Korea

Camp David agreements ‘not a new NATO,’ U.S. envoy says

Deepened security cooperation between Korea, the United States and Japan will never be a NATO-like structure in the region, said Philip Goldberg, the U.S....

First North Korean international flight lands in Beijing since Covid-19

A North Korean state-owned airliner passenger flight landed in Beijing on Tuesday, the first time in three years that a North Korean airliner landed...

South warns North over satellite launch, Pyongyang ups rhetoric

South Korea is urging the North to abandon its planned launch of a satellite in the direction of the Yellow and East China seas...

Seoul Metro moves to boost tourism with unlimited ride passes

Seoul Metro, the operator of the capital’s subways, will offer unlimited subway passes in the second half of the year to cater to the...

Yoon says ‘robust’ trilateral cooperation to lower risks from North

President Yoon Suk Yeol stressed Monday that the trilateral summit at Camp David institutionalized a "robust" comprehensive cooperative mechanism among South Korea, the United...

Korea, Japan, U.S. commit to immediate consultations on common threats at trilateral summit

The leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed to immediately consult with each other in the event of threats to their...

Yoon arrives for trilateral summit with Biden, Kishida at Camp David

U.S. President Joe Biden offered condolences to President Yoon Suk Yeol, who arrived in Washington on Thursday after Yoon's father, Yoon Ki-joong, died on...

Seoul mayor pledges to fight crime after woman raped on hiking trail

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon on Friday promised to draw up measures to prevent crime in the city after visiting a hiking trail in Sillim-dong,...

North confirms it has U.S. soldier, claims he defected due to racism

North Korea said Wednesday that an American soldier crossed into its territory last month because of “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination” in the U.S....

Ministry aims to double international student body by 2027

Korea wants to double its international student body in the next four years, the education minister said Wednesday. “The plan is to attract as many...