Two candidates competing to become the presidential nominee of the minor conservative Bareun Party expressed different views Monday on the possible arrest of former President Park Geun-hye.Park is scheduled to appear before prosecutors Tuesday after being dismissed over a corruption scandal earlier
U.S. President Donald Trump looks forward to enhancing relations with China, the top U.S. diplomat told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, media reported.U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made the remark during his visit to China, the last leg of his three-nation trip to Asia following stop
Choe Ryong-hae, a vice chairman of North Korea's ruling party, is believed to have played a role in the latest dismissal of the country's spy chief, a report by a South Korean state-run think tank said Sunday.Kim Won-hong, 72, was fired as minister of state security in mid-January after a pr
Nearly 7 out of 10 companies with more than five employees have adopted a "wage peak" or incentive payment systems since the introduction of legislation to extend the retirement age to 60 in 2013, a survey showed Sunday. The government has pursued the wage peak system in which employees accept red
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observed the ground jet test of a new high-thrust rocket engine, the country's state-run media said Sunday, an indication that Pyongyang may engage in future provocations despite warnings by the international community.According to the Korean Central News Agency (
The South Korean government ran a final test Sunday on its plan to refloat a ferry that sank off the country's southwestern tip of the peninsula three years ago, a disaster that killed more than 300 people.The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said it began to conduct a final test run at 6:00 a.m
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that all options, including military force, remain on the table in dealing with North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, declaring that the so-called strategic patience with Pyongyang has ended. Tillerson made the remarks during a press
The Danish prosecution said Friday it decided to extradite the daughter of ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye's close friend for an investigation into a high-profile scandal that removed Park from office."It is the assessment of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions that al
A district court on Friday temporarily banned a local high school from using a controversial state-authored history textbook.The court upheld an injunction request filed by five parents who accused the school authorities of breaking rules in their decision to adopt the textbook. Liberals criticize t
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson began his two-day trip to South Korea on Friday, which is expected to focus on discussing ways to strengthen the bilateral alliance and fend off the growing threats from North Korea.Tillerson arrived at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul a
Six-party nuclear talks with North Korea failed to deliver their intended results, the State Department said Thursday, adding to Secretary Rex Tillerson's point that diplomatic efforts to disarm Pyongyang failed and a new approach is necessary."There's a recognition that certain mechanisms,
A Seoul court on Thursday ordered a Japanese company to compensate a South Korean for forced work during Japan's colonial rule.In the latest legal victory for wartime forced laborers, the Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of Lee Chun-myeon, 86, who filed the case against Nichi-Fujikosh
Prosecutors investigating allegations of corruption involving former President Park Geun-hye and her friend said Thursday that they have no plans to raid the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae or Park's home.A senior prosecutor told reporters that a raid on Cheong Wa Dae or Park's residence i
South Korea's central bank said Thursday it won't respond "mechanically" to the latest U.S. interest rate increase amid eased anxiety about the pace of the Fed's monetary tightening."Even though the U.S. raised its policy rate, the Bank of Korea (BOK) won't follow suit mechanicall
A national security expert on Thursday called on South Korea to consider putting on hold the ongoing deployment of a U.S. missile defense system on its soil until China stops its stepped-up retaliation on Korean goods and businesses.South Korea and the United States recently started the process of i
Now that Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn is out of the Presidential race, who has grabbed the 10 to 15 percent popularity rating he used to enjoy?Governor Hong Jun-pyo of Gyeongsangnam-do Province got the lion’s share of Hwang’s votes. Here are the latest poll results disclosed by the CBS Radio this mo
The ongoing deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea is a self-defense measure aimed solely at North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, a senior foreign ministry official here said Wednesday.South Korea and the U.S. recently started the process of installing a Terminal High A
North Korea's foreign earnings are expected to be curtailed by 20 percent in 2017 from three years ago due largely to the ongoing U.N. sanctions, a U.S. broadcaster said Wednesday."The North, which earned US$3.6-4.0 billion in 2014, is likely to see about $8-billion loss this year due to sancti
South Korean prosecutors summoned ex-President Park Geun-hye to undergo questioning early next week, a prosecution official said Wednesday, as she was removed from office over a string of corruption allegations."The prosecution team has sent a summons to former President Park Geun-hye's legal r
South Korea's top economic policymaker will participate in the upcoming Group of 20 finance ministers' meeting later this week to discuss ways to improve international policy coordination with world leaders, his office here said Wednesday.Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho, who doubles as the deputy