The Department of Finance (DOF) renewed an agreement allowing the Marcos administration to access South Korea’s official development assistance (ODA) under its Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) for the government’s infrastructure program. DOF said in a statement that Finance...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's party sued a local broadcaster Thursday, claiming it had misrepresented comments caught on a hot mic in which he appeared to insult key security ally the United States. Park Dae-chul (2nd L), lawmaker from South Korea's ruling People...
SEOUL, South Korea -- US Vice President Kamala Harris toured South Korea's heavily fortified border with the nuclear-armed North on Thursday, part of a trip aimed at strengthening the security alliance with Seoul. US Vice President Kamala Harris holds binoculars at the military observation post as...
A Korean pop music composer, producer and musician was arrested by the police in Seoul for using and possessing methamphetamine. Don Spike as a guest on the Korean TV show "Oh Eun Young's Golden Clinic" Don Spike, 45, who is also a TV personality, was busted by the police in a hotel in Gangnam,...
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea and China have resumed cross-border freight train trade, Seoul said Tuesday, ending a five-month suspension linked to Covid-19. A freight train crosses a bridge connecting the Chinese border city of Dandong with the North Korean city of Sinuiju. (Park...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea and the United States began their first combined naval exercise near the peninsula in five years on Monday, a day after Pyongyang conducted a ballistic missile launch. In this picture taken on September 23, 2022, crew members walk on the deck of the US Navy's...
NEW YORK, USA — The Philippines is ready to take a constructive role in ushering in the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets with members of the Asia Society in New York City on...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's president has denied insulting key security ally the United States, claiming to have been mistranslated, prompting further domestic incredulity on Friday. Yoon Suk-yeol was overheard on a hot mic and seen on camera seemingly insulting US lawmakers shortly after...
BUSAN, South Korea -- A US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea Friday for the first time in nearly five years, ahead of joint drills in a show of force aimed at the nuclear-armed North. The US Navy's nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) aircraft carrier arrives at ROK Fleet Command in...
SEOUL, South Korea -- Already battling record-low approval ratings, South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol has landed in trouble again after his disparaging remarks about key ally the United States were caught on a hot mic. South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol. JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP Yoon,...
“Squid Game” star and Emmy winner Lee Jung-jae, and actors Namkoong Min and Kim Nam-gil have tested positive for Covid-19. Lee Jung-jae and Kim Nam-gil both tested positive for the virus after returning to South Korea from their overseas schedule. (From left) Korean actors Namkoong Min, Lee...
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean prosecutors have asked Interpol to issue a red notice for Do Kwon, the founder of failed cryptocurrency Terra, saying he was refusing to cooperate with their probe into its $40 billion collapse. An official from the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors'...
