HIROSHIMA, Japan – Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday asked President Yoon Suk Yeol for South Korean companies’ proactive participation in the Southeast Asian country’s capital relocation …
South Korea’s controversial no-kid zones could catch on — would you support a UK version?
Children are barred from hundreds of restaurants, museums, cafes, and public places in South Korea. But this could now be done away with completely on one southern island.
Japan, South Korea leaders pray at memorial for Korean atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have prayed together at a memorial for Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit,
South Korea’s Yoon praises Japan’s Kishida for his efforts to mend ties
HIROSHIMA (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Sunday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s expression of compassion for those who suffered as forced labourers under Japan’s colonial rule had resonated with many South Koreans.
North Korea looks to the final frontier as Kim Jong Un readies launch of spy satellite
Some South Korean analysts have reportedly argued that the satellite revealed in images by North Korea’s state-controlled media is too small and insufficient to capture high-resolution imagery …
Biden Meeting Ukraine’s Zelenskiy, South Korea and Japan on Sunday
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday and also hold a joint meeting with the leaders of South Korea and Japan, according to …
North Korea defectors prompted to flee by strict COVID controls, South Korea spy agency says
Defectors who fled North Korea early this month decided to do so because of the country’s strict COVID-19 controls, South Korea’s spy agency said on Friday.
China’s exports to North Korea surge in April
North Korea has long suffered from food insecurity and South Korea’s DongA Ilbo newspaper reported in mid-February that Pyongyang’s food crisis may have deteriorated. The country has been under U.N.
S.Korea’s Shinhan Finance Company undergoes police inspection in Ho Chi Minh City
Dozens of police officers in Ho Chi Minh City gathered at the headquarters of Shinhan Vietnam Finance Company in District 1, a unit of South Korea’s Shinhan Card, on Friday to check its lending …
S.Korea’s Yoon, India’s Modi Agree to Step up Cooperation on Defence, Bio-Health Sectors
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and agreed to enhance cooperation on defence and bio-health sectors, Yoon’s …