A bipartisan group of U.S. House lawmakers have introduced a resolution condemning North Korea's threat against the U.S. territory of Guam.Last month, the North threatened to fire intermediate-range ballistic missiles into waters just 30-40 kilometers off the Pacific island, a key strategic poin

LG Electronics Inc.'s brand new V30 smartphone will come with a price tag in the mid-900,000 won range in its home market, industry sources said Sunday, as it aims to compete head on with other flagships in the second half of this year.According to mobile operators, the 64 gigabyte version of th

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party accused President Moon Jae-in on Saturday of sending the wrong signal that the U.S. THAAD missile defense system can be withdrawn at any time, a day after Moon said this week's deployment of additional launchers is only tentative.South Korea has installed

South Korean companies, led by Doosan Infracore Co., continued to expand their presence in China's excavator market, as the world's No. 2 economy increased spending on infrastructure, industry sources said Saturday. According to market watchers, Doosan Infracore sold a total of 554 e

South Korea's military is watching North Korea closely for signs of provocations, officials said Saturday, amid concern the regime could undertake a missile launch or even another nuclear test on its founding anniversary. The anniversary, which marks the 1948 establishment of the North&#

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde expected Friday South Korea's economy will continue to grow stably despite security risks stemming from North Korea, the foreign minister here said after their meeting in Seoul.Top diplomat Kang Kyung-wha met Lagarde to discuss the economy of S

The Philippines has suspended trade with North Korea as part of efforts to enforce a U.N. Security Council resolution against the regime, according to news reports.On Friday, Foreign Minister Alan Peter Cayetano told reporters in the capital of the decision in the wake of North Korea's sixth and

South Korea will play against the 2018 FIFA World Cup hosts Russia next month, the national football governing body said Friday.The Korea Football Association (KFA) said the men's national team will take on Russia in Moscow on Oct. 7. The KFA said the exact kickoff time and match venue will be a

Traces of xenon gas, a radionuclide, were detected in South Korea, the nuclear safety agency said Friday, five days after North Korea conducted its most powerful nuclear test.The the radioactive material, the xenon-133 isotope, was found in the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission's analysis o

South Korean President Moon Jae-in defended the government's decision to fully deploy the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system here Friday, saying it was an inevitable decision to protect his people from evolving nuclear and missile provocations from North Korea.The president,

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) on Friday ramped up its claim of a government attempt to control the media, amid a report that the ruling party wrote a plan to oust executives of two broadcasters allegedly in favor of the conservative bloc.The local daily Chosun Ilbo reported that the

South Korea will explore all measures to prevent North Korea from perfecting a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the unification minister said Friday.Minister Cho Myoung-gyon also said that now is not the right time to seek talks with North Korea amid tensions sparked by its

The temporary deployment of the U.S. missile defense system in South Korea is necessary to defend the country from North Korean provocations, and also to force the communist state to return to the dialogue table, a ranking official from Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday.The o

The leader of the ruling Democratic Party weighed in Friday to dampen mounting opposition calls for South Korea's nuclear armament, warning it would only "do more harm than good."After North Korea conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile test in July and its sixth nuclear experiment Sun

Millennium Seoul Hilton’s flagship restaurant, Café 395, is pleased to host a special promotion featuring Mexican cuisine from September 14th to the 20th. Special guest chef Daniel Gonzalez from Mexico will helm the kitchen during that time to bring you an authentic taste of Mexico’s finest f

President Moon Jae-in's approval rating dropped to the lowest level since his inauguration about four months ago, a poll showed Friday, amid growing security concerns following North Korea's latest nuclear test.In a weekly survey conducted by Gallup Korea, 72 percent of the respondents said

The ruling party and anti-trust watchdog agreed Friday to toughen measures to protect local small enterprises from larger companies' technology extortion, amid the government drive to stamp out unfair business practices.During their policy consultation, the Democratic Party and Fair Trade Commis

South Korea's unification ministry said Friday it plans to seek trilateral economic cooperation involving the two Koreas and Russia after taking into account international sanctions and public sentiment.President Moon Jae-in has unveiled the so-called new Northern Policy designed to expand econo

A bipartisan group of American lawmakers Thursday urged President Donald Trump to keep the U.S. free trade agreement with South Korea amid a deepening security crisis on the Korean Peninsula.In a letter addressed to the president, four co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Korea underscored the i

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