INCHEON, South Korea – The 56th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors begins here today at the Songdo Convensia Center in this international port city. Incheon is an expanding metropolis with a population of three million, making it South Korea’s third most...
Two South Koreans who are allegedly wanted for crimes in their country have been arrested by the Bureau of Immigration (BI). (Bureau of Immigration) Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the arrest was carried out on April 25 in Imus, Cavite by members of the bureau’s Fugitive Search...
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...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported the arrest in Cagayan de Oro City of a South Korean national wanted by authorities in Seoul for allegedly swindling a compatriot in a fraudulent sale transaction. (Stock photo via Manila Bulletin) Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Park Sang Hyun,...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia on Wednesday warned South Korea against sending weapons to Ukraine after Seoul opened the door to possible military aid to Kyiv in the event of a large-scale civilian attack. An ally of Washington, Seoul has provided non-lethal and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, but...
California-40th congressional district Rep. Young Kim (left), and House Speaker Martin Romualdez. (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez rubbed elbows on Tuesday morning, April 18 (Philippine time) with an Asian trailblazer in the United States (US) House of Representatives. Romualdez...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (Screenshot from Zoom) Suspended congressman, Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. continues to make his exact whereabouts a mystery. In a press briefing via Zoom on Monday afternoon, April 17--his first since the...
SEOUL, South Korea -- A bus carrying Israeli tourists overturned on a rural road in central South Korea, local police told AFP Friday, leaving one person dead and dozens more injured. The bus carrying 33 Israeli tourists was travelling from the popular historic city of Gyeongju in the southeast to...
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's top court ruled Thursday that Google must disclose details of any personal information of South Korean nationals that it had shared with third parties, sending the case back to a lower court. The ruling comes in response to a 2014 lawsuit filed by a group of...
Aid supplies from South Korea arrived in Manila on Wednesday for the ongoing efforts to clean up the tanker oil spill that started from the waters off Mindoro Oriental. According to the Korean Embassy in the Philippines, about 20 tons of sorbent pads and snares, 1,000 meters of solid flotation...
South Korea is in need of fruit and vegetable farmers, and the Philippines could be a potential source. This was shared by Pampanga 4th district Rep. Anna York Bondoc in a recent video she uploaded on Facebook. Bondoc, a vice chairperson of the House Committee on Poverty Alleviation, was part of a...
TUTOK TO WIN Party-list Rep. Sam Verzosa recently shared on Facebook photos of him and fellow House of Representatives members during a trip to South Korea. Heading the Philippine delegation was Senior Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Based on his uploads about the trip,...
