South Korea's defense ministry on Wednesday announced a plan to capitalize on big data, 3D printing, drones and other cutting-edge technologies to strengthen the military's logistical support capabilities.The plan is part of the Defense Reform 2.0 initiative aimed at creating a smaller yet s
South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo returned home early Tuesday after undergoing an 18-hour questioning by special prosecutors over his alleged involvement in a massive rigging of online political comments led by a power blogger.Kim emerged from the special counsel's office at about 3:
The defense ministry launched a team Monday to prepare for the creation of a new command to supplant the scandal-ridden defense intelligence unit, long dogged by allegations of political interference.The launch is in line with President Moon Jae-in's order last Friday to dissolve and reorganize
A top North Korean official on Saturday accused the United States of dragging its feet in building mutual confidence despite their landmark Sentosa summit accord.Speaking at the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Singapore, Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho stressed that it's important for both sides to ta
Repeated government efforts to prevent cheap, low-quality package tours to South Korea by Chinese tourists are being questioned again as the number of travelers from the neighboring country increases, industry watchers said Thursday.The tally for June from the Korea Tourism Organization showed the v
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will engage in a round of bilateral diplomacy in Singapore involving China, Japan and Russia later Thursday amid annual regional forums organized by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), her ministry officials said.She plans to hold back-to-
A South Korean medical team flew into in Laos on Sunday to assist with recovery efforts following the deadly flooding that resulted from the collapse of a dam that was under construction by a Korean builder.An emergency relief team composed of 15 medical personnel and five support staff arrived at P
President Moon Jae-in on Saturday eulogized the father of a student activist whose death sparked nationwide pro-democracy protests in the 1980s that led to a direct presidential election.Moon said Park Jung-ki, who died earlier in the day at age 89, had been with people who needed solidarity after h
A U.S. Air Force aircraft transported the remains of dozens of service members killed in the Korean War to South Korea from North Korea on Friday, a move expected to help reinvigorate a peace-building process.U.S. officials received the remains at an airport in the communist nation's eastern por
South Korea will reduce the number of general-grade officers by about 17 percent over the next four years, in line with the overall troop drawdown scheme, as part of a new defense reform initiative aimed at creating a slimmer yet stronger military.The initiative also calls for launching the Ground O
A funeral service for late lawmaker Roh Hoe-chan was held Friday at the National Assembly with thousands in attendance, including legislators, family members and supporters, bidding their farewell to the iconic progressive politician.Parliamentary Speaker Moon Hee-sang hosted the service for the law
Governor Lee Mae-myung of the Gyeonggi Province is walking on a tight rope to the Office of the Governor. Since (and even before), Governor Lee was elected, there had been a number of scandals (portrayed here by bombs). The first bomb is (scandal of illicit love [or an illegal extramarital affair],
The Korean people have a time-honored wise-saying, “A cork-chasing dog helplessly looks in the sky.” As the expression suggests, a dog tries to catch a cock, but it flies away when the dog comes here. This traditional Korean proverb in this cartoon was obviously used in reference to a recent
North Korea continues to produce fissile material as part of its nuclear weapons program even as it makes progress toward denuclearization, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday.Pompeo was speaking to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on U.S. President Donald Trump's recent sum
By Publisher Lee Kyung-sikThe conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has at last found a new leader, Kim Byung-joon, a professor-emeritus at Kookmin University in Seoul, as the chairman of the party's Innovative Emergency Committee.Kim is a unique person for a conservative political party b
Hundreds have gone missing after a dam collapsed in southeast Laos on Monday, affecting 1,300 households and displacing around 6,600 people, the Laotian news agency KPL reported Tuesday.According to the report, one of the auxiliary dams collapsed around 8 p.m. Monday at the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropo
Recently, one of the close former associates of the progressive-oriented late former President Roh Moo-hyun was chosen to lead the faction-ridden, popularity-plummeting conservative political camp in Korea, namely the Liberty Korea Party (LKP).The late former President Roh, whom President Moon Jae-i
The military will launch a joint team with the prosecution to investigate a set of alleged misdeeds by a defense intelligence unit, officials said Monday, with the probe set to target civilians, such as military and government retirees.The team will look into the allegations that the Defense Securit
South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Monday rejected concerns about Seoul's alleged move to ease international sanctions on Pyongyang, saying it is seeking an "exception" to facilitate cross-border exchanges.Kang made the remarks upon arrival from her visit to the United States
Documents submitted by the defense ministry show the earlier reported proposal from the defense intelligence agency to declare martial law may have been more deliberate than earlier believed, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday, apparently implying the military may have actually sought