SEOUL, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to visit South Korea next month for meetings with her counterpart, Choo Kyung-ho, and other officials, a government source Friday.During what would be her first trip here since assuming the post in Janu…
Day: June 25, 2022
House panel advances 2023 defense bill maintaining U.S. troop level in S. Korea
SEOUL, The U.S. House Armed Services Committee has endorsed an annual defense policy bill for the fiscal year 2023 maintaining the current level of around 28,500 American troops in South Korea, according to media reports Friday.The proposed National De…
Trade deficit expected to widen in June on fewer working days, strike: official
SEOUL, South Korea’s trade deficit is expected to widen this month compared with a month earlier due mainly to fewer working days and a trucker strike, the finance ministry said Friday.The country had national holidays for the June 1 local elections an…
Girl group aespa to drop first English single
SEOUL, Rising K-pop girl group aespa will release its first English-language single titled “Life’s Too Short” on Friday, the group’s management agency said.The song, set to be out at 1 p.m., is about the girls’ wish to live life with no regrets, accord…
N. Korea’s key party meeting ends after three-day run: state media
SEOUL, North Korea ended a high-profile three-day party meeting on key defense policies, state media reported Friday, without direct mention of the country’s nuclear issue.The third enlarged meeting of the eighth Central Military Commission of the Work…
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers
SEOUL, The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on June 25.Korean-language dailies– Yoon says revision of 52-hour workweek not official despite announcement from ministry (Kyunghyang Shinmun)– Gov’t, presidential office di…
Annual peace forum to open amid N. Korea’s brinkmanship, U.S.-China hegemony competition
SEOUL, Senior government officials and national security experts will take part in an annual peace forum in Seoul to explore ways to deal with multiple challenges facing the Korean Peninsula amid a rapidly changing global security environment stemming …
Japanese PM says no plan to meet Yoon during NATO summit
SEOUL, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday he does not plan to meet South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Spain next week.”There is no scheduled summit (with Yoon) at the mom…