Tag: South Korea
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N. Korea conducts artillery firing drills in likely response to S. Korea-US military training
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised artillery firing drills aimed at boosting combat readiness, state media reported Friday, days after his country vowed to take ... -
South Korea Doctors hold massive anti-government rally over medical school recruitment plan
Thousands of senior doctors rallied in Seoul yesterday to express their support for junior doctors who have been on strike for nearly two weeks over a ... -
Young South Korean doctors resist back-to-work orders, risking prosecution
As South Korea’s government made a last plea for junior doctors to end a walkout hours before ysterday’s deadline, many were expected to defy orders to ... -
Seoul gives young doctors four days to end walkouts, threatening prosecutions
Junior doctors in South Korea have four days to end their walkouts, the government said yesterday, or they could face prosecution or have their medical licenses ... -
Gov’t warns striking doctors to return to work or face legal action
The South Korean government yesterday warned thousands of striking doctors to return to work immediately or face legal action after their collective walkouts caused cancellations of ... -
Doctors walk out to protest gov’t policy, causing many surgery cancellations
South Korean trainee doctors collectively walked off their jobs yesterday to escalate their protest of a government medical policy, triggering cancellations of surgeries and other medical ... -
Doctors rally against government plans to increase the number of medical students
Hundreds of South Korean doctors rallied in the capital, Seoul, and other cities on Thursday against a government plan to boost the number of medical students. ... -
Samsung chief Lee acquitted of financial crimes related to merger
A South Korean court yesterday acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong of financial crimes involving a contentious merger between Samsung affiliates in 2015 that tightened his ... -
Police investigating 14-year-old boy as suspect of attack on lawmaker
An assailant who repeatedly struck a South Korean lawmaker with a rock as she tried to resist was a 14-year-old boy who was sent to a ... -
North Korea’s rejection of the South is both a shock, and inevitable
Even for a nation that has perfected the provocative, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s declaration that he would abandon the existential goal of reconciling with ... -
US, South Korea and Japan conduct naval drills in a show of strength against North Korea
The United States, South Korea and Japan conducted perhaps their biggest-ever combined naval exercises in a show of strength against nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korea’s military ... -
Parliament passes landmark ban on production and sales of dog meat
South Korea’s parliament yesterday passed a landmark ban on production and sales of dog meat, as public calls for a prohibition have grown sharply over concerns ... -
South Korea’s gender imbalance is bad news for men − outnumbering women, many face bleak marriage prospects
South Korea’s bachelor time bomb is about to really go off. Following a historic 30-year-long imbalance in the male-to-female sex ratio at birth, young men far ... -
North Korea denies artillery firing and mocks South Korea’s detection capabilities
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un mocked South Korea’s ability to detect weapons launches by the North yesterday, as she denied Seoul’s ... -
Opposition leader is stabbed in the neck by a knife-wielding man
South Korea’s tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck yesterday by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to kill him during his ... -
Charles III welcomes president Yoon with state banquet, mingles with K-pop band Blackpink
King Charles III hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife at a glittering banquet at Buckingham Palace yesterday [Macau time], as Britain rolled ... -
President Yoon to talk trade, technology and defense on state visit
The leaders of Britain and South Korea will seek to strengthen trade and defense ties between their countries during a state visit to the U.K. by ... -
US and South Korea close ranks on common global issues during Blinken visit
The United States and South Korea closed ranks behind common approaches to North Korea, Russia and China yesterday, vowing to continue to support Ukraine against Russia’s ... -
An industrial robot crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packing plant
An industrial robot grabbed and crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packaging plant in South Korea, police said yesterday, as they investigated whether the ... -
Seoul plans to launch its first military spy satellite on Nov. 30
South Korea said yesterday it plans to launch its first domestically built spy satellite at the end of this month to better monitor rival North Korea, ... -
Residents hold subdued Halloween celebrations a year after party crush killed about 160 people
Halloween celebrations in South Korea were subdued on the eve of the first anniversary of a harrowing crowd surge that killed about 160 people in a ... -
Four suspected North Korean defectors found in a small boat in South’s waters
Four North Koreans were found in a small wooden boat in South Korean waters yesterday in what is likely a rare case of North Koreans taking ... -
S. Korea says it expressed concern to China for sending N. Korean escapees back home
South Korea on Friday said it had expressed its concerns to China after assessing that it recently returned a “large number” of North Koreans, including escapees, ... -
Seoul parades troops, powerful weapons in its biggest Armed Forces Day ceremony in years
South Korea paraded thousands of troops and an array of weapons capable of striking North Korea through its capital as part of its biggest Armed Forces ... -
South Korea breezes through first day of League of Legends competition in esports
South Korea’s League of Legends team breezed through its first day of esports competition yesterday at the Asian Games, bolstered by a strong performance by top ... -
Thousands of Scouts evacuated from coastal campsite as tropical storm nears
Carrying huge backpacks and water bottles, tens of thousands of Scouts began arriving at university dormitories, government and corporate training centers, and hotels around Seoul and ... -
Tens of thousands of young scouts to evacuate world jamboree as storm Khanun looms
South Korea will evacuate tens of thousands of scouts by bus from a coastal jamboree site as Tropical Storm Khanun looms, officials said yesterday. More than ... -
Dog meat farmers push back against growing moves to outlaw their industry
The dogs bark and stare as Kim Jong-kil approaches the rusty cages housing the large, short-haired animals he sells for their meat. Kim opens a door ... -
7 bodies pulled from flooded road tunnel as rains cause flash floods and landslides
South Korean rescue workers pulled seven bodies from a flooded tunnel where around 15 vehicles were trapped in muddy water, as days of heavy rain triggered ... -
South Korea to expand support for Ukraine as President Yoon Suk Yeol makes a surprise visit
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Saturday, offering support for the invaded country in its war with Russia while ... -
Presidents of South Korea and Poland hold talks on security, war in Ukraine
The South Korean president began a visit to Poland for two days of talks and meetings on global security, the war in neighboring Ukraine, and developing ... -
South Koreans grow younger overnight as the country changes how it counts people’s ages
As South Korea campaigns to retire an old and odd age-counting method that makes people a year or two older than they really are, children are ... -
Finance ministers agree to resume currency swap agreement as ties warm
Japan and South Korea agreed yesterday to revive a currency swap agreement for times of crisis, in the latest sign of warming ties as the countries ... -
Seoul landmarks to be lit up in purple to celebrate K-pop band’s anniversary
Skyscrapers, bridges and other landmarks in South Korea’s capital will be lit up in purple as the country begins celebrating the 10th anniversary of K-pop band ... -
China complains to South Korean ambassador in tit-for-tat move after Seoul summoned envoy
A Chinese official lodged a complaint with South Korea’s ambassador to China, in a tit-for-tat move after Beijing’s envoy to South Korea was summoned last week ...
