South Korea's Air Force said Monday it is set to start flying warplanes grounded after an F-15K jet crash last week.The Air Force suspended flights of most of its aircraft after the plane crashed into a mountain in Chilgok, North Gyeongsang Province, on Thursday. Two pilots were killed, although

Former President Park Geun-hye was sentenced to 24 years in prison and fined 18 billion won (US$16.8 million) on Friday in a ruling on a massive corruption case that led to her removal from office early last year.The Seoul Central District Court found the 66-year-old former leader guilty on 16 charg

U.S. President Donald Trump should not mention the example of Libya when he meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to discuss the denuclearization of the regime, a former U.S. envoy said Tuesday.Robert King, former U.S. special envoy for North Korea human rights, was addressing recent talk about

President Moon Jae-in will attend a memorial ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of a bloody massacre on the country's southern island of Jeju on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to do so in a decade, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.The liberal president is set to join some

A South Korean art troupe held a historic performance in Pyongyang on Sunday with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife in attendance.A 160-member art troupe, including celebrated K-pop musicians such as Cho Yong-pil, Red Velvet and Seohyun, performed for about two hours before a North Korean

By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Editor Ms. Kim Jung-miGeneral Vincent K. Brooks, commander of the United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea, stands out from among all his predecessors (and, perhaps, also his successors, for that matter, in the future) for his exceptio

A combined field training of South Korean and U.S. troops got under way Sunday as scheduled, defense officials said amid a nascent peace mood on the divided peninsula.More than 11,500 service members, including thousands based outside of Korea, plan to participate in the four-week Foal Eagle trainin

South Korean football chief Chung Mong-gyu was named the new leader of the East Asian football body on Friday.Chung, who heads the Korea Football Association (KFA), was elected as the new president of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) at its congress in Busan. He will serve in the post until

Three South Korean sailors are presumed to have been kidnapped in seas off Ghana, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday, with a South Korean anti-piracy warship being dispatched to the nearby area.According to the ministry, a 500-ton fishing boat named the Marine 711 with over 40 crew members a

The National Assembly passed dozens of bills Friday, including one aimed at allowing the disabled, senior citizens and pregnant women easier access to polling stations during elections.The bills were passed in the last plenary gathering of the parliament's March extraordinary session. On Monday,

China will end what are believed to be retaliatory measures over South Korea's deployment of a U.S.-developed missile shield in the near future, a top Chinese official said Friday.Chinese President Xi Jinping's envoy, State Councilor Yang Jiechi, made the remarks during his meeting with Sout

South Korea voiced strong protest with Japan for claiming its sovereignty over Dokdo in guidelines it endorsed on Friday for use in writing high school textbooks."The government strongly condemns Japan for adopting the guidelines that contain its inappropriate argument about Dokdo and call for its

The first F-35A stealth fighter aircraft for South Korea has made its public debut at a sensitive time for diplomacy on North Korea.South Korea and the United States held a joint rollout ceremony for the jet at Lockheed Martin's assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas, on Wednesday (local time).Defen

This article was provided by the Embassy of Brazil in Seoul to The Korea Post for publication, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language news media since 1965.—Ed.By Michel TemerAccess to drinking water and basic sanitation is a right and one of the sustainable development goals of the Unit

President Moon Jae-in returned home Wednesday following his trip to Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for talks on ways to improve South Korea's bilateral relations with the countries.The two-nation tour began Thursday when Moon headed to Vietnam for a bilateral summit with his Vietname

South Korean President Moon Jae-in highlighted his country's defense cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Tuesday with a rare visit to the base of a South Korean contingent stationed here.The visit to the South Korean Akh unit came two days after Moon and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Moh

Former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday slammed President Donald Trump's threat to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on fighting climate change, saying he will consider writing to the president as the new chairman of an international green growth organization based in Seou

The U.S. government will stop aid to any country involved in deals that can be instrumental to strengthening North Korea's cyberattack capabilities, according to an appropriations bill, signed by President Donald Trump last week.The Omnibus Spending Bill stipulates that none of the U.S. governme

The White House said Monday it can't confirm reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is currently visiting Beijing.Japan's Kyodo news agency reported earlier that a high-ranking North Korean official appeared to have taken a train across the border, although it was unclear whether it wa

South Korean President Moon Jae-in was set to make a rare trip Tuesday to meet a South Korean military contingent in the United Arab Emirates under a program to help train UAE troops, followed by a meeting with the UAE prime minister and ruler of Dubai.The president will first travel to the base of