The Korea Herald

Both Koreas to benefit from 'institutionalizing' peace, Moon says in Liberation Day speech

Aug 15, 2021

President Moon Jae-in proposed Sunday that South and North Korea "institutionalize" peace on the peninsula and create a Germany-style trust-building system toward the longer-term goal of unification....
Ex-President Chun hospitalized for medical treatment

Aug 14, 2021

Former President Chun Doo-hwan has been hospitalized for medical treatment, informed officials said Saturday, days after he made a 660-kilometer round trip to the southwestern city Gwangju to attend ...
Police block Liberation Day rallies by conservatives

Aug 14, 2021

A group of conservative activists pushed ahead with its anti-government street rallies planned in downtown Seoul on Saturday, the eve of Liberation Day, but ran into a watertight blockade by riot pol...
Moon vows continued efforts to resolve comfort women issue on memorial day

Aug 14, 2021

President Moon Jae-in vowed Saturday to strive to resolve the pending issue of wartime sexual slavery victims, saying that such efforts are the path to avoid "a repeat of the unfortunate past." Moon...
S. Korea urges rapid vaccine supply during protest visit to Moderna

Aug 14, 2021

South Korea has asked US drugmaker Moderna Inc. to speed up its delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Seoul in accordance with a prior contract, visiting government officials said Saturday. The request w...
Samsung leader’s parole is in national interest: Cheong Wa Dae

Aug 13, 2021

Lee Jae-yong’s parole made in response to public expectations of him playing a role in semiconductor and vaccine areas, Cheong Wa Dae official says
[Newsmaker] Gyeonggi governor announces in-province universal COVID-19 relief handouts

Aug 13, 2021

Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung on Friday announced his decision to provide universal COVID-19 relief funds to all provincial residents, contrary to the central government's policy of selective ...
[Newsmaker] Internal strife continues to weigh on PPP

Aug 12, 2021

Main opposition party leader Lee Jun-seok continued to bicker with his own party members supporting former prosecutor general and presidential hopeful Yoon Seok-youl despite concerns that internal fi...
[Newsmaker] Ex-Prosecutor General Yoon widens lead over Gyeonggi gov. in hypothetical 2-way presidential race: poll

Aug 12, 2021

Ex-Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, the leading opposition presidential contender, widened his lead over his rival from the ruling bloc, Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung, in a hypothetical two-...
[Newsmaker] Internal feud deepens at PPP ahead of primary

Aug 11, 2021

The main opposition party has set its primary schedule, but is hit by an internal feud, as some presidential contenders expressed discontent over how it’s going to be done. Former prosecutor general...
Appellate court upholds 4-year prison term for ex-justice minister's wife

Aug 11, 2021

An appellate court on Wednesday upheld a four-year prison sentence for the wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk over academic fraud. The Seoul High Court found Chung Kyung-sim, a professor of Don...
Moon says S. Korea at critical time in fight against coronavirus

Aug 11, 2021

President Moon Jae-in stressed the urgency Wednesday of curbing the spread of COVID-19 as South Korea's daily count of additional cases has exceeded 2,000 for the first time. It is "of great concern...
All members of virus-hit Cheonghae unit fully recovered

Aug 10, 2021

The last two members of the virus-hit Cheonghae unit were to be released from a hospital Tuesday, marking the full recovery of all infected service members who had to cut short their anti-piracy miss...
S. Korean consul general in Seattle under probe over 'inappropriate' remarks to staffer

Aug 10, 2021

South Korea's consul general in Seattle has been under a probe by the foreign ministry for making "inappropriate" remarks to at least one staffer at the diplomatic mission, sources said Tuesday. Kwo...
Rep. Park Jin urges government to protest China’s interference

Aug 9, 2021

Rep. Park Jin, a four-term lawmaker vying to become the People Power Party’s presidential candidate, has urged the government to protest what he called China’s interference in South Korea’s security ...