North Korean Media Takes Stab at South's President on Eve of Elections

North Korean Media Takes Stab at South's President on Eve of Elections By Josh ... Reports carried by North Korea's official KCNA news agency described the South as being "engulfed" in protests ... Read More

South Korea's opposition leader urges the president to accept investigation of wife, top officials

Emboldened by his party’s recent election win, South Korea’s opposition leader Lee Jae-myung pressured President Yoon Suk Yeol to accept special investigations into allegations involving top officials ... Read More

South Korea Can’t Stop Prosecuting Presidents. Is the US Next?

The criminal trial of former President Donald Trump is an unprecedented moment for the U.S. — but across the globe, South Korea has already ... U.S. now facing its first criminal trial of ... Read More

South Korea's President Unveils $7B Investment In AI To Preserve Semiconductor Dominance

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced a $7 ... This is part of South Korea’s strategy to keep up with the United States, China, and Japan, who are also investing heavily in their ... Read More

$24K Electric SUV Propels South Korean Auto Giant Past Ford, GM In US EV Sales

South Korean automaker ... Ford’s sole EV SUV Mustang Mach-E too has a starting price of about $40,000. Ford sold a total of 20,223 pure electric vehicles in the first quarter, lagging severely ... Read More

South Korea discusses joining part of AUKUS pact with US, UK and Australia

South Korea is being considered as a potential partner for part of the AUKUS deal between the United States, Britain and Australia, Defence Minister Shin Won-Sik said on Wednesday. "We support AUKUS ... Read More

South Korea Elections 2024: President Yoon Suk Yeol faces challenge

Why green onions have become a rallying point for voters in South Korea, ahead of parliamentary elections. Fractal pattern identified at molecular scale in nature for first time Scalise brings in ... Read More

South Korea holds parliamentary elections: All you need to know

The election comes with Yoon enduring months of low approval ratings, and can be seen as a “half-term assessment” of his administration, according to the US-based Stimson Center. If the PPP ... Read More

Today in Korean history

1880 -- Japan sets up a legation in Korea. 1968 -- South Korean President Park Chung-hee holds ... 2003 -- South Korea sends 20 soldiers to Iraq in its first deployment to the war-torn country. Read More

Negotiator for South Korean walkout doctors sees 'no future' after Yoon meeting

Unless action is taken, South Korea faces having 15,000 fewer doctors than it needs to maintain essential services, the government has warned. Yoon had said his plan to raise the number of new ... Read More

Screengrab from South Korean show falsely claims 'comedian ridiculed president's vegetable gaffe'

The post included two screenshots from the reality show "Don't be the First ... a visit to a local supermarket on March 18. Picking up a bundle of green onions -- a staple ingredient in Korean ... Read More

US seeks new mechanism to monitor North Korean sanctions

The US is looking to engage with allies South Korea, Japan and other ... The UNSC imposed sanctions after North Korea’s first nuclear test explosion in 2006 and tightened them over the ... Read More