South Korea

[Domestic] : The plan to build a new international airport on the southern island of Jeju is likely to gain momentum.The environment ministry said on Monday that it agreed to conduct "conditional consultation" on a strategic environment impact ass...

[Politics] : A local civic group supporting the victims of Japan's wartime forced labor strongly protested against the government's decision on ways to compensate the victims.The government on Monday announced that the country would compensate the...

[Politics] : South Korea's two major umbrella labor organizations criticized the government's plan to overhaul the country's workweek system, saying that the measures will force laborers to work long hours and don't guarantee the workers&#...

[Politics] : President Yoon Suk Yeol has emphasized that South Korea's decision to compensate wartime forced labor victims without Japanese firms' involvement is in line with a determination to move toward a future-oriented relationship with Japan...

[Politics] : Two senior judges have been nominated to succeed outgoing Constitutional Court justices Lee Seon-ae and Lee Suk-tae.According to the Supreme Court on Monday, Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su nominated Kim Hyung-du, ex-deputy chief at the National ...

[Economy] : The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 30-point-55 points, or one-point-26 percent, on Monday, to close the day at two-thousand-462-point-62.The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also rose, gaining 14-point-09 points, or one-point-76 perc...

[Economy] : South Korea has decided to halt the dispute settlement process it began with the World Trade Organization(WTO) over Japan's export curbs as the two parties prepare for official talks on lifting the restrictions.According to the Ministry of...

[International] : The U.S. Congress has launched an investigation into inaccuracies on the Korean War Veterans Memorial's recently-unveiled Wall of Remembrance in Washington D.C.According to congress on Sunday local time, representatives of the armed ...

[Politics] : A U.S. B-52H Stratofortress is currently taking part in a joint air drill with the South Korean Air Force on the Korean Peninsula.The military revealed the long-range strategic bomber's participation on Monday while withholding details ab...

[Politics] : U.S. President Joe Biden has hailed South Korea's plan to provide compensation to Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor unveiled on Monday.In a statement released after the announcement by Seoul and a response by Tokyo, Biden...

[Politics] : Anchor: South Korea has proposed a plan to compensate Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor on its own in a bid to resolve the long-disputed issue and improve ties with Japan. A Korean foundation will pay the victims but the defe...

[Inter-Korea] : North Korea says its successful development of a high-thrust engine capable of carrying a rocket guarantees various satellites can be launched into orbit.The remark was made on Sunday by Pak Kyong-su, the vice director of the National Aero...

[Politics] : Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says he believes South Korea's plan to compensate the victims of Japan's wartime forced labor will soundly restore Seoul-Tokyo ties.The minister made the remarks in a news conference on Mond...

[Domestic] : Prosecutor-General Lee One-seok had instructed prosecutors to do their best to ensure that stern punishment is imposed on Jung Myung-seok, the head of a religious movement at the center of controversy following a Netflix documentary.Lee made ...

[Politics] : The rival political parties were divided in their responses to the government's plan on compensation for Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor on Monday.Ahead of the government's expected announcement, ruling People Power...

[Politics] : South Korea has announced a plan to compensate Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor in a bid to resolve the long-disputed issue and improve ties with Japan. At a press conference on Monday, foreign minister Park Jin said the Fou...

[Domestic] : The Korea Forest Service has raised the national wildfire disaster warning from the third-highest "caution" to the second-highest "alert" on the four-tier system in the wake of a series of reported wildfires.According to the s...

[Politics] : South Korea has announced a plan to compensate Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor in a bid to resolve the long-disputed issue and improve ties with Japan.At a press conference on Monday, foreign minister Park Jin said the Foun...

[Domestic] : A group representing the victims of Japan's wartime forced labor staged a rally in front of the foreign ministry building in Seoul on Monday to protest the government's pending announcement of its plan for compensation.The group stron...

[Economy] : A former Seoul branch chief of Lone Star accused of illegalities during the U.S. equity fund's acquisition of a local bank in 2003 was arrested in the U.S. some 17 years after the South Korean government sought his extradition.According to...

[Sports] : Ko Jin-young became the first golfer to defend her title at the HSBC Women's World Championship by winning the LPGA event in Singapore on Sunday.Ko carded a three-under-par 69 in the fourth round at Sentosa Golf Club to finish on 17-under a...

[Politics] : The turnout by ruling People Power Party(PPP) members during a two-day mobile vote to elect new leadership reached a record 47-point-51 percent over the weekend.With the automated response system(ARS) portion of voting set to run from Monday ...

[Domestic] : New COVID-19 cases registered in the four-thousands on Monday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency(KDCA) said Monday that 43-hundred infections were reported throughout Sunday, including 20 from overseas, bringing the total caselo...

[Economy] : The cost of dining out at restaurants has jumped significantly amid persistent inflation.According to the Korea Consumer Agency on Monday, the prices of eight representative menu items at local restaurants and cafeterias in Seoul jumped an ave...

[Politics] : Tokyo will reportedly announce corresponding measures to Seoul's solution to the issue of compensation for Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor.According to Japanese media outlets on Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kis...

[Domestic] : The government plans to adjust the current maximum 52-hour workweek as part of a massive restructuring of the current labor system.The employment and labor ministry and five other related ministries held an emergency economic ministers' m...

[Politics] : Seoul's national security adviser expects to hold intensive talks with U.S. officials to address concerns that Washington's new subsidy program for the semiconductor industry imposes excessive demands on participating foreign firms.Ta...

[Economy] : Inflation dipped below five percent for the first time in ten months in February.According to Statistics Korea on Monday, the country's consumer price index stood at 110-point-38 last month, up four-point-eight percent from a year earlier....

[Politics] : Seoul plans to announce its solution to the issue of compensation for Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor on Monday.Under the purported plan, about four billion won, or some three million U.S. dollars, will be paid to the 15 vi...

[Domestic] : Starting Monday, the nation will administer the rotavirus vaccine for free to infants under the age of six months.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Sunday that the national rotavirus vaccination campaign will begin on Mo...

[Domestic] : Police on Sunday detained a man accused of starting a fire at a fish market in Incheon, which burned down 55 stores.The Incheon Jungbu Police Precinct is reportedly investigating the suspect in his 40s.According to authorities, the fire broke...

[Domestic] : Nearly 60 percent of local governments recorded fewer than one-thousand births last year.According to the Korean Statistical Information Service on Sunday, out of the country's 228 cities, counties, districts, Sejong City and Jeju Island,...

[Economy] : Three out of ten South Koreans who borrowed money from more than three financial institutions were people aged under 40.According to related data from the Bank of Korea on Sunday, the number of people who took out loans from more than three fi...

[Politics] : The country's national security advisor said that diplomatic authorities of South Korea and Japan are entering the final stage in their negotiations on historical issues including compensation for Korean victims of Tokyo's wartime for...

[Politics] : The country's national security advisor, Kim Sung-han, has departed for the United States to discuss pending issues between the two nations.Departing for a five-day trip on Sunday, Kim told reporters at Incheon International Airport that ...

[Economy] : The country's semiconductor inventory rose to its highest level in nearly 26 years in January, amid a slump in global chip demand.According to data by Statistics Korea on Sunday, the inventory-to-sales ratio of the country's chipmakers...

[Inter-Korea] : North Korea's Foreign Ministry has called on the United Nations to demand an immediate halt to combined military drills by South Korea and the United States.Kim Sun-kyung, vice minister of Foreign Affairs, made the call in a statement ...

[Sports] : South Korean figure skater Shin Ji-a won her second silver medal at the 2023 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships.The 15-year-old national champion received 130-point-71 points in the women's free skating program of the championshi...

[Domestic] : Authorities last year detected nearly double the amount of psychotic drugs being smuggled into the country compared to the previous year.According to data from the Korea Customs Service obtained by Democratic Party lawmaker Yang Kyung-sook, t...

[Sports] : Teen snowboarding phenom Lee Chae-un has nabbed the crown for men's halfpipe at the prestigious International Ski Federation's Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships, the youngest in the event's history.The 17-year-old s...

[Politics] : The ruling People Power Party has begun a vote on party members to elect a new leadership. The PPP said Saturday that the four-day vote during a party convention will decide its new leader and members of its Supreme Council, to be announced o...

[Politics] : National security adviser Kim Sung-han will visit Washington next week to discuss a range of issues including enhancing bilateral ties.The presidential office said Friday that during his five-day trip starting Sunday, Kim will meet U.S. gover...

[Inter-Korea] : North Korea has slammed the joint springtime military exercise that South Korea and the U.S. plan to hold this month.The Choson Sinbo newspaper, published by a pro-North, Korean propaganda organization in Japan and serves as Pyongyang'...

[Domestic] : The National Institute of Forest Science predicts this weekend and the next will be critical in managing forest fires.On Friday alone, 13 wildfires were reported nationwide amid dry weather and gusty winds.Forest fires in January and February...

[Domestic] : New COVID-19 cases have jumped by nearly 13-hundred from a week ago.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Saturday that eleven-thousand-246 infections were reported throughout Friday including 21 from overseas. The figur...

[Politics] : South Korea will provide 18-point-five million dollars in humanitarian aid this year to Yemen.Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday the government announced the plan during the High-Level Pledging Event on the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen ...

[Politics] : A U.S. B-1B strategic bomber was deployed to the Korean Peninsula on Friday for a joint air drill with the South Korean Air Force, according to Seoul's defense ministry.The U.S. MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle named Reaper is also known to h...

[Politics] : Executive members of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party and Cabinet strongly criticized themselves for failing to properly execute agricultural policies soon after the closing of the party's general meeting.According to the party...

[Domestic] : One out of three cases of school violence in the country went unresolved despite the victim notifying their parents, their school or counseling agencies.According to a report by the Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI) on Friday, ou...

[Politics] : Main opposition Democratic Party(DP) leader Lee Jae-myung has taken issue with the fairness of the prosecution's investigation as he stands trial on charges of violating the election law.Speaking to reporters before attending the afternoo...