China has accused the United States of "stoking military confrontation" with the recent deployment of a powerful missile launcher capable of firing weapons with a range of up to 1,600 kilometers to exercises in the Philippines.
The presence of the (...)
South Korea's liberal opposition party has won a landslide majority in the country's general election to retain control of parliament.
The Democratic Party (DPK) and smaller opposition parties jointly won 192 of 300 seats in the National (...)
South Koreans are voting for a new parliament, in what is widely seen as a midterm referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol's administration.
Yoon still has three years left in office but his People Power Party (PPP) has struggled to achieve its agenda (...)
Colonization, bloodshed, war crimes, occupation, controversial military bases. These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and the Philippines.
But when the leaders of the three countries sit down at the (...)
North Korea test-fired a presumed intermediate-range ballistic missile on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, its latest military maneuver since leader Kim Jong Un's New Year declaration that he was ending a policy seeking reconciliation with the (...)
A K-pop star who had to issue a grovelling apology to fans for having a boyfriend is single again.
Karina and actor Lee Jae-wook rocked the K-pop world when they went public with their relationship in February, with some angry fans accusing her of (...)
Scientists in South Korea have announced a new world record for the length of time they sustained temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius — seven times hotter than the sun's core — during a nuclear fusion experiment, in what they say is an (...)
BEIJING — The Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission and the China National Publications Import and Export Group signed a contract, under which Saudi Arabia will be the guest of honor at the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) 2024. (...)
The longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has been fired after being accused by Ohtani's attorneys of "massive theft" that the attorneys allege is tied to gambling, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
Ohtani's (...)
At least eight sailors have been rescued after a South Korean-flagged tanker overturned off the west coast of Japan, with three missing.
The Keoyoung Sun capsized off Yamaguchi prefecture after the crew radioed for help around 07:00 on Wednesday (...)
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Monday, Seoul's military said.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the missile launches in the area of Pyongyang between 7:44 am and 8:22 (...)
Gyung-ho and Mi-sun's is a classic love story.
They locked eyes at a party and immediately felt a spark. They quickly fell in love, and Gyung-ho asked Mi-sun to move in with him.
But there was a catch.
Gyung-ho lives in the only South Korean village (...)
South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik called on special operations troops Wednesday to equip themselves with capabilities to "swiftly eliminate" the North Korean leadership if it starts a war against the South, Yonhap News Agency reported.
Shin (...)
A South Korean man has been detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage, local media has reported.
South Korean officials have confirmed the arrest and say its diplomats have engaged in talks for his return.
Baek Won-soon was arrested in the (...)
North Korean hackers have broken into South Korean chip equipment makers, according to South Korea's spy agency.
Pyongyang is trying to make semiconductors for its weapons programs, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) says.
It comes a month (...)
South Korea and the United States began their annual Freedom Shield joint military drills on Monday to bolster readiness against North Korea.
The 11-day drills will integrate elements of "live exercises" with constructive simulations, according to (...)
Thousands of doctors in South Korea took to the streets of Seoul on Sunday to protest the government's plans to increase medical school admissions and what they see as a broader lack of support for the country's medical system.
The doctors said the (...)
South Korea's government has threatened to arrest thousands of striking junior doctors and revoke their medical licenses if they do not return to work on Thursday.
Around three-quarters of the country's junior doctors have walked out of their jobs (...)
SEOUL — On a rainy Tuesday afternoon, Yejin is cooking lunch for her friends at her apartment, where she lives alone on the outskirts of Seoul, happily single.
While they eat, one of them pulls up a well-worn meme of a cartoon dinosaur on her phone. (...)
South Korea's government has launched an investigation into the death of a woman in her 80s after her ambulance was denied entry to several hospitals due to the ongoing doctors strike.
The patient died in the ambulance after suffering cardiac (...)
North Korea hacked into the personal emails of an aide to the South Korean president, his office has confirmed to the BBC.
The breach occurred in the run-up to President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to the UK last November.
The staff member was (...)
Abu Dhabi is hosting the World Conference on Culture and Arts Education from February 13 to 15. Organized by the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), this three-day event at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre will (...)
Last month, reports emerged that North Koreans working in China had rioted, after finding out they would not be paid, and that their wages had instead been put toward building weapons for Pyongyang.
Instances of North Koreans protesting are (...)
Spy camera footage of South Korea's first lady accepting a luxury bag gift was leaked as a "political maneuver", President Yoon Suk Yeol said.
Yoon said the act was "regrettable" but stopped short of apologizing.
He has been under pressure to (...)
A United States Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed after suffering an in-flight emergency off the coast of South Korea Wednesday, in the third crash of one of the US military's Korea-based warplanes in less than a year.
The incident occurred during (...)