The Korea Herald

Moon vows to focus on response to virus, industrial revolution, climate change

Aug 3, 2021

President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday it has become an "inevitable duty" during the remainder of his tenure to protect people's lives with a focus on curbing the COVID-19 spread and improving their live...
29 members of virus-hit Cheonghae unit exit quarantine after testing negative

Aug 3, 2021

Twenty-nine service members of the Cheonghae unit, which reported a massive COVID-19 outbreak while on missions in Africa, tested negative and will exit quarantine Tuesday, the defense ministry said....
Cabinet approves decree to increase number of govt. alternative holidays

Aug 3, 2021

The Cabinet on Tuesday passed a revised presidential decree to allow more national holidays subject to the government's alternative statutory holiday program. According to the Ministry of Personnel ...
DP chief insists joint military drills proceed as planned amid calls for suspension

Aug 2, 2021

The head of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Monday urged South Korea and the United States to proceed with their annual summertime military exercise as planned, despite North Korea's latest warni...
Cheong Wa Dae says inter-Korean hotlines should be kept

Aug 2, 2021

The office of President Moon Jae-in stressed the need Monday for the two Koreas to maintain their direct communication channels. It was responding to the warning Sunday by Kim Yo-jong, North Korean ...
Moon says 36 million people to get vaccine shots by end of September

Aug 2, 2021

President Moon Jae-in said Monday that the number of people in South Korea who are either fully or partly vaccinated would soon top 20 million. He was emphasizing that the nation's vaccination campa...
Let them eat trash: Yoon slammed for ‘substandard food’ remark

Aug 2, 2021

Former prosecutor general and presidential frontrunner Yoon Seok-youl is under fire for saying during a media interview last month that poor people should be allowed to eat foods that don’t meet lega...
Main opposition party snaps back after six-week fall in public support: Realmeter poll

Aug 2, 2021

Public support for the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) has bounced back after declining for six consecutive weeks, a poll showed Monday. The Realmeter survey results came as Yoon Seok-youl,...
Govt. cut W560b won of defense budget, including for F-35A plan, for COVID-19 extra budget

Aug 2, 2021

Around 560 billion won ($485.8 million) was slashed from this year's defense budget to fund an extra budget in the wake of the pandemic, but the measure will not affect the country's major arms procu...
Rival parties on collision course over a DP-led media reform bill

Aug 2, 2021

A controversial media reform bill being pushed by the ruling Democratic Party (DP) is running into fierce resistance from the opposition bloc, putting the rival parties on a possible collision course...
4 S. Koreans, abducted in waters off West Africa, have been released: foreign ministry

Aug 2, 2021

Four South Koreans who were kidnapped in waters off West Africa about two months ago have been freed, following the release of another Korean national in a separate abduction in the same region, the ...
[Newsmaker] Ex-Prosecutor General Yoon hustles to bolster support from main opposition after party entry

Aug 2, 2021

Ex-Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, a leading opposition presidential contender, is moving toward strengthening connections and support within the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) after bec...
Unification ministry stresses wise, flexible approach to joint military drills after N. Korea's warning

Aug 2, 2021

South Korea will deal with the issue of joint military drills with the United States in a "wise and "flexible" manner so as to not heighten tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the unification ministry ...
Yongsan mayor proposes moving US military hotel for park

Aug 2, 2021

The mayor of Yongsan Ward said he has proposed moving a US military hotel to a location outside the US Army Garrison Yongsan to make way for a new national park. In an interview with Yonhap News Age...
Members of virus-hit Cheonghae unit members to receive vaccines starting this week

Aug 2, 2021

Service members affiliated with a naval unit which reported a mass COVID-19 outbreak while on anti-piracy missions in Africa will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines starting this week, the defense min...