Tag: South Korea

SEOUL: South Korea will end the pre-departure COVID-19 test rule for travellers to the country starting on Saturday (Sep 3), Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. South Korea lifted most ...

SEOUL: South Korea said on Tuesday (Aug 30) it would cut annual government spending for the first time in over a decade next year, as it seeks to curb its ...

SEOUL: The head of South Korea's central bank said on Tuesday (Aug 30) his bank's monetary policy stance would not change after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week ...

EXTREME WEATHER IS "THE NEW NORMAL"  "These individual events fit a pattern of increasing extreme events due to climate change," said Professor Matthias Roth from the Department of Geography at ...

SEOUL: Two South Korean companies have signed a US$5.76 billion contract with Poland to export tanks and howitzers, Seoul's arms procurement agency said on Saturday, after Warsaw agreed to ramp ...

SEOUL: South Korea's president Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday (Aug 25) ordered an update of the military's operational plans to address North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats, his office said. ...

SEOUL: South Korea and the United States began their annual joint military drills on Monday (Aug 22) with a resumption of field training, officials said, as the allies seek to ...

SEOUL: North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Friday (Aug 19) the country will never deal with an "audacious" South Korean initiative, ...

The question many have asked in the aftermath is how a country with such advanced technology, boasting cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing and a burgeoning space programme, could fail to manage fundamental ...

Founded in South Korea in the 1950s by self-declared messiah Sun Myung Moon and known for its mass weddings, the group has faced criticism for its fundraising and other issues. ...