Assembly Speaker Kim to visit Vietnam, Indonesia
SEOUL-- National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo was to leave on a trip to Vietnam and Indonesia on Thursday to discuss expanding economic and security cooperation with the countries, Kim's office…
January 12, 2023
Opposition leader Lee lashes out at gov’t, calls for talks with Yoon
SEOUL-- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung lashed out at the government of President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday for what he called an attempt to "annihilate" the opposition party amid a…
Gov’t mulls compensating forced labor victims via public foundation despite victims’ opposition
SEOUL/GWANGJU/TOKYO-- The South Korean government is considering a method to compensate victims of Japan's wartime forced labor through a public foundation fund rather than direct payment from responsible Japanese firms,…
Four Killed In Road Accident In S.Korea
SEOUL, Jan 12 (NNN-YONHAP) – Four people were killed this morning, as a car fell into the sea, off south-east of South Korea, the police were reported as saying.The passenger…
Lawyer: Suspect in Abe Assassination to Face Murder Charge
Japanese prosecutors are expected to formally charge the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder on Friday, his lawyer said.Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after…
Japanese PM Asks for Canada’s Help on Clean Energy
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is looking to Canada to help his country wean itself off fossil fuels from places such as Russia.Kishida is in Ottawa Thursday for his first…