to the Korea Meteorological Administ…
SEJONG– The proportion of one-person households in South Korea is expected to reach nearly 40 percent in 2050 due to a delay in marriages and rapid aging, a government estimate showed Tuesday.The number of households consisting of one member is foreca…
SEOUL– SsangYong Motor Co. said Tuesday it awaits a court’s approval for its decision to select a local consortium led by chemical-to-steel firm KG Group as the final bidder for the debt-laden carmaker.SsangYong has applied for the approval from the B…
SEOUL– Former National Security Adviser Suh Hoon said Monday he will cooperate with efforts to establish facts on the case of a fisheries official killed by North Korea in 2020 but insisted there was no wrongdoing by the Moon Jae-in government in hand…
SEOUL– Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) said Monday it has received a 745 billion won (US$573 million) patrol vessel order from the Philippines.Under the deal signed in Manila, Korea Shipbuilding will build …
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol will deal with a resignation offer from National Police Agency Commissioner General Kim Chang-yong in accordance with due procedures, a presidential official said Monday, suggesting the offer won’t be immediately accepte…
SEOUL– After playing what may have been his last match in South Korea over the weekend, Incheon United forward Stefan Mugosa thanked his fans and teammates for their support over his four-plus years in the western city.Mugosa, a 30-year-old Montenegri…
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol departed for Spain on Monday to attend a NATO summit and meet with world leaders to discuss security and economic issues on his first overseas trip as president.South Korea is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Or…
SEOUL– National Police Agency Commissioner General Kim Chang-yong offered to resign Monday, days after President Yoon Suk-yeol strongly chastised police over a recent personnel reshuffle flip-flopping.Police released the names of new senior superinten…
SEOUL– South Korea’s military plans to participate in a U.S.-led multinational exercise on cyber operations in October, the defense ministry said Monday amid growing security threats from North Korea.South Korea plans to send around 20 personnel to th…
INCHEON– South Korean teen swimming sensation Hwang Sun-woo left for the world championships in Hungary earlier this month, hoping to make some noise at the biennial competition.On Monday, the 19-year-old came home with a shiny silver medal around his…