SEOUL– Heavy rains accompanied by strong wind pounded Pyongyang and western parts of North Korea overnight, prompting authorities to prepare for the upcoming rainy season, state media reported Sunday.Pyongyang’s central district received 58 millimeter…
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol spent Sunday preparing for his first overseas trip as president on the eve of his departure to Spain for a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), officials said.Yoon plans to attend the NATO summit in M…
SEOUL– Rep. Yang Hyang-ja, a Samsung Electronics executive-turned-lawmaker, said Sunday she decided to accept an offer from the ruling People Power Party to chair an envisioned special parliamentary committee on semiconductors.The decision drew attent…
SEOUL– LG Electronics Co. said Sunday it has acquired a domestic EV charging maker to advance into the EV charging solutions business amid a global electrification push.LG Electronics recently acquired a 60 percent stake in AppleMango Co. for an unspe…
While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is certain to dominate an upcoming NATO summit in Madrid, Spain and other member nations are quietly pushing the Western alliance to consider how mercenaries aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin are spreading…
SEOUL, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday he does not plan to meet South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Spain next week.”There is no scheduled summit (with Yoon) at the mom…
SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) — Unification Minister Kwon Young-se said Tuesday he is ready to meet North Korea’s new point man handling inter-Korean affairs at “any time in any format” to discuss pending issues on the Korean Peninsula.Kwon extended the ove…
SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) — The leaders of South Korea and Japan may have “meaningful” dialogue during the NATO summit in Spain next week, South Korea’s foreign minister said Tuesday.President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are …
PARIS, June 20 (Yonhap) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Monday asked Robert Clark, co-chair of the Minnesota USA Expo 2027 organization, to support South Korea’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo in its southern port city of Busan.During their meeting …
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee welcomed a group of bereaved family members of Korean War dead Friday, reaffirming his commitment to building a nation where fallen heroes in uniform are respected.About 130 family members of …
SEOUL– First lady Kim Keon-hee met with the wife of former President Moon Jae-in in Seoul on Friday and held a friendly conversation, according to the presidential office.The first lady’s meeting with Kim Jung-sook, Moon’s wife, took place amid the fo…
SEOUL– The ruling People Power Party (PPP) said Friday it will launch a task force to reveal the truth behind the 2020 death of a fisheries official, calling for an investigation of former President Moon Jae-in over the case.The Coast Guard on Thursda…