After about a year in Korea, having learnt basic Korean, I went with one of my friends to a meeting in downtown Seoul, which was supposed to be the mayor’s open-house event. It had been arranged to listen to the voices of citizens and foreigners for …
North Korea has sent 15,000 workers to Russia to help alleviate a labor shortage driven by Moscow’s military losses in Ukraine and falling birth rates, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported, citing South Korean intelligence. Pyongyang has been one of …
North Korea's state-run television station says the country's leader Kim Jong Un has instructed enterprises to increase their production of artillery shells. The broadcaster reported on Wednesday that Kim visited major munitions enterprises that …
Imagery points to work to conceal new infrastructure at sprawling compound in Pyongyang, in sign of more testing to come North Korea appears to be building more camouflaged missile launchpads near Kim family mansions in Pyongyang that have been used for …
North Korean authorities are intensifying inspections and controls as homemade cosmetics gain popularity over state-manufactured goods. A source in South Pyongan Province reported that in recent years, privately produced soaps, shampoos, and other personal …
South Korea’s Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung has reportedly become the latest presidential candidate to promise the approval of spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other crypto-friendly measures, should he be elected. Lee announced his …
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By Lee Minji SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have recently discussed the possibility of expanding their cooperation in the areas of naval shipbuilding and maintenance to military aircraft, the South's defense ministry said …
High-level U.S. and South Korean defense officials held biannual talks in Washington on evolving security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region last week, amid questions about whether the Trump administration will push to expand the scope of the alliance …
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