President Park Geun-hye's birthday a year ago was filled with an air of festivity with her secretaries and Cabinet ministers attending celebratory events at her office, though the mood was slightly dampened by North Korea's nuclear test the previous month.But her 65th birthday on Thursday ap

South Korea's imports of genetically modified organism (GMO) food products again reached over 2 million tons last year, the government said Thursday.Imports of GMO products for human consumption came to 2.14 million tons last year, according to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.The tally mark

Now that former UN Chief Ban Ki-moon is out of the Presidential, who is the runner-up taking Ban’s place? To the surprise of many people, he is incumbent Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn who won 12.1%. Here are the survey results published by the CBS Radio this morning: Former Chairman

Former U.N. Chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday renounced his Presidential ambitions in a surprise decision likely to strengthen the frontrunner position of the current opposition Presidential hopeful and frustrate those yearning for change in feud-laden politics. "I will give up my pure aspirat

President Park Geun-hye's lawyers asked the Constitutional Court Wednesday to summon 15 more witnesses to her impeachment trial, a move critics have denounced as an attempt to stall the proceedings.Lee Joong-hwan, an attorney for Park, requested during the 10th hearing that the court call 15 peo

Former U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday met with key political leaders and spurred efforts to launch a full-fledged campaign team, as he is quickening preparations for a presidential election this year.Ban, a prominent presidential aspirant, paid courtesy calls to the leaders of the ruling Saenur

The chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) on Wednesday asked his U.S. counterpart to deploy strategic military assets to the Korean Peninsula in a bid to counter North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats, the military said.Gen. Lee Sun-jin made the request during his

South Korea's National Assembly is set to open a one-month extraordinary session on Wednesday to deal with a range of controversial issues including lowering the minimum voting age.Party representatives will deliver speeches starting Thursday. Plenary sessions are scheduled for Feb. 23 and March

SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- One out of every 10 imports in the Chinese markets came from South Korea last year, data showed Tuesday, in the latest sign of deepening economic ties between the two neighbors.China imported South Korean goods worth US$158.9 billion last year, the Korea International Trad

SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- The outgoing chief of the Constitutional Court insisted Tuesday that the impeachment trial of President Park Geun-hye should end as soon as possible in line with the wishes of the people.Park Han-chul made the remark during his retirement ceremony, ending a six-year term a

SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye's attorneys and the independent counsel team are considering holding face-to-face questioning of the impeached leader over her corruption allegations as early as next week, a presidential aide said Tuesday.The two sides have been coordinating th

Names of people, who devoted their lives to serving for the course of happiness and prosperity of their motherland, forever remain in people's memory.First President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov was such a historical figure, who had been highly regarded by the people of Uzbekistan and forever rem

SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn will meet U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis this week to discuss joint efforts to counter North Korea's growing military threats and enhance the bilateral alliance, Hwang's office said Tuesday.Th

SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap)--Defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States on Tuesday reaffirmed the planned deployment of an advanced missile defense system this year to counter growing threats from North Korea.Defense Minister Han Min-koo and U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis talked over the p

Special prosecutors announced Monday that they would seek another arrest warrant against Choi Soon-sil, a confidante of President Park Geun-hye and a primary suspect in a high-profile corruption scandal, after she had refused to undergo questioning over bribery allegations.Choi rejected the question

In dealing with the ongoing legal proceedings on her corruption charges and the worsening public opinion against her, President Park Geun-hye is expected to fight against what she called “preposterous accusastions.” This was hinted by her legal consultants Monday.February is expected to be a critica

BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korean officials turned out in force for the Lunar New Year reception at the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang last week, diplomatic sources in Beijing said Monday.According to insiders that cited the homepage of China's Embassy in North Korea, some 70 senior offici

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korea looks set to launch a Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) instead of a long-range one as it still has to master the related technologies, military officials said Monday. "There are no signs of an imminent test firing of an interc

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- A confidante of President Park Geun-hye at the center of a high-profile corruption scandal rejected the request by special prosecutors to undergo questioning over her bribery allegations Monday, criticizing what she calls a "coercive" probe.The investigation team, led by

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon can hold public office in South Korea, as long as his work does not put the international organization or its member states "at a disadvantage," a local report said Monday.The report by the National Assembly Research Service (NAR