WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The State Department said Monday it is "not an uncommon practice" for diplomats to move in and out of a country after Japan recalled its ambassador from South Korea in anger over the installation of a statue symbolizing the country's wartime sexual slavery.Histor

SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Cabinet is set to approve a plan to confer one of the highest orders of merit on former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his contribution to enhancing national stature, officials said Tuesday.Ban, who is set to return to his home country Thursday af

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday reiterated the government's commitment to create new jobs and enhance the welfare system this year, as he seeks to stabilize the livelihoods of average citizens amid a prolonged economic slowdown.During the New

SEOUL, Jan. 9 - The North Korean regime on Sunday said it may launch its long-range missile at any time and anywhere its leaders choose, possibly hinting at its mobile capabilities while also asserting its right to do so. Yonhap and other Korean-language news media reported Monday.In an interview ca

SEOUL, Jan. 9 - Defense Secretary Ash Carter of the United States vowed Sunday to shoot down any North Korean missile that flies toward the U.S. or its allies. Yonhap and other Korean-language news media reported Monday. He made the remarks in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" where he

SEOUL, Jan. 9 - The United States said Sunday that it is fully capable of defending against North Korean missiles after the communist nation said it can test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile at any time from any place. This was reported by Yonhap and other Korean-language news media in S

Reports indicate that leading figures of the so-called pro-Park group of political doyens such as Reps. Suh Chung-won, Choi Kyung-hwan and Yoon Sang-hyun had an emergency meeting in Yeoeuido near the National Assembly in Seoul on Nov. 28, 2016, and decided to directly recommend to President Park Geu

A total of over 20 former prime ministers, National Assembly speakers and other top leaders of the Republic of Korea had an emergency meeting at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul on Nov. 27, 2016, and urged President Park Geun-hye to step down as President within the next four months.Then they urged the Nati

“Chairmen of Korea’s top jaebeol business groups are trembling with extreme fear,” said Chosun Ilbo, a leading Korean-language daily said this morning (Nov. 9). Trembling are the big bosses of the top Korean jaebeol business groups, including Samsung, SK, Lotte, POSCO, KT and a number others.It said

President Park Geun-hye agreed on Nov. 8, 2016 that she would cancel her appointment of Kim Byong-joon as prime minister and appoint one whomever is recommended by the National Assembly. This was reported by Korean-language daily, Dong-A Ilbo, this morning. She had appointed Kim as prime minister si

The opposition camp now no longer wants the withdrawal of President Park Geun-hye from active duty to the ‘second line’ but to step down altogether as President.According to the Korean-language daily, Chosun Ilbo, on Nov. 7, 2016, now the opposition leaders want President Park ‘out of the office.’ F

“I will use my power 100% and form an all-party cabinet,” disclosed newly appointed Prime Minister Kim Byong-joon at an informal meeting with reporters yesterday. According to Korean-language newspapers this morning (Nov. 4, 2016), including Hankyoreh, Kim stated that he will wield to the fullest po

Newly appointed Prime Kim Byong-joon served as a policy secretary to the late President Roh Mu-hyeon's, a liberal figure who is still admired by many people in the opposition camp. The 62-year-old new prime minister graduated from Yeungnam University in southern Korea and served as a professor a

President Park Geun-hye appointed yesterday Prof. Kim Byong-joon of Kook University as new prime minister to succeed former PM Hwang Kyo-ahn.President Park also reshuffled the deputy prime minister for economic affairs appointing former Chairman Yim Jong-yong of the Financial Commission as new DPM.

The Korean-language newspapers editorially questioned the existence of merit in the statements made by President Park Geun-hye following the news on the inappropriate behaviors of Mrs. Choi Sun-sil.The mass-circulated Korean-language daily newspaper, Dong-A Ilbo, questioned on Oct. 26, 2016: “Is the

President Park Geun-hye made an apology on Oct. 25, 2016 concerning the leaking of confidential documents including key Presidential speeches to Mrs. Choi Soon-sil. Excerpts from her apology follow:Since the last National Assembly elections, Mrs. Choi has offered me her opinion on how my election sp

By Lee Kyung-sikPublisher, The Korea Post Korean government officials, journalists, school teachers and other people in public services are in a state of Jeon-jeon Geung-geung (“fear-stricken and trebling”). This is because the so-called Kim Young-ran anti-graft law came in effect on Sept. 28, 2016.

On January 22, 2013, the Philippines, as a member of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), filed a lawsuit against China to the Arbitral Tribunal, constituted under Annex VII to the UNCLOS. According to the lawsuit, China’s claims and activities in the South China Sea ar

Ahn Cheol-soo quit the second opposition People’s Party as its co-chairman yesterday (June 30). What is he really up to? Does he really mean to quit politics altogether?It appears that he won’t.In the eyes of many objective political observers in Korea, Ahn did well when he gave up the chairmanship

Co-Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo and Chun Jung-bae of the second opposition People’s Party announced today (June 29) that they were quitting the party’s co-chairmanship in assumption of the recent scandal involving some of the party lawmakers.According to a Korean-language daily Chosun Ilbo report this mor