Korea

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...

Atomic Wallet hack losses more than double

North Korean hackers made off with more than $100 million from users of a decentralized cryptocurrency wallet system, which is more than double the...

Dispute continues as Yoon questions ‘attitude’ of Chinese envoy

Seoul and Beijing continued sparring over Chinese Ambassador Xing Haiming's recent controversial remarks, with President Yoon Suk Yeol questioning whether the envoy "has an...

Russia resumes oil shipments to North, possibly for weapons

Russia officially resumed shipments of refined oil to North Korea in December last year according to the United Nations Security Council website on Tuesday,...

China’s Foreign Ministry summons Korean ambassador as tensions flare

China’s Foreign Ministry summoned Korea’s ambassador to Beijing on Saturday to complain about Seoul’s criticism of recent remarks made by the Chinese ambassador to...

U.S. report warns of ‘thousands’ of North Korean hackers

Thousands of IT workers, hackers and front people in Pyongyang's employ may be engaging in cybercrime on the regime's behalf, according to U.S. officials. The...