SEOUL– Yoon Seok-youl, a leading presidential contender from the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), has found himself in hot water after making favorable comments about former authoritarian leader Chun Doo-hwan.Yoon, a former prosecutor general…
SEOUL– President Moon Jae-in will participate in a series of ASEAN-related summits next week via video links, as South Korea seeks closer cooperation with Southeast Asian nations in a post-pandemic era, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday.Next week’s summits…
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations called on North Korea Wednesday to refrain from further provocative actions and engage in “sustained and substantive dialogues,” after Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile from a submarine this week.“We shoul…
SEOUL– Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled new color variants for the Galaxy Z Flip3 and special collaboration models with the music and fashion company Maison Kitsune for its smartwatch and wireless earbuds.In its latest “Unpacked” online e…
SEOUL– The ruling Democratic Party (DP) referred an opposition lawmaker to the parliamentary ethics committee Tuesday for making groundless claims against its presidential nominee, Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung, using a dubious photo of bundles of cash….
SEOUL– North Korea fired an apparent submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) into the East Sea on Tuesday in yet another show of force, potentially complicating South Korea’s bid to resume dialogue and reinvigorate the long-stalled peace process.T…
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and a top South Korean security official met in Seoul to discuss North Korean issues, a Cheong Wa Dae official said Monday, as Seoul and Washington crank up diplomacy to resume dialogue with Pyongyang…
President Moon Jae-in on Monday urged an umbrella labor union to refrain from waging a large-scale strike planned for this week, saying that such a move could make it more difficult for health authorities to slow the spread of COVID-19.Moon made the re…
Senior defense officials of South Korea and Saudi Arabia held talks in Seoul on Monday to discuss bilateral cooperation in the arms industry, security and other areas, the defense ministry said.Vice Defense Minister Park Jae-min and Fayyadh bin Hamed A…
Police apprehended a man in his 50s Monday for making a false threat to blow up the National Assembly.The man, whose identity was withheld, allegedly called a lawmaker’s office earlier in the day to claim he planted an explosive at the assembly complex…
SEOUL– South Korea’s first vice foreign minister left for London on Sunday for talks with British officials on bilateral relations, the security situation on the Korean Peninsula and other issues of mutual interest, his office said.The weeklong trip b…
The intelligence chiefs of South Korea, the United States and Japan will meet in Seoul early next week for closed-door talks on North Korea, among other issues, a government source here said Saturday. According to the source, Park Jie-won, head of Sout…