South Korea's Coast Guard said on Tuesday that it carried out an emergency exercise near the Ieodo research station south of Jeju Island. The exercise took place near the Ieodo Ocean Research Station, located 150 kilometers south of the resort island, and within the country's exclusive economic zone, authorities said. Coast Guard cutters from Jeju and Seogwipo were used in the exercise that aim...

The head of a North Korean company responsible for attracting foreign capital on Tuesday proposed holding a meeting with a South Korean firm to resolve a row over assets at a scenic mountain resort in the North. Park Chol-su, head of Daepung International Investment Group, said he wants to meet with South Korea's Hyundai Asan to discuss how to handle its assets at the North's Mount Geumgang. Hy...

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda spoke by phone Tuesday and agreed to work closely together in improving relations between the two countries and dealing with North Korea, an official said. During a 15-minute conversation, Lee said that what happened in the past should not be forgotten, but it should not keep relations between the two countries fr...

North Korea is independently developing a GPS jamming system effective over more than 100 kilometers, according to a government report on Tuesday. The report by the Ministry of National Defense said the North imported some 20 different kinds of communication and radar jamming instruments from the then Soviet Union. Submitted to the National Assembly’s Defense Committee, the report said the Nort...

The naming and shaming of 43 poorly managed universities by the Education Ministry on Monday has spawned confusion and concern among universities, with some decrying the label or expressing worries about next year’s freshmen recruitment. Several major universities in operation for more than 50 years were placed on the roster, causing shocks for their faculty members and students. Officials of W...

General hospitals and the government are at odds over discounted fees for a state-of-the-art method of gastric cancer surgery, with hospitals cancelling scheduled procedures because of reduced revenues. Concerns are mounting over whether cancer patients will be able to get the surgery that involves a minimum incision, bleeding, pain and complications. According to medical insiders and news repo...