SEOUL– South Korea, the United States and Japan held a trilateral anti-submarine exercise near the peninsula for the first time in five years as part of efforts to sharpen deterrence…
TOKYO– Japan has submitted a revised version of a recommendation letter to UNESCO in a bid to have a former gold mine on Sado Island, a site linked to wartime…
SEOUL– The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said Friday the relocation cost of the presidential office will be far greater than expected, surpassing 1 trillion won (US$698 million). The envisioned…
SEOUL– South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho has been elected as chair of next year’s annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), his office said Friday. Choo took over…
SEOUL– South Korea’s military reported 293 additional COVID-19 cases Friday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 278,918, the defense ministry said. The new cases were comprised of…
SEOUL– Foreign Minister Park Jin on Friday refuted criticism that President Yoon Suk-yeol’s overseas trip earlier this month was a “diplomatic fiasco” severely undermining national interest, speaking in person to…