Most North Koreans are unaware that the head of the country's spy agency has been sacked, a U.S.-based media outlet said Sunday. Citing Japan's media outlet Asia Press that claimed to have contacted four North Koreans to check if Kim Won-hong's fall from grace has reached ordinary people

South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Sunday said Seoul is doing its best to carry out a "corresponding" response to punish Pyongyang for its latest missile launch. The communist state launched a ballistic missile at around 7:55 a.m. toward the East

North Korea on Sunday fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea in show of force against the Donald Trump government's hard-line stance toward the communist state, the South Korean military said.It is the first test-firing of a North Korean missile since Trump became U.S. president on Jan. 20.

South Korea shut out Japan 3-0 to close out the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge (EIHC) tournament on home ice Saturday.South Korea scored two power-play goals in the second period for only its second victory against Japan in 22 meetings.South Korea finished the four-nation tournament with two wins and a l

South Koreans took to the streets Saturday calling for impeached President Park Geun-hye's resignation and demanding an extension of special prosecutors' probe into a presidential scandal.To counter the anti-Park rally, the president's supporters, marked by their waving of the Korean fla

The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Feb. 11. Korean-language dailies -- Education minister blames 'conspiracy' for failed state-authored history textbook (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Education ministry threatens punishment for any attempt to hinder use of state

Ample reasons An Hee-jung's rise should offer lessons to other presidential contenders There is a conspicuous trend in the presidential race: Two men -- one favored mainly by conservatives and the other by liberals -- are gaining popularity, even at what many have called a "frightening pace."

Government should properly compensate Gaeseong businesses It has been a year since the government closed the inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean city of Gaeseong. On Feb. 10, 2016, Seoul suspended business operations there following Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6 and a

The archers won't survive The new foreign and security officials under hawkish U.S. President Donald Trump have turned decisively tougher on North Korea as it claims to be ready to blast off long-distance ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads capable of reaching U.S. territory. U.S. Secretary

Rallies over President Park Geun-hye's impeachment trial are expected to heat up again Saturday, with presidential contenders scheduled to attend pro- and anti-Park gatherings scheduled in Seoul.Park's critics have organized mass rallies each Saturday to demand her immediate resignation over

Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Friday refused to clarify his stance on the politically-charged issue of extending special prosecutors' corruption probe into President Park Geun-hye, saying it is not the time yet to consider it.Hwang made the remarks during a parliamentary i

South Korea's special prosecution will ask a court to allow it to search the presidential office as part of a corruption probe of President Park Geun-hye after investigators were denied entry by her aides last week, its spokesman said.The probe team will file the request seeking the suspension o

A South Korean tourist was found dead on Kuta Beach on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Friday, two days after he went missing while snorkeling, police said.A local merchant found the body of the man in his 50s washed ashore around 6:30 a.m. about 500 meters away from the spot he went into t

South Korea's 2016 decision to shut down an inter-Korean industrial complex is presumed to have dealt a heavy blow to North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, a government official said Friday.The statement comes on the first anniversary of Seoul's closure of the Kaesong Industrial Co

A former head of the state-run Korea Resources Corp. (KORES) was acquitted Friday of causing losses to the state coffers by taking over a local construction firm's stake in a mining project in Madagascar at a high price.Kim Shin-jong, 66, who headed the company from 2008 to 2012, was indicted in

The education minister warned Friday of "legal measures" over schools' resistance to adopting state-authored history textbooks.Lee Joon-sik made the remark in a public address at the government complex in Seoul following the government's Jan. 31 unveiling of the final version of the contro

A group of Korean-Americans seeking to set up a girl's statue symbolizing victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery said Thursday the statue installation will take place at a civil rights movement museum in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, in April."We will accelerate our preparations for the

A former health minister arrested over a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye was summoned to her impeachment trial Thursday to testify on a controversial merger between two Samsung affiliates.Moon Hyung-pyo, who served as minister from 2013 to 2015, was brought to the 12th hearing a

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., a major construction firm, said Thursday that it swung to the red last year from a year earlier as it put aside reserves against potential losses related to overseas projects.Net loss reached 794 billion won (US$692 million) last year, compared with a profit of

Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Thursday ordered quarantine authorities to finish vaccinating all cows this week, amid the spread of foot-and-mouth disease reported in the country earlier this week.Hwang made the remarks a day after another infection was confirmed in Yeoncheon,