Two separate rallies were held in central Seoul late Saturday with supporters and protesters from each side showing contrasting sentiment regarding hundreds of Yemini asylum seekers in the southern island of Jeju.A group of protesters, who named themselves People's Solidarity Against Illegal Asy
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited island areas near China, the country's state media said Saturday, marking his first inspection following his historic summit with the U.S. leader.The North's leader made the so-called field guidance to a reed farm in Sindo County in North Pyongan P
The United States Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to South Korea, filling a post that has been vacant since the launch of the administration.The Senate voted unanimously in favor of retired Adm. Harry Harris on Thursday, according to a diplomatic source. The for
The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) opened its new headquarters in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on Friday, in a relocation project likely to broaden its security role long defined by deterrence against North Korea.The USFK held a ceremony to celebrate the relocation from Yongsan, central Seoul, to Camp Hump
President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday appointed three new senior aides for the economy, job creation and civil affairs in the first reshuffle of presidential secretaries since he took office last year.Yoon Jong-won, a former director from the Finance Ministry, has been named the senior secretary to the p
The United Nations Command in South Korea will handle North Korea's return of the remains of American troops killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said.The repatriation was part of an agreement reached by U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim J
The two Koreas held working-level talks on fully restoring military communication lines Monday, as part of efforts to reduce tensions and build trust, officials here said.The first colonel-grade meeting in more than seven years began at the Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine office in Paju, just s
South Korea began a process Monday to select those who will meet their long-separated family members in North Korea in late August.The two Koreas agreed to hold their first family reunion event in nearly three years at the North's Mount Kumgang resort from Aug. 20-26, a follow-up to the April 27
The U.S. military moved 100 wooden "temporary transit cases" to the inter-Korean border on Saturday in preparation to receive the remains of soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War.The cases in storage at the truce village of Panmunjom, or the Joint Security Area (JSA), will likely be sent to No
Germany has been belatedly classified among the participating nations in the Korean War, as South Korea has added the European country to the list of countries that provided medical assistance during the 1950-53 war, government officials said Friday.The Ministry of National Defense has designated Ge
Public institutions are hiring more people, but not those without college degrees, government statistics showed Wednesday.According to state portal All Public Information in One (ALIO), 361 state-run institutions employed 22,560 people in permanent positions last year. The proportion of hires for wh
South Korea's Navy said Monday it will soon kick off a regular exercise on defending the nation's easternmost islets of Dokdo amid Japan's continued territorial claim.The two-day training is to start in the afternoon, involving the 3,200-ton Yangmanchun destroyer and five other warships
South Korea proposed that North Korea move its long-range artillery away from the heavily fortified border in an effort to reduce tensions during last week's rare cross-border military talks, government sources here said Sunday.During Thursday's general-grade meeting, the first in more than
South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam had talks Friday with a senior Vietnamese communist party official on strengthening relations between the two countries, Lim's ministry said.In a meeting with Tran Dac Loi, vice chairman of the Communist Party External Relations Commission, in Seou
South Korea's jobless rate rose slightly in May due to a fall in employment in the retail, manufacturing and educational service sectors, while job creation remained sluggish, government data showed Friday.The unemployment rate stood at 4 percent last month, up 0.4 percentage point from a year e
U.S. President Donald Trump's pick for the ambassador to South Korea said Thursday the allies should "pause" major combined military exercises to help test North Korea's seriousness about dialogue.Retired Adm. Harry Harris, who commanded American forces in the Pacific, cited a change in th
South Korea began voting Wednesday in local elections and parliamentary by-elections which are seen as a referendum on liberal President Moon Jae-in's administration.At stake are 4,016 local administrative, legislative and educational posts, including 17 metropolitan mayoralties and provincial g
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will stop "provocative and expensive" war games with South Korea in a surprise reference to the joint military exercises Pyongyang has criticized as a rehearsal of invasion.Trump made the remarks during a press conference that followed his historic
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's historic summit on Tuesday signaled the start of warming ties between Cold War foes and the possible onset of peace on the Korean Peninsula.Trump and Kim met on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore, against the backdrop of Nort
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un were meeting in Singapore on Tuesday, a historic opportunity to peacefully end the North Korean nuclear threat.The summit began at 9 a.m. on the resort island of Sentosa against the backdrop of the North's nuclear capability that Tr