Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac (Screengrab from a DMW press briefing) A total of 20 Filipino seafarers aboard the Norwegian-flagged MV Lunita have not been charged as South Korean authorities continue their investigation into the vessel for suspected drug smuggling,...
INCHEON, South Korea - The World Journalists Conference (WJC) 2025 closed in South Korea on April 4 with participants meeting business and political leaders, experiencing Korean culture and food, and visiting different places around the country during the week-long event. The conference...
SEOUL - The World Journalists Conference (WJC) 2025 opened in Seoul, South Korea on March 31, focusing on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the media and climate change. WJC is hosted by the Journalists Association of Korea, headed by its president, Park Jong-hyun of the Segye media...
Elizabeth Salmon, the U.N. special rapporteur for North Korea's human rights, is seen in this file photo taken during her last visit to South Korea in September 2022. (Yonhap) By KWAK YEON-SOO Nearly 46 percent of North Koreans are undernourished, according to a recent U.N. report, as the...
NO TO WAR EXERCISE – Protesters gather during a press conference demanding to stop the upcoming Freedom Shield military exercise between the U.S. and South Korea, near the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 10, 2025. The letters read "Stop, War exercise." (AP Photo/Lee...
This undated photo provided on Sept. 13, 2024, by the North Korean government shows its leader Kim Jong Un, center, on an inspecting visit at what they say is an institute of nuclear weapons and a facility for nuclear materials at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Independent journalists were...
U.S. MH-60 Seahawk helicopters are seen on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson at a port in Busan, South Korea, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim...
A group of Russian tourists, likely the first foreign travelers from any country to enter North Korea since the pandemic arrive at the Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A small group of...
Olivia Marsh, the older sister of K-pop girl group NewJeans (aka NJZ) member Danielle, admitted plagiarizing a song in her first mini-album “Meanwhile” just four months after making her debut as a singer. Marsh, who debuted as a singer in October last year, released “Meanwhile” on...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco (second from right) leads the ceremonial signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and the conferment of Philippine tourism ambassadorship to South Korean singer-songwriter and actor Seo In Guk (second from left) at the DOT...
Philippine Navy (PN) delegates led by Rear Admiral Joe Anthony Orbe (fourth from left), commander of Philippine Fleet, meet with delegates from the Royal Brunei Navy led by Captain Sahibul Bahari Bin Zainal Abidin (third from right), Chief of the Royal Brunei Navy, on the sidelines of the...
General Romeo Brawner Jr., chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, delivers a speech during the 89th founding anniversary of the AFP at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Dec. 20, 2024. (Courtesy of AFP) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. is keen on...
