...iencing significant sleep disorders and to weigh around 140 kilograms, lawmakers quoted South Korea's state intelligence agency as saying Wednesday. Director Kim Kyou-hyun of the National Intelligenc... "Since the end of last year, scratches and bruises have continuously been observed on Chairman Kim's hands and arms, which are suspected to be a combination of allergies and stress-induced dermatitis...

...ion of the bilateral relationship was achieved through the three South Korea-Japan summits in the past two months," presidential spokesperson Lee Do-woon said in a written briefing, referring to Yoon's meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Yoon called for jointly responding to the international community's diverse agenda as the two countries sharing values and interests give shape to their security, economic and technological cooperation. "In particular, he called for working together to ensure the p...

Boy band WEi will mark the release of its sixth mini album with a showcase on June 28, one day before the album drop, announced agency WE Entertainment on Wednesday. The six members will put on focus track from EP “Love Pt.3: Eternally” in advance at the event giving the audience a sample of the upcoming album. The EP comes about eight months since its previous EP “Love Pt. 2: Passion” and will ...

...ching from the presidential office in Yongsan in central Seoul to the Korean National Police Agency's headquarters in Seodaemun-gu, demanding Yoon resign for "oppressing labor rights," as well as oppr...promptly at the scene. "One year after the inauguration of the Yoon Suk Yeol administration, Korea's democracy has been destroyed and the clock of history flowed back to the past and returned to dict...

...nt for foreigners aiming to land a job at private academies as instructors is a university bachelor’s degree. Meanwhile, Koreans in their junior year or above of university or those who have graduated... did not provide further details on visa requirements or a specific timeline for the revised policy's implementation. Meanwhile, the current regulations for foreigners who wish to teach in-person at ...

South Korea’s intelligence authorities suspect North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is suffering from insomnia, and drinking and smoking heavily. Rep. Yoo Sang-bum, the executive secretary for the Parlia...icant amounts of alcohol and foreign-brand cigarettes such as Marlboro and Dunhill. Another of Kim’s health issues noted by the spy agency are marks around his wrist and on his arm that appear to be ...

... nationals, according to several foreign embassies in Seoul on Wednesday. Residents in the country’s capital received Korean-language warnings from the city government telling people to prepare for e...dgment call, saying officials need wider discretion for the kind of emergency prompted by the North’s launch. The Ukrainian Embassy in Seoul said it had asked the Korean government for more informati...

When Yoon likens chorus to the air that he breathes, it’s not an exaggeration. Practically all of Yoon’s family are musicians. Both his father Yoon Hak-won and father-in-law Choi Hoon-cha are famous chorus conductors. His wife is an organist, while his son studies conducting and his daughter is a vocal studies major. His sister majored in piano. Yoon originally majored in violin, but decided to ...

...ent early Wednesday morning telling people to evacuate to the nearest shelter following North Korea's launch of a projectile was "not an error," amid the intensifying blame game between the central go...ction and ensure the safety of some 10 million Seoulites because, unlike in the past when the North's projectiles flew eastward, (Wednesday's) object flew towards the south," said the conservative may...

Daewoo Engineering & Construction's Chairman Jung Won-ju, who doubles as vice chairman of Jungheung Group, met with Turkmenistan's president and other top officials to discuss new business projects in the Central Asian country, the South Korean builder said Wednesday. According to the company, Jung met with Turkmenistan’s de facto leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, the former president who curre...

... shares worth 14.61 trillion won ($11.01 billion), with losers outpacing gainers 558 to 303. Seoul's stock market got off to a good start, with the Kospi touching an 11-month high of 2,596.31 at one ...unch vehicle" southward, in another event that might have shaken investor sentiment. But Pyongyang's new Chollima-1 rocket carrying a military reconnaissance satellite crashed into the Yellow Sea due...

Despite North Korea's failed satellite launch attempt in the morning, Seoul shares remained relatively stable on Wednesday. The local stock market opened higher backed by foreigners’ buying spree, but closed lower as a newly released figure showed that China’s economic recovery has lost steam. North Korea's launch attempt did not have much impact on the market, as it had repeatedly signaled its...

North Korea's attempted launch of its first spy satellite into space on Wednesday came at a critical time, as South Korea has been bolstering its military cooperation with the US and Japan to curb the reclusive regime's missile ambitions. But such an attempt by Pyongyang will only enhance security cooperation between Seoul and the two security partners, experts say. “The primary catalyst behind ...

...trial broadcast networks for additional information. On Wednesday morning, when Naver, the country's largest portal, temporarily shutdown after the Seoul Metropolitan Government sent out an emergency...take shelter, television and radio proved relatively reliable. Public broadcaster KBS, the country's major emergency alert channel which was criticized for inadequate response to various emergency si...

...nnsen from Denmark, who lives in Itaewon, central Seoul, took screenshots of the message for Google's translation service, and got ready to evacuate. “It was confusing. We were still in bed when we h...“We looked outside and nothing was happening on the streets; no one was rushing out, and my husband’s Korean colleagues shared on a group chat what they were hearing in the news. We got the message th...