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U.S. will continue working with Korea, Japan to maintain rule of order: State Dept.

The United States will continue to work closely with its key allies, namely Korea and Japan, to promote peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific...

Forced labor victim passes away at 93

Yang Young-soo, who was a victim of forced labor during the Japanese occupation, passed away on Thursday at the age of 93. Yang was waiting...

Joint military drills of U.S., S. Korea are defensive in nature: Pentagon spokesperson

Any joint military exercises of South Korea and the United States are defensive in nature, a Pentagon spokesperson said Tuesday, insisting that there is...

North Korea blamed for hacking Seoul National University Hospital

North Korean hackers were behind the 2021 cyberattacks on Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea’s police concluded Wednesday. Officers from the Korean National Police Agency’s...

S. Korea, U.S., Japan working on missile warning consultation group

South Korea, the United States and Japan are working on launching a consultation group for sharing missile warning data in real time, a presidential...

Locations announced for new offices for overseas Koreans

The headquarters of the newly established Overseas Koreans Agency will be located in Incheon, while the agency's administrative support office will be located in...

Suspect could face death penalty in drug-laced drink scam

Prosecutors on Thursday indicted and detained three suspects allegedly involved in the drug-laced drink blackmail scheme that occurred in a dense private cram school...

North Korean youth hold rally against South-U.S. deterrence deal

North Korean youth and students held a rally to denounce a recent agreement reached by South Korean and U.S. leaders on strengthening U.S. extended...

Yoon praises return of ‘virtuous cycle’ with Japan and U.S.

President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, in meeting with People Power Party lawmakers at the lawn of the newly opening Yongsan Children's Garden on Tuesday....

Another S. Korean wartime sexual slavery victim dies; survivors now at 9

Another South Korean woman who was forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II has died, the gender equality minister said Tuesday,...