Ahn Cheol-soo, the former presidential candidate of the minor opposition People's Party, broke his silence and apologized Wednesday over a fake tip-off scandal that has sullied its image as a champion of "new clean politics." The apology came hours after his former senior campai
South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Wednesday to continue joint efforts to put "maximum pressure" on North Korea in order to bring it to the negotiating table.The three countries strongly condemned the North's launch last week of a ballistic missile with intercontinental range duri
Lt. Gen. Thomas Vandal, commander of the Eighth U.S. Army in South Korea, and other participants cut the tape during a ceremony at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on July 11, 2017, to mark the opening of the Eighth Army's headquarters that was relocated from Seoul's Yongsan Gar
North Korea's recently tested intercontinental ballistic missile, if fully developed, would be able to strike the U.S. naval base at San Diego with a nuclear warhead and multiple decoys designed to penetrate missile defenses, a top American missile expert said Monday.John Schilling, an aerospace
South Korea's unification ministry said Monday it will seek inter-Korean talks after gauging North Korea's reaction to President Moon Jae-in's latest proposal to bring peace to the divided peninsula.Moon unveiled his broad vision for improving inter-Korean relations during his speech in
The parliamentary budget committee on Monday tabled a 11.2 trillion-won (US$9.74 billion) extra budget bill for a long-delayed review despite opposition parties' objections.Ruling Democratic Party members pressed ahead with the submission of the bill, aimed mainly at creating jobs in the public
South Korea's parliamentary speaker on Sunday called for efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea, noting sanctions alone cannot ensure peace on the Korean Peninsula."North Korea's continued military provocations are a threat to peace. But to induce North Korea's change, there is as
South Korea has pledged US$10 million to a new global fund aimed at promoting and fostering increased job opportunities for women in developing countries, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Saturday.The pledge was made by President Moon Jae-in at the inaugural meeting of the Women Entreprene
A South Korean judge is set to be elected the head of the management body at the International Criminal Court (ICC), the foreign ministry here said Friday.The ICC's bureau has recently decided to recommend Kwon O-gon, who formerly served as vice president of the International Criminal Tribunal f
Leaders of South Korea, Japan and the United States agreed to work together for tougher sanctions by the international community against North Korea for its latest missile provocation that hinted at its ability to target most countries in the world, South Korea's presidential office said Friday.
The leaders of South Korea and Germany agreed to boost their countries' cooperation in ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions, vowing to use all available means, Seoul's presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae, said Thursday.The agreement by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and German Chanc
South Korean President Moon Jae-in departed for Germany on Wednesday for the upcoming Group of 20 summit where he was expected to discuss ways to rein in North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile technologies with other global leaders. His departure came one day after North Korea claime
South Korea and the United States staged a massive combined ballistic missile exercise Wednesday aimed at sending a warning message to North Korea, the South's military said a day after the communist country claimed a successful long-range missile test. The allies fired a barrage of miss
WASHINGTON, July 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone separately with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday and discussed growing threats from North Korea, the White House said."President Trump raised the growing threat posed by North Kore
Outspoken Hong Joon-pyo, former governor of pro-conservative Southeastern province of Gyeongsangnam-do won a landslide victory at the national convention of the pro-west, conservative Liberty Korea Party national convention at Namyangju city today. Hong and his followers all but took over all the su
President Moon Jae-in returned Sunday from the United States where he had a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on North Korea, alliance and trade issues.Upon arrival, he issued a statement to the nation stressing the summit has set the stage for South Korea to play a bigger role in resolving No
Former presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo was set to face an inquiry Sunday from his party's fact-finding team, which is looking into the party's fraudulent allegation about President Moon Jae-in's son during the election campaign earlier this year. Park Joo-sun, interim leader
The United States blacklisted a Chinese bank as a "primary money laundering concern" Thursday for helping North Korea access the U.S. and the international financial system, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.The designation of the Bank of Dandong can have powerful effects in efforts to cut th
President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday called for efforts to upgrade the economic ties between South Korea and the United States to a "strategic partnership" that seeks to jointly develop new global markets for their products and services."I hope economic cooperation between South Korea and the Unite
“By now, you must be aware that the parents of President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea were among the 14,000 refugees who boarded the SS Meredith Victory of the United States Navy,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Madam Kang Kyung-wha to men and officers of the 2nd US Infantry Division on Ju