President Moon Jae-in returned home Thursday after his two-day visit to Vladivostok for a regional economic summit and talks with other global leaders, including his Russian counterpart, on ways to rein in North Korea's nuclear and missile developments.Moon's trip to the Russian city followe

A Seoul court on Friday refused to issue arrest warrants for two retired officials of the state intelligence agency suspected of interfering in the 2012 presidential election.The Seoul Central District Court turned down the prosecution's request for writs for ex-National Intelligence Service (NI

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party said Thursday that it will send a delegation to the United States to drum up support for its drive for the redeployment of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons to the Korean Peninsula.Rep. Kim Gwang-lim, the party's policy chief, said that the delegation will mee

President Moon Jae-in's approval rating dropped below the 70-percent range for the first time this week amid security concerns heightened by North Korea's recent nuclear test, a survey showed Thursday.In the Realmeter survey conducted from Monday through Wednesday, Moon's public support

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Thursday that now is not the time to talk about dialogue with North Korea and that South Korea is working hard to impose maximum sanctions on the communist nation, including cutting off its oil supply."Sanctions, deterrence and dialogue are often talked about as mean

The embattled leader of the minor opposition Bareun Party stepped down Thursday over a graft scandal that threatened to derail the party's efforts to reform conservative politics.Lee Hye-hoon faces a prosecutorial probe over allegations that a businesswoman gave cash and gifts worth about 60 mil

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis assured his South Korean counterpart that any North Korean threat to the allies will be met with a "massive, effective, and overwhelming" military response, his spokesperson said Wednesday.During a phone call Tuesday, Mattis and South Korean Defense Minister Song

Four more rocket launchers for a U.S. missile defense system were soon to be deployed here Thursday after police removed hundreds of protesters from the site.Clashes occurred throughout the night as some 400 residents fought off police officers near their community center in Seongju, some 300 kilome

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived here Wednesday on a two-day visit for a regional economic forum that will also include a series of summit meetings with Russian and Japanese leaders.Moon's itinerary will begin with a bilateral summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, accordi

South Korean President Moon Jae-in left Wednesday for Vladivostok, Russia, where he will attend a regional forum and hold a series of bilateral summits with other leaders that will largely focus on how to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test.Following his arrival in the Russian city, the S

President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump are completely on the same page on how to deal with North Korea, Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Tuesday, after a Trump tweet spurred speculation the two leaders might be at odds with each other.In the tweet following North Korea's sixth nucl

The Cabinet approved a proposal Tuesday to designate Oct. 2 as a one-off holiday to bridge the weekend and long Chuseok holiday so as to make it possible for workers to take 10 consecutive days off.The designation would link the Sept. 30 weekend to the three-day Chuseok holiday, and then to the Oct.

Conservative parties on Sunday raised pressure on President Moon Jae-in to rethink his "dovish" approach toward North Korea following its sixth nuclear test, urging him to explore stronger options such as the redeployment of U.S. tactical nuclear arms.They demanded that the liberal president renou

U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to step up pressure on North Korea and maintain a close coordination in telephone talks Sunday. "We completely agreed that we must thoroughly coordinate with each other and with South Korea, and cooperate closely with

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he would meet with his advisers next week to weigh a possible withdrawal from the U.S. free trade agreement with South Korea.Trump made the remark to journalists during a trip to hurricane-hit Houston, Reuters said, shortly after the move was reported by the

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) said Saturday that it will boycott the ongoing regular session of the National Assembly in opposition to what it claimed is a government attempt to control state-run media.The decision was made at an emergency meeting of party lawmakers.The former ruling

Nine out of 10 malaria infections in South Korea occur in border areas with North Korea, a member of a provincial government disease control body said Saturday.Officials at the government of Gyeonggi Province that surrounds Seoul said Saturday that a college professor belonging to the province's

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hosted a photo event in Pyongyang for a group of the country's youth troops, its state media reported Saturday amid keen global attention on the possibility of additional provocations by his regime.Kim took photos with participants in the fourth conference of "ac

The leaders of South Korea and the United States have agreed to enhance Seoul's deterrence against North Korea by increasing its missile capabilities, but also reaffirmed the need to bring the communist state back to the dialogue table, Seoul's presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae, said Saturd

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday vowed to greatly enhance his country's cooperation and exchanges with Latin American countries, stressing the need for the countries to work together to address various regional and global issues, such as climate change and the fourth-industrial rev