South Korea‘s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said the government would step up deterrence against North Korea amid its ongoing missile tests and nuclear threats during a meeting with reporters in Sejong... Korea‘s leading publicly funded, policy-oriented research institution. Despite the fact that Hong’s term began only last year, Han cited Hong’s clashing views on the economy with the current adminis...

...s to affirm the need to raise the level of trilateral security cooperation in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs, according to Seoul’s presidential office. The trilateral talk was t...ith Spain’s King Felipe VI. Other summit talks scheduled for the day included meetings with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Throughout the day, he als...

MADRID -- President Yoon Suk-yeol, who attended the NATO summit in Madrid, said Wednesday that security cooperation with the US and Japan would become more robust the more North Korea develops its nuclear program. “There is a consensus that Korea, the US and Japan should strengthen security cooperation related to the North Korean nuclear crisis,” Yoon told reporters ahead of the NATO allies-part...

... to the security threats facing the international community with NATO, he said. “I hope that today's meeting will be a good opportunity to exchange opinions on the role and contribution of our four A...cific countries for peace and prosperity in the Asia Pacific region as well as in the world." Yoon’s remarks were followed by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand Prime Minister...

Nearly six out of 10 South Koreans feel first lady Kim Keon-hee has not done well in her role over the first month and a half of President Yoon Suk-yeol‘s term, a survey showed Wednesday. Data Research polled 1,000 South Korean adults Monday on Kim’s performance as first lady so far. And 56.3 percent of the respondents said Kim has either done an extremely poor job (41.4 percent) or an inadequat...

...he Netherlands, and the two leaders agreed to move forward working-level talks to realize their potential for cooperation in the nuclear power sector. The meeting touched on the issue of North Korea‘s nuclear weapons program, with Yoon citing concerns about the possibility of a seventh nuclear test by the regime and stressing his administration’s commitment to responding firmly to North Korean provocations. Rutte reaffirmed the Netherlands‘ support for South Korea’s policy on North Korea. The prime minister expressed his wish to visit South...

...Jae-in administration for their role in special counsel investigations against the former president’s close aides. The Ministry of Justice announced on Tuesday a large-scale shake-up of the prosecuti...th Korea after going missing from a fisheries boat in 2020. In 2019, Lee investigated Cheong Wa Dae’s suspected meddling in the election of Ulsan Mayor Song Cheol-ho, who is Moon’s long-time friend. ...

...ay. The single “When The Sun Goes Down” targets South America and will add momentum to the band’s growing popularity in the region, said the company. It will also be the first album originally mad...dreams by waking up what is inside. Last month, the nine-member act covered rapper Daddy Yankee’s “Campeon.” The Puerto Rican performer shared the video on his Instagram, writing, “Thank you. Your...

...about 1,000 episodes will be available to users, according to the company on Tuesday. NBCUniversal’s popular TV series “Suits,” which has also been remade into a Korean version, will be offered as we... thriller series “The Chronicles of Crime” will start in the second half of this year with Kim Hong-sun, the director of Netflix’s recently released series “Money Heist: Korea -- Joint Economic Area.”

Lee’s son sent an open letter to Yoon on June 17, a day after the Coast Guard announced there was no evidence of a defection, in which he thanked the president for remembering his promise. “My mothe...vestigations,” he said. However, upon finding out in January that Cheong Wa Dae appealed the court’s order to open up information regarding Lee’s killing, the family tried to return Moon’s letter and...

...ity (XR) technology and metaverse policies. The new facility, called XR Hub Korea, is part of Meta’s ”XR Program Research“ which kicked off last year as a collaborative research project with prestigi...ire Asia Pacific region. “I am even more excited about this collaboration as the Korean government’s active support and the industry’s high participation is allowing Korea to apply its technology to ...

KB Kookmin Bank, South Korea’s top lender said Wednesday that it will join other financial institutions in a $6.6 billion syndicated loan package to finance the John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal One redevelopment project in New York. KB Kookmin will contribute $300 million of the $6.6 billion loan, alongside Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and...

... three other Asia-Pacific countries -- Japan, Australia and New Zealand. China has expressed strong discomfort, saying the NATO summit would “stir up division and confrontation” in the region. Seoul’s response to China’s apparent criticism of the developments has been somewhat different from what would have been expected of the previous administration. South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo called China’s opposit...

First lady Kim Keon-hee is currently in Spain accompanying President Yoon Suk-yeol on a five-day trip to Europe to attend the NATO summit. After arriving in Madrid on Monday, Kim’s first official activity was a visit to the Korean Cultural Center in the capital city on Tuesday afternoon. Later in the evening, the presidential couple attended a dinner hosted by Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen L...

...and Prevention Agency official, told a news briefing Tuesday that the downward slope of the country’s COVID-19 curve may have hit a dead end. “I think we’ve reached a limit on how low the numbers can...bad it was going to be. “I don’t think it’s going to be as bad as the omicron wave, but I think it’s safe to say it’s coming our way,” said Jung, who is the head of the university’s big-data medical ...