The government called off a scheduled meeting on deregulation at the last minute on Wednesday, prompting suspicions over the whereabouts of President Moon Jae-in who had been set to attend the meeting. The meeting was originally scheduled to be held at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae from 3 p.m. "Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon suggested the meeting be pushed back,"a Cheong Wa Dae official tol...

GENEVA -- North Korea has again warned Japan not to meddle in its denuclearization issue, saying Tokyo has nothing to do with the North's recent summit agreements with South Korea and the United States. Ju Yong-chol, a North Korean diplomat stationed in Geneva, said at a UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday that Japan should refrain from intervening in the denuclearization of the Ko...

The floor leaders of rival parties met Wednesday to discuss how to form parliamentary standing committees in an effort to normalize an idle National Assembly. They launched negotiations over the details of the 18 standing committees that will operate in the second half of the 20th parliament's four-year term. The National Assembly has been inactive for about a month mainly because opposition pa...

German carmaker Mercedes-Benz and Japan's Nissan and Mitsubishi will voluntarily recall 12,102 vehicles to fix faulty parts, the transport ministry said Wednesday. Mercedes-Benz's recall -- set to begin Friday -- affects 8,929 units of 25 models produced between November 2011 and December 2016 that have airbag defects, including C 220 CDI. Also included are 30 units of GLS 250d 4MATIC manufactur...

KAZAN, Russia -- South Korea's attacking ace Son Heung-min said Tuesday he feels honored to face the defending champions Germany at the 2018 FIFA World Cup but will try to collect a good result for his national team. South Korea will take on defending champions Germany in their final group stage match at Kazan Arena in Kazan, some 800 kilometers east of Moscow, on Wednesday. South Korea sit in ...

A round of recent summit diplomacy on North Korea has created a virtuous cycle of inter-Korean ties and a viable denuclearization process, a senior South Korean presidential official said Wednesday. In the past, an improvement in South-North relations often hurt the Seoul-Washington alliance and efforts to eliminate the communist nation's nuclear program. It caused ideological rifts among South ...

K-pop boy band BTS stayed on Billboard's main albums and singles charts for the fifth straight week, according to the charts updated by the US music magazine on Tuesday. "Love Yourself: Tear," the third full-length album by BTS, charted 27th on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the week of June 30, down seven notches from 20th the previous week. K-pop boy group BTS (AFP-Yonhap) The album's ma...

KAZAN, Russia -- South Korea football coach Shin Tae-yong said Tuesday his side will try to beat the odds against Germany at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, though he knows it's not an easy task. South Korea will take on defending champions Germany in their final group stage match at Kazan Arena in Kazan, some 800 kilometers east of Moscow, on Wednesday. South Korea sit in last place in Group F with t...

SEOUL/GOSEONG -- A group of South Korean officials and civilian workers visited North Korea on Wednesday to check facilities for the planned reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul's unification ministry said. Led by Kim Byung-dae, a senior ministry official in charge of humanitarian cooperation, the 20-member team crossed the eastern border to visit Mount Kumgang on the ...

WASHINGTON -- A United States Senate committee on Tuesday approved President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to South Korea, paving the way for his confirmation. Retired Adm. Harry Harris was tapped by Trump last month to fill a post that has remained vacant since the administration took office early last year. The former chief of the US Pacific Command won unanimous approval from the Senate...

26일 오후 홍콩의 주택가 공원에서 총격 사건 이 발생해 노인 4명이 다쳤다고 홍콩 사우스차이나모닝포스트(SCMP)가 보도했다. SCMP에 따르면 이날 오후 3시 무렵 홍콩의 주택가인 타이쿠싱 지역에 있는 쿼리 베이 공원에서 44세 홍콩인 여성이 공원에 있던 60∼80대 4명을 총으로 쏴 다치게 했다. 이들 노인 4명은 남매지간으로, 총을 쏜 여성은 이들 남매의 조카였다. 이들은 쿼리베이 공원에서 만나기로 미리 약속해 현장에 나왔으며, 가족 간 분쟁으로 인해 이 여성이 총격을 가한 것으로 추정된다. 총격 사건이 발생한 홍콩 쿼리베이 공원 근처에 주차한 경찰차 (사진=연합뉴스) 총상을 입은 남매 노인 중 맏누이와 다른 남자 형제는 머리에 총상을 입었으며, 한 명은 위중한 상태인 것으로 전해졌다. ...

WASHINGTON -- The United States takes the threat of North Korea's ballistic missiles "very seriously," US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday in the wake of recent diplomatic efforts to denuclearize the regime. Mattis was speaking at a press conference in Alaska en route to China, South Korea and Japan. "That capability still exists today, so clearly we take that very, very seriously," he...

'MB'라고 알려진 A씨는 1948년 영국에서 남자로 태어났다. 1974년에 결혼하고 두 명의 자녀까지 뒀다. 그러나 A씨는 1991년부터 여성으로 살기로 했고, 1995년에는 성전환 수술을 받았다. 당시에는 동성 간 결혼이 허용되지 않았기 때문에 A씨가 완전히 여성으로 인정받기 위해서는 결혼을 취소해야만 했다. 이후 2004년 만들어진 성 인정법(Gender Recognition Act)에 따라 성전환자는 결혼을 취소하면 정식으로 '성 인정 증서'를 받을 수 있었다. (사진=연합뉴스) 그러나 A씨와 A씨의 부인은 종교 등을 이유로 결혼을 취소하지 않았다. 시간이 흘러 2008년 A씨는 60세가 되자 국민연금을 신청했다. 영국에서 A씨 세대의 여성은 60세, 남성은 65세가 되면 연금 수급 자...

WASHINGTON -- North Korea has continued to make rapid improvements to its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon, although the action may have nothing to do with its recent pledge to denuclearize, a US website said Tuesday. 38 North, which monitors developments inside the reclusive regime, said the improvements to infrastructure are visible in commercial satellite imagery taken last Thursday. The cooli...

미국 캘리포니아 주 로스앤젤레스(LA) 남쪽 롱비치의 한 노인 전용 아파트에서 지난 25일(현지시간) 발생한 방화·총격 사건 용의자가 한인인 것으로 알려졌다. 전날 새벽 4시께 롱비치 다운타운에 있는 11층짜리 아파트에서는 폭발음이 들렸다는 신고를 받고 출동한 소방대원 2명이 총에 맞는 사건이 벌어졌다. 롱비치 소방대에 17년간 복무해온 데이브 로자 소방지구대장이 총에 맞아 병원으로 후송됐으나 숨졌다. 경찰은 현장에서 이 아파트 거주자인 용의자 토머스 김(77)씨를 체포했다. 25일 새벽(현지시간) 방화 및 총격 사건이 발생한 미국 캘리포니아주 로스앤젤레스(LA) 남쪽 롱비치의 한 노인 전용 아파트. (사진=AP-연합뉴스) 김 씨는 1960년대 한국에서 미국으로 이주해온 것으로 알려졌다. 김 씨...