Korea

U.S. lawmaker urges Indo-Pacific nations to consider NATO-like alliance to deter China, North Korea

A U.S. conservative lawmaker called on nations in the Indo-Pacific to consider a NATO-like security apparatus to curb Chinese and North Korean threats. “Our adversaries...

U.S. bill calls to maintain 28,500 American troops in Korea

U.S. House of Representatives and Senate negotiators released their compromise draft of an annual defense policy bill Thursday, which calls for maintaining 28,500 U.S....

South Korea, Japan urge security cooperation in dealing with ‘provocative’ North

South Korean National Security Adviser Cho Tae-yong and his Japanese counterpart, Takeo Akiba, stressed that Pyongyang's "unprecedented provocations" pose a serious threat to peace...

Two Koreans among Forbes’ ‘100 Most Powerful Women’

Lee Boo-jin, eldest daughter of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, and Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon were named by Forbes as two of the "100...

Envoys from Seoul, Washington, Tokyo meet in Japan to address North’s cyberattacks

Nuclear envoys and negotiators of South Korea, the United States and Japan met in Tokyo on Thursday to launch a trilateral working group to...

AliExpress under scrutiny for counterfeit items

A 39-year-old smuggler, identified only as Yang, was caught by the Korean customs agency after making 300 million won ($228,212) from selling 746 counterfeit...

South confirms closure of seven North Korean embassies

North Korea shut down seven embassies due to financial struggles, said the Foreign Ministry in Seoul. “North Korea recently shut its embassies in Guinea, Nepal,...

Korea, Japan’s nuclear envoys

  BY ESTHER CHUNG

South Korea successfully launches solid-fuel space rocket with satellite

  The Defense Ministry announced that it had successfully launched a solid-fuel-propelled space launch vehicle (SLV) from the sea near Jeju Island on Monday afternoon. The...

Korea inks $2.6B deal to deliver 159 K-9 howitzers to Poland

Hanwha Aerospace announced Monday that it inked a 3.45-trillion-won ($2.6-billion) executive contract with Poland to deliver 159 K-9 self-propelled howitzers. The contract promises to deliver...