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North Korea on Monday denounced a recent South Korea-US combined military exercise that integrates South Korea's conventional military capabilities with US nuclear capabilities, saying strengthening the North's nuclear capabilities is "immutable" against such a backdrop. In a statement carried by the North's officia…
South Korea will launch an emergency management system to keep its nuclear power plant project in the Czech Republic on track following the breakdown of contract negotiations with a construction consortium, the industry ministry said Monday. Under the system, the government plans to draw up measures to keep the Czec…
China observers often watch party plenum meetings for clues about major personnel changes. This is especially true of the fifth plenum, which traditionally fires the starting gun for the once-every-five-years leadership reshuffle. But the fifth plenum in Beijing last week mattered for more than that. After all the o…
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday denounced a recent South Korea-U...
Lawmakers must curb discretionary spending and debt risks as they review the gov...
Anti-diversity rhetoric threatens social cohesion
Lawmakers must scrutinize budget priorities against costs that may outlast chip ...
When Chinese leader Mao Zedong and then US president Richard Nixon ended more than two decades of hostility in the early 1970s and began restoring ties, one powerful force pulling them together was a shared adversary in the form of the Soviet Union. Fast forward to today. The United States and China, the world’s two…
SEOUL/ISTANBUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is an important potential partner...
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will launch an emergency management system...
Fulfilling potential requires stronger links to global ecosystem
Binance customers pulled US$3.64 billion, or 2.1 per cent of its assets, as the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange went back online on Sunday after hackers the FBI links to North Korea stole billions from the platform last week. Binance said withdrawals were stabilising after an initial spike and deposit volum…
Taiwan told Beijing “to immediately cease these pointless acts of harassment," yet China says the waters are in their jurisdiction.
Cryptocurrency exchange has begun to allow withdrawals after theft believed to have come from North KoreaInvestors have pulled $3.6bn (£2.7bn) in funds from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance as it recovers from a record hack in which billions were stolen from customer accounts.The platform was hit by a $6.3bn thef…
FBI Says North Korea Behind $6 Billion Binance Heist It's official - for what it's worth: North Korea "was responsible for the theft of more than $6 billion USD in virtual assets" from Binance on Thursday, according to a Saturday FBI cyber alert. The agency says says Kim Jong Un's 'TraderTraitor' hacking operation w…
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NEW YORK — The FBI on Saturday accused North Korea of stealing more than $6 billion in virtual assets from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance in what is thought to be the biggest-ever crypto heist.
FILIPINO tennis ace Alex Eala faces American Alycia Parks for the third time — this time at the WTA 250 Hong Kong Open in China, where Eala plays her final tournament of the season.
Beijing’s warning against “hijacking ASEAN” on Oct 26 drew attention to the Philippine defense leadership’s handling of China’s participation in the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus). On Oct 14, Philippine public broadcaster Radyo Pilipinas repor ted that Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. consid…
A former publisher of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper has joined a Hong Kong government-organised mainland study tour for rehabilitated offenders, telling a state-owned broadcaster he felt “very proud” as a Chinese national after experiencing the country’s technological advances first-hand. Cheung Kim-hung, a …
China’s ruling Communist Party will step up “party building” across the country’s tech sector and deploy digital tools to fight corruption, according to a landmark document adopted at a key political plenum. These tools include a digital discipline inspection platform and a big-data supervision platform. The party w…
Hong Kong tour groups returning from Japan have praised a smooth roll-out of the country’s new tax refund arrangement that requires travellers to complete refund procedures at airports or ports rather than at shops. Under the “pay first, refund later” scheme, which took effect on Sunday to curb illicit domestic rese…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has mounted a direct defence of the campaign for strong Communist Party governance and internal discipline, describing them as a “fundamental guarantee” for China’s rise and warning against any easing of scrutiny, according to state media. Xi took the floor as the party’s 20th Central Co…
The FBI says hackers from North Korea are responsible for the theft.
Hong Kong tennis star Coleman Wong Chak-lam settled for second best in yet another ATP Challenger final after losing 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 to France’s Térence Atmane at the Seoul Open on Sunday. The defeat pushed Wong’s career ATP Challenger finals record to 1-7, with his only victory coming in Jiujiang in China in May, whe…
A truce has cooled the trade conflict, but neither country has done anything to limit the outbreak of new hostilitiesDonald Trump’s trade wars have largely fallen off the headlines. Fears of new tariffs flare up from time to time when the US president goes off the rails – for instance, threatening to end US trade wi…
Samsung Electronics Executive Chair Lee Jae-yong visited the company's advanced semiconductor packaging research facility in Japan on Sunday, emphasizing the need to secure cutting-edge packaging technologies to sharpen its competitive edge in AI chips. Lee inspected the Advanced Package Lab in Yokohama, where he re…
China’s central bank and securities regulator are expected to meet with financial institutions on Monday to discuss measures to bolster the country’s stock market, following a sell-off in October that heightened concerns over market stability, according to mainland media reports. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) wi…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta will separately visit South Korea this week to hold summits with President Lee Jae Myung, a presidential spokesperson said Sunday. Erdogan is set to visit to South Korea from Monday through Wednesday on a state visit that will includ…
China’s first female conductor, Zheng Xiaoying, is 97 years old, but she continues to give outstanding performances to audiences. In August, the nonagenarian conducted the Chinese-language version of the opera Carmen in Xiamen, in southeastern China’s Fujian province, where she lives. Tickets for the performance wer…
For decades, China has supplied African militaries with small arms and land-based equipment such as armoured vehicles, trucks and artillery. Now, it is selling them more specialised weapons, including armed drones and electronic warfare systems. Analysts noted that China’s African arms sales were shifting qualitativ…
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and East Timore...
Security concerns followed the German chancellor to Singapore, Japan and Korea. And his proposal for a new trade alliance is already facing hurdles.
The FBI called on cryptocurrency exchanges, blockchain infrastructure operators, and other digital asset service providers to help prevent the stolen funds from moving further through the system.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump voiced on Saturday his support for the 'brilliant' head of US chip giant Nvidia, Jensen Huang after a report he was targeted by a Chinese spy plot.
The 2026 Global Governance Forum in Xiongan, Hebei province, wrapped up on October 25. Against a backdrop of acute strains on multilateralism and a widening global governance deficit, the forum galvanised a shared sense of urgency across the international community for reform and solidarity. More than a century ago,…
Korea’s performing arts market sold fewer tickets in the third quarter, but straight plays had their strongest July-September stretch in at least five years, according to the latest data from the Korea Arts Management Service. Ticket sales came to about 427.4 billion won ($320.5 million) in the third quarter, down 7…
India’s new high-altitude combat tank was designed to go where its heavier armoured fighting vehicles cannot: the thin mountain air, narrow roads and small bridges along its disputed border with China. In its base configuration, the Zorawar weighs some 25 tonnes – light enough to be flown all the way to the Line of …
While trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels remain elevated, some European businesses are pointing to disruptions from the United States as a bigger challenge. Instead, they are seeking closer cooperation with China, even as Chinese carmakers scramble to front-load exports ahead of potential future trade barri…
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump has said the Un...
DAEGU, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- Entering this year's Korea Baseball Organization (KBO)...
The FBI has pointed the finger at a state-sponsored unit for the multibillion-dollar attack on Binance.
Beijing has stepped up its maritime presence around Taiwan, deploying coastguard patrols from the island’s eastern approaches to waters near Quemoy and remote Dongsha Island. China Coast Guard spokesman Jiang Lue said that a formation led by the vessel Hushi had carried out routine law enforcement patrols east of Ta…
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong visited ...
South Korea defender Kim Min-jae played the full match as Bayern Munich drew Borussia Dortmund 2-2 in the Bundesliga's "Der Klassiker." Bayern was held at Allianz Arena in Munich on Saturday in the eighth round of the 2026-27 season. Bayern remained unbeaten through eight matches at 5-3-0 with 18 points and stayed t…
The threat posed by North Korea online is again in focus, following a record cryptocurrency heist potentially linked to Pyongyang. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation said Saturday that North Korea was responsible for the theft of more than $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurr…
Taipei Mayor Wayne Chiang Wan-an faces an unexpectedly tough re-election fight in a race closely watched for its potential to damage the main opposition party Kuomintang and further strain the island’s relations with Beijing. Just five months ago, Chiang appeared comfortably positioned for a second term in a city wh…
