South Korea

[Politics] : The main opposition Democratic Party will set up a committee to address what it calls "humiliating diplomacy" with Japan, referring to the government's plan to compensate wartime forced labor victims without involving the accused ...

[Domestic] : Starting this weekend, the government will lift pre-entry COVID-19 testing and the mandatory "Q-Code" pre-entry quarantine information system for travelers from China from this weekend.The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures H...

[Politics] : National Security Advisor Kim Sung-han said on Tuesday that President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to the U.S. will provide an opportunity to strengthen extended deterrence against North Korean nuclear threats. Speaking to correspondents a...

[Politics] : President Yoon Suk Yeol has asked the Presidential Committee on Aging Society and Population Policy to draw up bold and definitive measures to combat the country's low birth rate that can be felt by the general public.According to preside...

[Economy] : The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell 31-point-44 points, or one-point-28 percent, on Wednesday, to close the day at two-thousand-431-point-91.The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also fell, losing one-point-81 points, or zero-point-22 ...

[Politics] : The military will create a drone operations command as early as July to better respond to North Korean drone incursions.The Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) said on Wednesday that the drone command will be launched in the second half of the year an...

[Sports] : Jurgen Klinsmann, the new head coach of the South Korean men's national football team, arrived in the country on Wednesday.Upon arriving at Incheon International Airport in the morning, Klinsmann said he was very proud and honored to have b...

[Culture] : The world's second-largest Ferris wheel will be built in Seoul.The city government said on Wednesday that it decided to build the structure, called "the Seoul Ring," at an ecological park in Sangam, Mapo District based on a review ...

[Domestic] : New data finds that the average income of working women was only 65 percent of earnings by men last year.According to a report released on Wednesday by the labor research institute within the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, working wome...

[Domestic] : At least three people died and 17 were injured after a one-ton truck ran over pedestrians in a parking lot in Sunchang County, North Jeolla Province at around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday.According to the province's fire service and the county...

[Sports] : The manager of South Korea's team for the 2023 World Baseball Classic(WBC), Lee Kang-chul, has vowed to lead the squad to the finals in Miami, Florida.Lee made the remark in a press conference on Wednesday ahead of Team Korea's game aga...

[Politics] : A third emergency relief team is expected to be dispatched to quake-ravaged Trkiye soon to assist with the establishment of a temporary residential complex for displaced victims.At a session of a joint government-civilian overseas relief coun...

[Economy] : Trade minister Ahn Duk-geun departed for the United States on Wednesday for talks on the U.S. CHIPS Act amid growing concerns over its impact on South Korean chipmakers.Prior to departing from Incheon International Airport, Ahn told reporters ...

[Politics] : Anchor: President Yoon Suk Yeol is set to make a state visit to the United States in late April, the first such visit by a South Korean president in 12 years. In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the South Korea-U.S. alliance, the leader...

[Politics] : South Korea says it plans to accelerate working group participation in the U.S.-led Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or the Quad, that includes Australia, India and Japan.A high-ranking government official told South Korean correspondents in ...

[Domestic] : New COVID-19 cases registered in the 12-thousands on Wednesday.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency(KDCA) said on Wednesday that 12-thousand-798 infections were reported throughout Tuesday, including 12 from overseas, bringing the ...

[International] : Second vice foreign minister Lee Do-hoon met with the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) to discuss Japan's planned discharge of contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.Accor...

[Politics] : The ruling People Power Party(PPP) is set to hold a national convention on Wednesday to pick a new leader.The vote totals for the party leadership will be announced during the convention at the KINTEX exhibition center in Goyang on Wednesday ...

[Inter-Korea] : South Korea dismissed North Korea's claim that it fired artillery shells at a shooting range near the inter-Korean border.Calling the allegation "groundless,"; the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Tuesday that there was no artiller...

[Politics] : Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said that he expects South Korea will faithfully implement its plan to settle the issue of compensation for victims of Japan's wartime forced labor.The minister made the remarks during a press c...

[Politics] : President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Saudi Arabia's defense minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, on Tuesday and discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the arms industry and defense.According to the ...

[Politics] : The White House said that the national security advisers of South Korea and the U.S. held a meeting to discuss an upcoming summit between their leaders.In a press release on Tuesday, the White House said South Korean National Security Advisor...

[Politics] : The White House said on Tuesday that President Yoon Suk Yeol will make a state visit to the United States next month.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will ho...

[Politics] : South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will make a state visit to the United States next month.The presidential office in Seoul on Tuesday night announced Yoon's planned state visit to the U.S. in late April.Yoon's trip will mark the fi...

[Politics] : South Korea's top intelligence agency believes North Korea could carry out a nuclear drill and launch a spy satellite and a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM) in the near future.In a briefing to a parliamentary committee ...

[Domestic] : An elderly victim of Japan's wartime forced labor, Yang Geum-deok took to the streets to protest the South Korean government's plan to compensate victims like herself without involving the accused Japanese firms.At age 95, Yang showed...

[Politics] : The education sector has called for a complete overhaul in government policies following reports that spending on private education hit an all time high last year.In a Tuesday statement, the Korean Federation of Teachers' Associations sai...

[Politics] : President Yoon Suk Yeol has reportedly said that he bears full responsibility in regards to the controversy over what some critics call a humiliating diplomacy with Japan.A Presidential official told Yonhap news agency on Tuesday that during ...

[Economy] : The government will invest 170 trillion won, or some 130 billion U.S. dollars, into science and technology over the next five years to become the world's fifth-strongest technology powerhouse by the year 2030.The Ministry of Science and IC...

[Economy] : The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose zero-point-73 points, or zero-point-03 percent, on Tuesday, to close the day at two-thousand-463-point-35.The tech-heavy KOSDAQ meanwhile fell, losing zero-point-75 points, or zero-po...

[Politics] : The South Korean and U.S. military conducted a takeoff and landing exercise at an emegency landing strip in Changnyeong County, South Gyeongsang Province on Tuesday.According to South Korea's Air Force, some ten aircraft took part in the ...

[Economy] : Bank of Korea(BOK) governor Rhee Chang-yong said on Tuesday that consumer prices are expected to come in at four-point-five percent in March.Addressing inflation at a local forum, the central banker said consumer inflation is expected to furth...

[Inter-Korea] : The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) has expressed concern over the continual detection of "deeply troubling" signs of activity at North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear testing facility.At the United Nations agen...

[Domestic] : Police launched a raid of the home of actor Yoo Ah-in in an investigation into allegations of illegal drug use on Tuesday.The narcotics unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency sent investigators to his home as well as another location.Th...

[Domestic] : Around six out of every ten men and women in the country aged 19 to 34 have expressed an intent to have children.According to the results of a survey released on Tuesday of 15-thousand people conducted from last July to August by the Office f...

[Economy] : Kakao Corporation announced a plan to secure up to 35 percent of SM Entertainment shares through a tender offer in its ongoing boardroom battle with Hybe for control of the K-pop powerhouse.In a statement on Tuesday, Kakao and its entertainmen...

[Politics] : Anchor: Washington continued to welcome Seoul's compensation plan for Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor, with the State Department calling the relationship between the U.S. and its two key allies central to achieving a fr...

[Politics] : Japan's economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura says conditions to resume a policy meeting on export control have been created as Seoul expressed intent to halt the dispute settlement process it began with the World Trade Organization(WTO) o...

[Domestic] : Private education posted record highs for both spending and participation last year in the wake of the full lifting of social distancing rules.According to data released by Statistics Korea on Tuesday, spending on private education stood at r...

[Politics] : President Yoon Suk Yeol said Seoul's forced labor compensation plan announced the previous day is the outcome of respect for the positions of the victims as well as consideration for the shared interests and future development of South Ko...

[Politics] : Talks are under way to arrange summit meetings between President Yoon Suk Yeol and the leaders of the U.S. and Japan in the wake of Seoul's announcement of a plan on wartime forced labor compensation aimed at improving frayed ties with To...

[Domestic] : The Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor have strongly protested Seoul's plan to fund the compensation through domestic firms that benefited from the 1965 normalization treaty with Tokyo.At a press conference in the southwes...

[Domestic] : New COVID-19 cases registered in the 12-thousands on Tuesday.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency(KDCA) said Tuesday that 12-thousand-284 infections were reported throughout Monday, including 19 from overseas, bringing the total ca...

[Economy] : South Korea's imports of Japanese beer hit the highest level in more than three years in January.According to the data from the Korea Customs Service on Tuesday, the country imported two million-four-thousand dollars'-worth of Japanese...

[International] : South Korean and U.S. military authorities are coordinating to schedule a visit to South Korea by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley in late March.According to Seoul's military authorities on Tuesday, the two side...

[Economy] : The country's per capita income in dollars decreased by nearly eight percent last year on the back of the won's depreciation against the U.S. currency.According to the Bank of Korea(BOK) on Tuesday, the country's gross national inc...

[Inter-Korea] : North Korea's foreign ministry has called on the international community to demand that South Korea and the United States stop their combined military drills.Issuing a statement carried by the North's state-run Korean Central News ...

[Inter-Korea] : Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, reportedly said that North Korea is ready to take overwhelming action against the military activities of South Korea and the U.S.The younger Kim issued the warning in a s...

[International] : The United States has welcomed South Korea's announcement of its plan to resolve the long-disputed issue of compensation for Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor.U.S. State Department Press Secretary Ned Price said on M...

[Politics] : President Yoon Suk Yeol has called for drastic measures to increase investment profits from the country's national pension to protect the people's precious retirement funds. He made the call on Monday presiding over a meeting with top...