U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that "only one thing" will work to solve the North Korean nuclear impasse, apparently referring to military action.Trump did not state what the "one thing" was, but he voiced strong objection to negotiations with the communist regime."Presidents and the
Nearly 70,000 cases of exotic diseases and insect pests were detected at airports and sea ports across South Korea over the last seven years, government data showed Saturday, pointing to a possible loophole in the nation's quarantine system for imports.The number of interceptions of non-indigeno
Hundreds of members of a jury formed to deliberate President Moon Jae-in's proposal to scrap two unfinished nuclear power reactors are set to enter a three-day debate camp this week in a crucial final step to determine whether to kill or continue the project. The 478-member jury, formally known
South Korea's foreign ministry said Friday that no South Koreans were killed in the Las Vegas shooting rampage."The U.S. authority said it has confirmed the identities of all victims, and notified related countries concerning foreign victims," an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs s
"Hello, this is Moon Jae-in. This is information on the current traffic conditions as you make your happy way to your hometowns."President Moon surprised drivers by broadcasting current traffic conditions live as a daily traffic correspondent for about six minutes at local broadcaster tbs Monday.
The United States is expected to send the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), a forward-deployed aircraft carrier, to waters near the Korean Peninsula this month for a combined exercise with South Korea's Navy, a defense official here said Sunday."We are in consultations (with the U.S.) on a plan for t
All expressways across South Korea will be toll-free during next week's Chuseok holiday, officials said Saturday.The three-day toll-free period is set to begin on Tuesday, a day before South Koreans celebrate Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving. Many motorists use expressways
Who said President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea is not friendly with the United States Forces in Korea? This appears to be wholly untrue because President Moon is seeking increased military cooperation with the US as well as promotion of interaction and collaboration with the US in the econo
President Moon Jae-in recently called for all-out efforts to fight corruption in both the public and private sectors, noting graft may be limiting the country's growth potential.The Republic of Korea is notorious for the world’s worst income gaps among the different strata of people. It is the h
President Moon Jae-in will hold a special meeting with the leaders of the ruling and opposition parties this week to discuss bipartisan efforts to end North Korea's nuclear ambitions, an official from the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday.The meeting will be held over dinner Wednesd
U.S. President Donald Trump responded in a non-negative way to President Moon Jae-in's decision to provide humanitarian assistance to North Korea when he held a trilateral summit with Moon and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a presidential official said Friday.Senior press secretary Yoon You
South Korea's parliament approved President Moon Jae-in's pick for Supreme Court chief justice on Thursday, ending a month of partisan bickering over his ideological orientation and avoiding the risk of another judicial leadership void.Of the 298 lawmakers present for the vote on Kim Meong-s
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said Tuesday he will file a complaint with the prosecution seeking an inquiry into former President Lee Myung-bak for his role in an alleged smear campaign against him led by the state spy agency.His remark comes as an internal task force of the National Intelligence Servic
South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed Monday with his French and Australian counterparts to work together to lure North Korea back to dialogue through "top-level sanctions and pressure" and peacefully address the nuclear standoff, Seoul's presidential office said.In separate phone calls wi
The ruling party leader on Monday reiterated her opposition to growing calls for South Korea's nuclear armament, saying North Korea's nuclear standoff must be settled through political and diplomatic means.Choo Mi-ae of the Democratic Party aligned her position with that of the government, a
President Moon Jae-in's approval rating saw a substantial dip from last month as the government faces an increasing security dilemma over North Korea's nuclear brinkmanship, according to a poll released Sunday.According to the poll conducted by the Korea Society Opinion Institute (KSOI), 78.
The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) is shoring up its push for the redeployment of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, in a move largely seen as strengthening its political position against the ruling Democratic Party with the controversial proposal.Rep. Kim Kwang-lim, w
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
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