SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea will fully implement a key military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a defence ministry official told AFP on Saturday, as the two countries move to thaw long-frozen relations and renew diplomacy to counter Pyongyang. At a fence-mending summit on Thursday,...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his daughter, personally oversaw the recent test-firing of the country's most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile, state media images showed Friday. The launch on Thursday -- Pyongyang's second ICBM test this year --...
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea said Wednesday it would build the world's largest chip centre using $230 billion of private investment mostly from Samsung Electronics, as it seeks an edge in the global industry. The plan is part of the South Korean government's drive to invest heavily in six key...
The Philippines has condemned the recent international ballistic missile test as well as other similar tests conducted by North Korea as such tests provoke tension across the world. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) issued the statement after North Korea fired on February 18 a...
An employee of Korea’s high-speed train has illegally accessed the personal information of K-pop boy band BTS member RM. An exclusive report by Korean news program “SBS Eight O'Clock News” on March 1 stated that a female employee of the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) was able to access...
Have a sip of South Korea’s love of iced Americano By Cat Barton Images Jung Yeon-je COFFEE OVER ICE Independent coffee shop owner Kim Bum-soo says around half his coffee sales are iced Americanos all year round K-pop stars BTS drink it. It appears in K-dramas. Fans are so dedicated to consuming...
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister on Monday warned of "corresponding counteraction" to US-South Korean joint military drills, state media said, after Pyongyang carried out two banned missile launches in two days. KIM YO JONG (AFP) "The frequency of using...
A woman walks past a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on February 18, 2023. Anthony WALLACE / AFP SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired a suspected long-range ballistic missile Saturday, South Korea's military...
TOKYO, Japan -- A North Korean missile that is believed to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone on Saturday was intercontinental ballistic missile-class, the government in Tokyo said. Pyongyang "fired one ICBM-class ballistic missile toward the east. It flew for about 66 minutes," chief...
The explosion of fascination with Korean food is now more felt here in the Philippines—this restaurant could show you why Sometime in the mid-’90s, South Korean entertainment, particularly music, and dramas started gaining popularity in Asian countries such as Japan and China. Around this time,...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea said Friday it would begin issuing short-term visas to travellers from China again, ending a Covid-linked restriction that sparked a furious response and tit-for-tat measures from Beijing. In January, Seoul imposed travel requirements, including visa restrictions...
A Korean actor, professional athletes and a medical student were indicted in South Korea on Feb. 9 for faking illness to evade military service. Military service is a mandatory duty for men in South Korea that ranges from 18 to 21 months. Military service in South Korea (Photo from Korea Army...
