South Korea is working to recover Sunday from the damage caused by Typhoon Lingling, which hit the Korean Peninsula with heavy rains and strong winds the previous day.According to an anti-disaster government agency, Lingling, this year's 13th typhoon, made landfall here Saturday, killing three p

Operations are under way to rescue four South Koreans believed to be trapped inside a ship that accidentally tilted sideways off the east coast of the United States, Seoul's foreign ministry has said. The four South Koreans are caught in the engine room of a car transport vessel of Glovi

North Korea's missile programs are designed to support its development of intercontinental ballistic missiles, a United Nations panel of experts said Thursday, underscoring the ongoing threat posed by the regime.The panel made the assessment in a new report for the U.N. Security Council committe

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will fly to Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on Thursday for talks on ways to promote bilateral cooperation. He will become South Korea's first president to make a state visit to Laos, which reflects his signature New Southern Policy.Moon is sched

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States is not looking for regime change in North Korea, appearing to extend another invitation to Pyongyang to return to denuclearization talks. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump again lumped North Korea and Iran

South Korean President Moon Jae-in landed in Yangon, the largest city and economic hub of Myanmar, on Wednesday for a business forum and a groundbreaking ceremony for a joint industrial zone He will also visit a monument for South Koreans killed by a North Korean-orchestrated bombing in 1983.

President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday asked the National Assembly to send a confirmation hearing report on a justice minister nominee facing corruption allegations involving his family, moving a step closer to appointing him.While on overseas trips, the president requested parliament to send the hearing

South Korea and Myanmar agreed Tuesday to open a new chapter in their relations by ramping up partnerships in the economy, culture and development.The accord came at talks here between the leaders of the two countries -- President Moon Jae-in and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. Moon was on a stat

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will head to Myanmar on Tuesday in a bid to pave the way for closer economic cooperation between the two sides.Moon's state visit to the nation, the first by a South Korean president in seven years, is in line with his administration's campaign to reach out

The United States is ready to hold talks with North Korea, the State Department said Saturday, after the communist nation warned that expectations for talks with the U.S. are disappearing and threatened to roll back denuclearization measures.The North's First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui i

The leaders of South Korea and Thailand will hold summit talks in Bangkok on Monday primarily on working together in response to the fourth industrial revolution.President Moon Jae-in arrived in Bangkok a day earlier, becoming South Korea's first leader to visit the Southeast Asian nation in sev

Japan has allowed the first shipment of hydrogen fluoride to South Korea since it tightened export controls in July, according to a government official.Hydrogen fluoride is one of three materials, used in the production of semiconductors and display panels, affected by Japan's export curbs again

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Friday he would "embrace" Japan if it shifts to dialogue to end diplomatic and trade rifts between the two sides, again extending an olive branch to Tokyo."I'm ready to embrace and cooperate with Japan when it returns to the table for dialogue and coope

Seoul police questioned Seungri, a former member of the K-pop boy band BIGBANG, Wednesday over allegations of illegal overseas gambling.The disgraced singer returned home at around 10:20 p.m. after nearly 12 1/2 hours of interrogation at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. He was bo

The United States' top defense leaders expressed disappointment Wednesday over an ongoing dispute between South Korea and Japan that recently led to Seoul's decision to terminate an intelligence sharing pact with Tokyo.At a joint press conference at the Pentagon, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark

The South Korea-United States alliance will remain firm despite the planned termination of a military intelligence-sharing agreement between South Korea and Japan, Seoul's top envoy to Washington said Wednesday.Amb. Cho Yoon-je said the U.S.'s disappointment at South Korea's decision to

The office of President Moon Jae-in expressed "strong regret" Wednesday over Japan's export restrictions against South Korea and also urged Tokyo to "hold hands" extended by Seoul to resolve a related problem diplomatically.In a statement issued after Japan finally demoted South Korea's

The United States will do what it can to help South Korea and Japan resolve their differences, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday in response to Tokyo's latest trade restrictions against Seoul.Japan decided early this month to remove South Korea from its "whitelist" of trusted trading part

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited North Korea's "rogue" behavior on Tuesday as negotiations on dismantling the country's nuclear weapons program have continued to stall.In a speech to American veterans, the top U.S. diplomat touted the values of "Americanism" and how it means tel

South Korea's military drills on its easternmost islets of Dokdo were "not productive" in the country's current row with Japan, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday.The comment comes a day after South Korea concluded a two-day exercise on and around Dokdo, drawing protests from Japan, wh