SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol flew to Washington Monday for a six-day state visit, as the allies move to bulk up military cooperation over North Korea's expanding nuclear threats. Pyongyang has conducted another record-breaking string of sanctions-defying launches this...
NEW CHAPTER - South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) and his wife Kim Keon Hee disembark from the aircraft upon their arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on March 16, 2023. Yoon arrived in Japan on March 16 looking to open a "new chapter" in relations, just hours after Pyongyang fired...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said Wednesday he would consider suspending a 2018 agreement that created maritime buffer zones with the North should Pyongyang "violate" Seoul's territory again. The deal, struck during a period of high-profile diplomacy at a summit in...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is supporting South Korea in its denuclearization efforts in the Korean Peninsula by saying the government will do what it can to give assistance. Marcos, who recently condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile launches, backed the initiatives...
South Korea’s new minister of culture, sports and tourism has echoed the opinion of President Yoon Suk-yeol that granting Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS an exemption from the mandatory military service should be based on public opinion. Park Bo-gyoon, who assumed office as the new head of...
Korean actor Jang Hyuk and actress Kim Hye-yoon, star of the movie “The Girl on a Bulldozer” and the drama “Snowdrop,” will be honored at the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) which will run from July 15 to 28, and on July 23 and July 28 to 31 at Asia Society The 20th edition of NYAFF is...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said any government plan to exempt K-pop superstars BTS from military service should be based on the opinion of the public. All Korean men are required by law to enlist in the military by age 28. Through an amendment of Korea’s Military Service Act, which took...
Another controversy erupted after South Korea’s President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol became a guest on the popular tvN cable TV program “You Quiz on the Block” on April 20. “You Quiz on the Block” is a popular talk show hosted by Yoo Jae-suk of “Running Man” and Jo Se-ho. South Korea’s...
Korean netizens are opposing the appearance of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol on a popular TV show. It was earlier announced that Yoon Suk-yeol already taped an episode of the tvN talk show “You Quiz on the Block,” hosted by Yoo Jae-suk of “Running Man” and Jo Se-ho. The episode will air on...
Fans of BTS are opposing the plan to invite the K-pop idol group to perform at the inauguration of new South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol. This after Yoon’s transition committee member Park Joo-sun said they were discussing the possibility of BTS performing at Yoon’s inauguration that will be...
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's president-elect said Sunday he will relocate his office from the "imperial" Blue House, in a move critics charged is linked to his belief in shamanistic spiritual practices. South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a press conference to...
SEOUL, South Korea – Threatening a pre-emptive strike, swiftly responding to missile tests, and telling "rude boy" leader Kim Jong Un to behave: South Korea's next president looks set to get tough on the nuclear-armed North, analysts say. For the last five years Seoul has pursued a policy of...
