Korea

Seoul bets big to become global ‘Top 5’ startup city

The Seoul Metropolitan Government pledged to allocate over 1.6 trillion won (1.2 billion) by 2030 to bolster the city’s startup ecosystem and create more...

Yoon says Busan is ‘ready’ to hold best World Expo at BIE assembly

PARIS — President Yoon Suk Yeol said that Korea is "ready" to share its experiences and give back to the international community in an...

Chinese living in Korea shouldn’t be able to vote, PPP leader says

Chinese nationals living in Korea should not have the right to vote in Korea, the leader of the ruling party said in a parliamentary...

Yoon, Macron discuss security, economy in Paris summit

PARIS – President Yoon Suk Yeol held a bilateral summit with French President Emmanuel Macron at Élysée Palace in Paris on Tuesday to discuss...

Police crackdown 3,670 drug offenders in Korea within three months period

Thousands of drug offenders have been apprehended in Korea during a three-month-long special crackdown, police said on Friday. A total of 3,670 people involved in...

Jay Park to accompany Yoon to Vietnam as part of business delegation

Singer and rapper Jay Park will be joining President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to Vietnam next week as the CEO of a popular...

Korea ‘second-tier’ in addressing human trafficking, U.S. report says

Korea was again stamped as second-tier in the annual human trafficking report by the United States released Thursday, for its "inadequate" efforts to prevent...

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into East Sea: JCS

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday evening. The missiles were launched...

Tourism businesses welcome surge of Korean tourists to U.S. for first summer season after the pandemic

As the number of Koreans visiting the United States for the first summer vacation season since the end of the pandemic is expected to...

Activists warn U.S. Congress that North Koreans could get repatriated from China

Almost 2,000 North Koreans held in detention centers in China could be forcibly repatriated once Pyongyang opens its borders, human rights activists told a...