Korea

Korea, the Netherlands to establish ‘semiconductor alliance’ during summit

Korea and the Netherlands will formally establish a "semiconductor alliance" in a joint statement to be adopted by President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime...

NATO ambassadors welcome stronger cooperation with Seoul

Defense Minister Shin Won-sik, in his meeting with eight NATO ambassadors in Seoul on Wednesday, highlighted the possibility of NATO involvement in a collective...

Uzbek students told to leave Korea as university, Justice Ministry trade accusations

About 20 students from Uzbekistan were told to leave the country or else, according to a local news report. The students at Hanshin University in...

South Korea Military to spend $87 billion to bolster defenses against North’s nuclear and missile threats

The South Korean military is set to invest 113.9 trillion won ($87 billion) by 2028 to enhance its defense system against North Korea's nuclear...

U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashes into sea off Korea

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed in Gunsan, North Jeolla on Monday. The Korea Coast Guard said the incident took place near Eocheong...

U.S. lawmaker urges Indo-Pacific nations to consider NATO-like alliance to deter China, North Korea

A U.S. conservative lawmaker called on nations in the Indo-Pacific to consider a NATO-like security apparatus to curb Chinese and North Korean threats. “Our adversaries...

U.S. bill calls to maintain 28,500 American troops in Korea

U.S. House of Representatives and Senate negotiators released their compromise draft of an annual defense policy bill Thursday, which calls for maintaining 28,500 U.S....

South Korea, Japan urge security cooperation in dealing with ‘provocative’ North

South Korean National Security Adviser Cho Tae-yong and his Japanese counterpart, Takeo Akiba, stressed that Pyongyang's "unprecedented provocations" pose a serious threat to peace...

Two Koreans among Forbes’ ‘100 Most Powerful Women’

Lee Boo-jin, eldest daughter of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, and Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon were named by Forbes as two of the "100...

Envoys from Seoul, Washington, Tokyo meet in Japan to address North’s cyberattacks

Nuclear envoys and negotiators of South Korea, the United States and Japan met in Tokyo on Thursday to launch a trilateral working group to...