Korea

Customs service seizes record total of illegal drugs

The Korea Customs Service seized a record total of drugs in the first half of this year. Customs officials impounded 329 kilograms (725 pounds) of...

Korea commemorates 70th anniversary of Armistice Agreement

President Yoon Suk Yeol underscored that the South Korea of today exists because of the sacrifices of the United Nation forces, marking the anniversary...

Kim Jong-un visits graves of Chinese troops killed in Korean War

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday paid his respects at cemeteries where Korean and Chinese soldiers are buried to commemorate the 70th anniversary...

Police release photo, identity of Sillim Station stabber

The man who went on a stabbing rampage near Sillim Station in Gwanak District, southern Seoul, last Friday, killing one and injuring three others,...

North fires two missiles after U.S. nuclear sub docks in South

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the East Sea late Monday night after a nuclear-powered U.S. submarine arrived in South Korea on the...

Suspect in Gangnam murder was a secret anti-North operative

One of the suspects in the Gangnam kidnap-murder case had served as an anti-North operative, a court hearing revealed. A second trial for the seven...

1,700 evacuate Korea Post building due to unknown package

The Korea Post headquarters in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, had to evacuate some 1,700 people from its building on Friday afternoon after a package containing...

Yoon orders measures to restore teachers’ classroom authority

President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered his government to revise "unreasonable" educational ordinances that could possibly infringe upon teachers' rights in schools on Monday. He also...

One killed, 3 injured in knife attack outside Sillim Station in Seoul

A man in his 20s died and three were injured after being attacked by a person wielding a knife outside of Sillim Station in...

Yoon Suk Yeol’s mother-in-law arrested for falsifying documents

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s mother-in-law Choi Eun-soon was arrested for falsifying documents in court on Friday. Her arrest was made after the appellate court upheld...