Tag: South Korea

SEOUL: A fire broke out at the basement of a shopping mall in the South Korean city of Daejeon on Monday (Sep 26), killing at least seven people, officials said. ...

SEOUL: South Korea and the United States began their first combined naval exercise near the peninsula in five years on Monday (Sep 26), a day after Pyongyang conducted a ballistic ...

South Korea's military has detected signs that North Korea may be preparing to test a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday (Sep 24), days before a ...

SEOUL: South Korea's president has denied insulting key security ally the United States, claiming to have been mistranslated, prompting further domestic incredulity on Friday (Sep 23). Yoon Suk-yeol was overheard ...

SEOUL: South Korea's central bank said on Friday (Sep 23) it was setting up a currency swap arrangement with the National Pension Service to divert some of the fund's foreign ...

South Korean authorities initially believed Kwon was in Singapore before the country's police announced last week that he wasn’t there. Kwon, who has been accused of exaggerating the stability of ...

It’s certainly more worrying now that the regime is talking openly about possible preemptive strikes. But has it increased the likelihood that North Korea might press the red button first? Probably ...

SEOUL: A US aircraft carrier will visit South Korea this week for joint drills for the first time in about four years, officials of both countries said on Monday (Sep ...

SEOUL: China's top legislator Li Zhanshu said on Friday (Sep 16) he hopes to further strengthen cooperation with South Korea on supply chains, after meeting with South Korean parliament speaker ...

SEOUL: China's top legislator, Li Zhanshu, called on Friday (Sep 16) for more cooperation with South Korea on cutting-edge technologies and supply chain issues. Li, chairman of the National People's ...