SEOUL– The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized a seven-year prison term handed down to a noncommissioned Air Force officer for sexually abusing a female colleague who later took her own life. The master sergeant, only...
SEOUL– South Korea plans to sell 9 trillion won (US$6.25 billion) in government bonds next month, the finance ministry said Thursday. The ministry will issue 1.3 trillion won in Treasurys with a two-year maturity, another...
SEOUL– The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) decided to file a defamation complaint with police against Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon on charges of stating false information about prosecution reform legislation, officials said Wednesday. The DP...
SEOUL– The ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Wednesday asked National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo not to put a motion calling for dismissing the foreign minister to a vote, saying no-confidence against the top diplomat...
SEOUL– The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) will introduce a motion for the dismissal of Foreign Minister Park Jin unless he is sacked immediately for mishandling President Yoon Suk-yeol’s latest overseas trip marred by Yoon’s...
SEOUL– Britain’s top diplomat will visit South Korea this week as part of his Asia tour to discuss bilateral cooperation, his office said Sunday. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will meet with his South Korean...
Two candidates on Saturday announced their bids for the floor leadership in the ruling People Power Party (PPP). Rep. Joo Ho-young and Rep. Lee Yong-ho will compete in a vote to select the floor leader...
The minor progressive Justice Party (JP) on Saturday adopted a resolution pledging a massive overhaul of itself in a bid to win back the minds of the people. The resolution, which was adopted at the...
SEOUL– South Korea will continue to wait for a response from North Korea to its recent proposal to hold talks on the issue of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, an official at Seoul’s...
SEOUL– The ruling People Power Party (PPP) announced members of its new emergency committee Tuesday, completing transition to a new leadership amid an ongoing dispute with former party leader Lee Jun-seok.Emergency Committee Chairman Chung Jin-suk ann…
SUWON, South Korea– Police wrapped up their reinvestigation into allegations of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung’s third-party bribery surrounding a corporate donation to a football club years ago and transferred the case to the prosecution with an opi…
South Korea should co-sponsor an annual resolution condemning North Korea for its human rights abuses and urging the regime to improve the situation, Seoul’s new ambassador to the United Nations said. Ambassador Hwang Joon-kook made...