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November 17, 2024 04:59pm
South Korean delegation in Peru to promote APEC 2025 Korea
A South Korean delegation preparing for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 2025 is in Peru, abuzz with gatherings of leaders from 21 economies around t...
November 17, 2024 03:31pm
US, Korea urge China to act on NK troop deployment
The leaders of South Korea and the United States, respectively, urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to act to address the deepening concerns arising fr...
November 15, 2024 09:48pm
Yoon says military cooperation between N. Korea, Russia aimed at maintaining leaders' power
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has said North Korea and Russia are "colluding" on military cooperation to maintain their leaders' grip on p...
November 15, 2024 06:27pm
Suspended prison term puts opposition leader’s Assembly seat, candidacy at risk
Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was handed a suspended one-year prison sentence Friday for allegedly making false statements during the 2022 president...
November 15, 2024 11:12am
Yoon arrives in Peru to attend APEC summit
President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Peru on Thursday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and meet world leaders to discuss security ...
November 15, 2024 10:47am
Yoon, Biden, Ishiba to discuss 'coordinated' response to NK troop dispatch to Russia: Sullivan
The upcoming trilateral summit between South Korea, the United States and Japan in Peru will be a chance for the three countries to discuss a "coordin...
November 15, 2024 10:25am
Opposition leader set for sentence on election law violation charges
Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is set to be sentenced Friday on charges of lying during the previous presidential campaign when he was a candidate, a...
November 14, 2024 08:58pm
Opposition leader's wife fined for election law violations
A regional court on Thursday fined the wife of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung 1.5 million won ($1,070) for providing free meals during her husband&...
November 14, 2024 08:57pm
S. Korean consul general in New York offers to resign amid speculation over his ties to first lady
South Korea's consul general in New York has offered to step down amid growing criticism from the opposition party in Seoul over his personal tie...
November 14, 2024 08:35pm
Delivery platform commissions to be lowered next year following talks
Delivery platforms and their partnered restaurants reached an agreement Thursday on reducing controversial commission fees to 2 to 7.8 percent from th...
November 14, 2024 06:45pm
Bill passed to compensate for damage from North Korean trash balloons
South Koreans who suffered damage from trash-filled balloons launched by North Korea will now be eligible for compensation. The National Assembly on T...
November 14, 2024 06:37pm
Undercover probes of digital sex crimes permitted
South Korea's National Assembly on Thursday passed a revision to permit undercover investigations of digital sex crimes targeting adults, in a move to...
November 14, 2024 06:28pm
Bill to probe first lady passes again
A bill to appoint a special counsel to investigate President Yoon Suk Yeol’s wife Kim Keon Hee passed the National Assembly on Thursday. All 191 lawma...
November 14, 2024 06:25pm
[Security Forum] What US election watchers in Seoul missed about Trump
Cho Byung-jae, former chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy for training diplomats, says many watchers of the US presidential election i...