CHEONAN -- South Korea's under-20 national football team captain Lee Sang-min said the players have so far showed only half of the things that they've prepared for the U-20 World Cup.Host South Korea will face Portugal on Tuesday in the round of 16 at the U-20 World Cup at Cheonan Sports Complex in Cheonan, some 90 kilometers south of Seoul. The young Taeguk Warriors finished second in Group A with two wins and one loss, while Portugal were runners-up in Group C with one win, one draw and one lo

Soccer May 30, 2017

WASHINGTON -- A US Army brigade with some 3,500 troops will deploy to South Korea this summer as part of a regular rotation of forces, the Department of the Army has announced.The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, will replace the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, and support the United States Forces-Korea's commitment to Republic of Korea partners, the department said in a statement. (Yonhap)"The Black Jack Brigade l

Defense May 30, 2017

The National Assembly will hold a two-day confirmation hearing for Constitutional Court President-nominee Kim Yi-su next month, parliamentary officials said Monday.The special parliamentary hearing panel consisting of 13 lawmakers from the four major parties finalized its plan to hold the hearing next Wednesday and Thursday, they said. Constitutional Court President-nominee Kim Yi-su arrives at the court in Seoul on May 29, 2017. (Yonhap)The parties will seek to adopt a joint report on the outco

Politics May 29, 2017

South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo held a series of meetings Monday with visiting US lawmakers, during which they reaffirmed a robust alliance, his ministry said.Han met with Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), head of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, at his office, hours after North Korea fired another ballistic missile. South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo (R) shakes hands with Rep. Mac Thornb

North Korea May 29, 2017

The top security advisor to President Moon Jae-in reaffirmed South Korea's commitment to a stronger alliance with the United States Monday during a meeting with the visiting chair of the US House Armed Services Committee, Seoul's presidential office said."National Security Office chairman Chung Eui-yong held a meeting with an eight-person delegation from the House Committee on Armed Services, led by committee chairman Mac Thornberry, and explained the direction of our government's basic policy t

Politics May 29, 2017

A South Korean woman in her 30s has gone missing in Laos while traveling alone in the country's popular waterfall area, the foreign ministry here said Monday. The woman, whose name was not given by the ministry, went to see the Kuang Si Waterfalls in Laos' Luang Prabang region on May 22 before going missing, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The hotel she was staying at reported her disappearance to the police after she did not show up.In collaboration with the Laos police, the South Korean

Foreign Affairs May 29, 2017

North Korea on Monday strongly condemned the leftist Moon Jae-in government's move to maintain a specific presidential panel, set up by its predecessor, asserting the idea is "against public sentiment expressed by candlelight rallies." "The incumbent South Korean authorities are raising great concerns at home and abroad as they are trying to keep intact the puppet the Presidential Committee for Unification Preparation, which (former President) Park Geun-hye had cooked up and exploited for impure

North Korea May 29, 2017

South Korea's political parties on Monday condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launch, saying the communist state would only face deeper isolation and stronger sanctions unless it ceases its provocations.The North fired off a short-range ballistic missile from its eastern coast in the morning, the third provocation since Seoul's new President Moon Jae-in was sworn in on May 10. This photo, taken on May 26, 2017, shows Back Hye-ryun, spokeswoman for the ruling Democratic Party, speaking duri

Politics May 29, 2017

The South Korean government on Monday acknowledged the widespread public disapproval of the controversial deal to end bilateral feuds over Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women and expressed hopes to resolve the issue through joint efforts."The government wishes to overcome the problem wisely through joint efforts between South Korea and Japan while accepting the reality that the majority of our public do not approve of the comfort women agreement sentimentally," the Ministry of For

Foreign Affairs May 29, 2017

South Korea's candlelight protests that called for the impeachment of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye boosted the spread of the public sentiment for the ouster of US President Donald Trump, a North Korean paper claimed Monday. "The protests against Trump took place one after the other in many places in the US in February. ... Participants there cried out slogans, such as 'Trump should step down,' while saying they gained confidence that they could change their government from the imp

North Korea May 29, 2017

Top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan strongly condemned North Korea's latest missile test Monday, vowing to maintain close cooperation and seek stern action against Pyongyang's "reckless" and "continued" provocations, the foreign ministry said.Kim Hong-kyun, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs at the foreign ministry, discussed the North's missile test conducted early in the day in separate telephone conversations with his US and Japan

North Korea May 29, 2017

The foreign ministry Monday started an anti-hacking exercise that simulates an infiltration into its computer systems in cooperation with the National Intelligence Service, a government source said. The five-day training is part of efforts to beef up its cybersecurity ability amid growing hacking threats. Employees monitor possible WannaCry ransomware attacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul on May 17, 2017. (Yonhap)The cybersecurity center of the spy agency plays a role as an

Defense May 29, 2017

The much talked about impeachment of US President Donald Trump is "very unlikely" to come true, famous American columnist Thomas Friedman said Monday, calling the talk of impeachment "way, way premature."It is "very unlikely because we are not your grandfathers' America. This is not your grandfathers' Republican Party," the New York Times columnist said in a lecture in Seoul to showcase his new book "Thank You for Being Late." The event was arranged by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies.Ameri

World News May 29, 2017

The South Korean government said Monday six dammed reservoirs set aside for irrigation will remain open from Thursday as part of an effort to prevent water quality from deteriorating further.Six out of 16 dammed pools on the "four rivers" built for irrigation will be opened from 2 p.m. in a move to help resolve their serious green algae problems. But they will maintain set water levels in order to provide agricultural water for nearby farmers during the rice planting season which has just begun,

Social Affairs May 29, 2017