The overarching theme of Saturday’s first summit between President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden was the expansion of the two countries’ military alliance to a “global comprehensive strategic alliance” covering everything from semiconducto…
U.S. President Joe Biden held a phone conversation with former South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Saturday, calling him a “good friend” and thanking him for making efforts to strengthen the alliance between the two countries while in office, an aide…
North Korea said Saturday it has confirmed around 220,000 new cases of fever and another death, nine days after publicly admitting a COVID-19 outbreak.The nation’s leader Kim Jong-un also had a ruling Workers’ Party politburo meeting to discuss strateg…
SEOUL– Prosecutors are looking into whether to bring Ponzi fraud charges against CEO Do Kwon of Terraform Labs, sources said Friday, a day after investors sued him over the shocking crash of the firm’s two cryptocurrencies.In a crash starting last wee…
SEOUL– First lady Kim Keon-hee is expected to briefly exchange greetings with U.S. President Joe Biden during a state dinner to be held Saturday after summit talks between President Yoon Suk-yeol and Biden, an official close to Kim said Friday.Biden i…
SEOUL– U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea on Friday for his first summit with President Yoon Suk-yeol on a range of issues, including North Korea’s nuclear program and supply chain risks.Biden’s Air Force One landed at Osan Air Base in Py…
SEOUL– The land ministry on Friday announced its decision to postpone the plan to temporarily open to the public part of the site for an envisioned national park near the presidential office in central Seoul, citing a lack of preparations.On Thursday,…
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol will preside over his first regular Cabinet session in the administrative city of Sejong next week, his office said Friday.The meeting will be held Thursday at the government complex in Sejong, 130 kilometers southeast o…
SEOUL– The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) decided Friday to confirm Prime Minister nominee Han Duck-soo, an official said, in an about-face amid concern that rejecting the nomination could backfire and hurt its chances in next month’s local ele…
SEOUL– U.S. President Joe Biden is set to arrive in South Korea on Friday for his first summit with President Yoon Suk-yeol on a range of issues, including North Korea’s nuclear program and supply chain risks.Biden’s visit, his first since taking offi…
SEOUL– Chung Eui-sun, the chief of South Korea’s auto giant Hyundai Motor Group, is expected to ask for Washington’s support for the group’s push in burgeoning sectors that include urban air mobility (UAM) and robotics in a meeting with U.S. President…
SEOUL– COVID-19 patients will be able to vote in the June 1 local elections and parliamentary by-elections at the same polling stations as uninfected voters after the regular voting session is over, the state election watchdog said Friday.The patients…