Tag: South Korea
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President Lee will meet Japanese leader ahead of summit with Trump
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo next week before flying to Washington for a summit with President ... -
Lee says trade deal with US remains unclear ahead of Trump’s deadline
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said that it remained unclear whether Seoul and Washington could conclude their tariff negotiations by the deadline set by President ... -
Last circus, Dongchoon, holds up as it marks centennial
No more elephant and monkey acts. No more death-defying motorbike stunts. No more singing or acting on stage. Several hundred spectators still clapped constantly when acrobats ... -
South Korea halts loudspeaker broadcasts along border with rival North
South Korea’s military has shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korea propaganda along the inter-Korean border, marking the new liberal government’s first concrete step toward easing tensions ... -
New President Lee vows to pursue talks with the North
South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung vowed yesterday to restart dormant talks with North Korea and bolster a trilateral partnership with the U.S. and Japan, as ... -
Exploring the rising Seoul
South Korea became the top foreign tourist market to Macau last month, surpassing the Philippines and reaching over 65% of pre-pandemic levels. Surfing that wave, both ... -
Presidential election roiled by coffee beans, Chanel bags and room salon
South Korea’s presidential race has devolved into personal attacks and petty disputes, drowning out meaningful policy debate after former conservative leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s ouster over ... -
South Korean navy patrol plane crashes in country’s south, killing four
A South Korean navy plane crashed during a training flight yesterday, killing all four crew members on board, the navy said. The P-3 patrol plane took ... -
South Korea still dominates Macau’s tourism market
Macau’s tourism office announced yesterday that South Korea continues to be the leading source market for international visitors, with over 234,000 arrivals recorded as of last ... -
Son, Kim and Lee tasting success in Europe despite S.Korea’s soccer struggles
South Korea’s national soccer team may be stumbling toward 2026 World Cup qualification and its clubs may have struggled in the Asian Champions League, but three ... -
Conservative party fails in a bid to switch presidential candidates
South Korea’s embattled conservative party canceled then reinstated the presidential candidacy of Kim Moon Soo within hours as internal turmoil escalated ahead of the June 3 ... -
South Korea’s liberal leader Lee wins party nomination to run for president
Lee Jae-myung, a liberal who wants greater economic parity in South Korea and warmer ties with North Korea, became the main opposition party’s presidential candidate today ... -
Opposition leader Lee opens presidential bid following Yoon’s ouster
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, widely seen as the front-runner in a presidential by-election triggered by the removal of Yoon Suk Yeol last week, announced ... -
South Korea’s military fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers cross the border
South Korea’s military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the rivals’ tense border yesterday, South Korean officials said, the first known border intrusion by ... -
Centuries-old Gounsa temple left in ruins following unprecedented wildfires
Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist temple, ruining two of its three state-designated “treasures.” Five days ... -
Residents in Andong city advised to evacuate as wildfires spread
Officials in the South Korean city of Andong yesterday advised residents to evacuate to safe areas as firefighters struggled to contain wildfires that have ravaged southern ... -
PM Han reinstated as acting president after impeachment overturned
South Korea’s Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation’s No. 2 official as acting leader yesterday while not yet ruling ... -
Impeached President Yoon released from prison
South Korea’s impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him ... -
US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea, days after North Korea test-fired missiles
A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea yesterday in a show of force, days after North Korea test-launched cruise missiles to demonstrate its counterattack capabilities. ... -
South Korean police summon Japanese woman for kissing BTS member without consent
South Korean police said Friday they are summoning a Japanese woman for questioning over allegedly kissing Jin, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, without consent during a free ... -
Gov’t requests to be excluded from Trump’s efforts to increase tariffs
South Korean officials have asked the Trump administration to exclude their country from U.S. plans to impose aggressive tariffs on trade partners, emphasizing that Seoul is ... -
South Korean skater Kim wins Four Continents to prevent American sweep of podium
Local favorite Kim Chae-yeon of South Korea won the Four Continents figure skating competition with a near-flawless free skate yesterday to prevent an American sweep of ... -
Death of S.Korean actor at 24 sparks discussion about social media and internet culture
South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron’s death this week has triggered an outpouring of grief and calls for changes to the way the country’s celebrities are treated ... -
Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families
North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government ... -
How the Constitutional Court is deciding on the president’s future
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is putting up a desperate fight for his political life at Seoul’s Constitutional Court after being impeached and arrested for ... -
Top think tank lowers economic growth projection, citing Trump’s tariffs
South Korea’s top economic think tank slashed its growth forecast for the country’s economy for the second time in four months yesterday, expressing concern about the ... -
Prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law, reports say
South Korean prosecutors yesterday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, news reports said, a criminal ... -
South Korea’s impeached president is arrested over martial law declaration and his supporters riot
Hours after South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his lawyers said yesterday that he remains defiant in his refusal ... -
YouTube election fraud conspiracy theories fuel impeached president and his supporters
Thousands have braved the frigid January weather in Seoul protests, waving South Korean and American flags and shouting vows to protect their embattled conservative hero, the ... -
Impeached President Yoon detained in massive law-enforcement effort
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained in a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound yesterday, defiantly insisting the anti-corruption agency didn’t ... -
Spy agency says N. Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven’t shown desire to defect
South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers yesterday that two North Korean soldiers who were captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk ... -
Black boxes from South Korea plane crash failed to record final four minutes, officials say
The black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, South Korean officials said ... -
Protesters brave cold to demand Yoon’s ouster as detention deadline looms
Hundreds of South Koreans, bundled up against freezing temperatures and snow, rallied overnight into yesterday near the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, calling for ... -
Air crash investigators extract black box data as grieving families mourn the victims
Grieving relatives of the victims of the South Korea plane crash gathered at the site to pay respects to their loved ones on New Year’s Day, ... -
S. Korea struggles to determine cause of plane crash that killed 179 people
South Korean officials are struggling to determine what caused a deadly plane crash that killed 179 people, with the nation saddened, shocked and ashamed over the ...
