Korea

Korea-China-Japan summit on May 27 could be ‘turning point’ to normalized ties

South Korea, China and Japan will hold a long-stalled trilateral summit in Seoul on Monday, a meeting expected to serve as a stepping stone...

South Korea bans videos using North Korea’s propaganda music idolizing Kim Jong-un

South Korea’s media regulator banned access to videos using North Korea's propaganda music idolizing leader Kim Jong-un. The song, titled “Friendly Father,” became a social...

Rate increases, ‘Trump risk’ at heart of second round of USFK cost sharing talks

The second round of negotiations for the 12th Special Measures Agreement (SMA) to determine South Korea's share of the costs for stationing U.S. Forces...

South Korea’s former President Moon’s memoir stirs the pot with accounts of North’s Kim, Trump, Abe

  Former President Moon Jae-in stirred controversy on Friday when he released his memoir, breaking his longtime silence regarding his administration's foreign and defense policy. In...

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea

North Korea fired a number of short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced Friday afternoon. The latest launch...

YouTuber suspected of killing fellow YouTuber referred to prosecutors on ‘revenge killing’ charge

A YouTuber who killed a fellow YouTuber in front of a courthouse in Busan was referred to prosecutors on Thursday on the charge of...

Kim Jong-un calls for ‘epochal change’ in war preparations during arms factory visit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a factory that produces new missile launchers as he called for an “epochal change” in the regime’s war...

North Korea suspected of supplying artillery from 1970s to Russia for war in Ukraine

South Korea's top spy agency said Sunday it is conducting a detailed review into suspicions that North Korean artillery shells and other weapons made...

Arrest made in Korea for murder of Korean tourist found in plastic barrel in Thailand

A suspect alleged to have murdered a Korean tourist in Thailand was apprehended by police in North Jeolla, said Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency on...

North Korean hackers stole 1,014GB of data from South Korea

North Korean hackers stole 1,014 gigabytes of data and documents from a South Korean court network over two years, according to the results of...