The National Assembly approved the government's budget for next year early Wednesday as the main opposition party boycotted the vote to express its objection to some contentious points in the bill, such as the creation of thousands of new government jobsThe 428.8 trillion won (US$394.4 billion)
South Korea's state pension fund operator will introduce a set of guidelines next year to promote its role as the nation's biggest institutional investor, the welfare minister said Friday.Health and Welfare Minister Park Neung-hoo said it is a global trend to adopt the so-called stewardship
Choo Mi-ae, the leader of South Korea's ruling Democratic Party, embarked on a four-day trip to Beijing on Thursday to attend an international political conference and for talks with top Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping.Speaking to the press before her departure, Choo said that
South Korea and Japan's foreign ministers had a telephone conversation Wednesday to discuss North Korea's launch of a new, longer-range ballistic missile early in the day and how to respond to the provocation, the South Korean foreign ministry said.In the 20-minute conversation that began at
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday more "major sanctions" will be imposed on North Korea in response to its latest ballistic missile launch."Just spoke to President XI JINPING of China concerning the provocative actions of North Korea," Trump wrote on Twitter. "Additional major sanction
South Korean President Moon Jae-in strongly condemned North Korea's latest missile launch Wednesday, vowing to ramp up sanctions and pressure on Pyongyang."I strongly condemn North Korea for staging such reckless provocations," Moon said in an emergency meeting of the National Security Council
For everyone in Korea, Dol is a very, very special day as it celebrates the first anniversary of one’s birth. President Donald Trump had his first Dol day in Seoul during his official state visit to the Republic of Korea (south) on Nov. 7, 2017.At a welcome reception for President Trump at the Presi
South Korea's foreign minister on Monday dismissed Chinese media's call to restrict the operations of a U.S. missile defense system here as part of efforts to settle a yearlong bilateral feud over the deployment.Kang Kyung-wha also reiterated that Seoul has just reaffirmed to Beijing its exi
Russia is ready to cooperate with South Korea to peacefully resolve regional issues involving North Korea, Russia's top envoy on North Korean nuclear issues said Monday during a meeting with his South Korean counterpart."We are ready for close cooperation with South Korea for the purpose of ach
The Pentagon continues to watch North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile activities "very closely," a spokesman said Monday after a news report claimed the regime may be preparing for another missile launch.Japan's Kyodo news agency quoted Japanese government sources as saying the North
South Korea on Saturday strongly denounced a terrorist attack in Egypt that killed more than 200 people."Our government conveys a message of deep condolences to the victims, their bereaved families, and the Egyptian government and people, and wishes a quick recovery to the injured," the foreign mi
South Korea's Army plans to develop a combat uniform with new camouflage patterns and advanced functions, a military source said.The new uniform will replace the current digitally patterned one, adopted in 2008, to help ground troops better adjust to a changing warfare environment.The developmen
Prosecutors on Sunday questioned a former deputy director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) allegedly involved in the spy agency's illegal surveillance of officials and civilians.Choi Yun-su, who was in charge of information gathering of domestic affairs between February 2016 and June 2
The United States and South Korea will stage a joint air force drill next month involving about 230 warfare airplanes, the U.S. Air Force said Friday, in an apparent show of force against North Korea.The allies will hold the annual airborne exercise named Vigilant Ace from Dec. 4-8, mobilizing 12,00
President Moon Jae-in appointed a new head of the Constitutional Court on Friday, making the court's nine-member panel whole for the first time in nearly 10 months.The new chief justice, Lee Jin-sung, was appointed in a ceremony held at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae only hours after the
The leaders of South Korea and Uzbekistan agreed Thursday to further enhance bilateral ties and cooperation between the two countries, celebrating the 25th anniversary of establishing their diplomatic ties.In a bilateral summit at Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, South Korean President
South Korea agreed Thursday to provide financial support worth up to US$2.5 billion to Uzbekistan, including $500 million in official Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) loans, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.The pledge came as part of the economic cooperation agreements signed s
President Moon Jae-in made a surprise visit Friday to the southeastern city of Pohang, which was recently struck by a 5.4 magnitude earthquake that forced thousands of people to abandon their homes.The second strongest quake recorded in the country rattled the coastal city, which lies 370 kilometers
By Lee Kyung-sik with Ms. Sua KimSpeaking at the ‘Korean-Uzbekistan Business Forum entitled “Economic Liberalization, Society Democratization “ at Hotel Shilla in Seoul today (Nov. 23, 2017), President Mirziyoyev said, “The Korean businesses made a considerable measure of contribution to the economi
South Korea and China have agreed to push for President Moon Jae-in's state visit to Beijing next month as the two nations seek to mend ties, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday.The agreement came as South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha held talks with her Chinese counterpart Wang