[ad_1] The controversy surrounding South Korean First Lady Kim Keon Hee and the alleged acceptance of a luxury Dior bag has plunged the ruling People Power Party (PPP) into disarray, posing a threat to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s party in the upcoming April elections. Late last year, spy camera footage emerged, seemingly showing a pastor…
[ad_1] Seoul’s chief of police has been charged with professional negligence over the deadly 2022 Halloween crush that killed nearly 160 people, prosecutors in the South Korean capital said. On Oct 29, 2022, tens of thousands of people — mostly in their 20s and 30s — had been out to enjoy post-pandemic holiday celebrations in…
[ad_1] South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has been airlifted to hospital in Seoul after he was stabbed in the neck by a knife-wielding man during a visit to the southeastern port city of Busan. According to international media reports, Lee, who heads the main opposition Democratic Party, was stabbed on the left side of…
[ad_1] North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the sea on Monday in a resumption of its high-profile weapons testing activities, its neighbors said, as the North vows strong responses against US and South Korean moves to boost their nuclear deterrence plans. South Korea’s military said the missile was launched on an elevated angle,…
[ad_1] South Korean, Chinese and Japanese senior diplomats agreed on Tuesday that their national leaders should meet at the “earliest convenient time,” Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said after a rare meeting. According to international media reports, the sides are seeking to reboot trilateral exchanges after regular annual meetings were put on hold because of strained relations…
[ad_1] South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has blamed authorities’ failure to follow disaster response rules as the death toll from days of torrential rain grew to 39, including a dozen people found dead in a submerged underpass. According to internaitonal media reports, President Yoon Suk Yeol, just back from an overseas trip, on Monday…
[ad_1] President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol warned North Korea on Wednesday it would face a nuclear response and the “end” of the leadership there if Pyongyang uses its own arsenal. Speaking at the White House after Oval Office talks during only the second state visit so far in the…
[ad_1] North Korea claimed on Saturday it had tested another underwater nuclear attack drone, in its latest response to South Korean and United States military drills, though analysts have questioned whether Pyongyang has such a weapon. In recent weeks, North Korea has tested what state media have described as an underwater nuclear-capable drone, and also…
