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North Korea appears to have conducted a test broadcast of its propaganda loudspeakers in areas along the inter-Korean border Thursday, a week after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister issued a warning. Residents in the South Korean border city of Paju said that loudspeaker broadcasts from North Korea began at 6…
Seoul accuses Pyongyang of causing a landmine explosion that injured three of its soldiers, an accusation North denies.
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to have conducted a test broadcas...
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired about a dozen short-range ballistic...
Trump's warmer stance toward Xi also tempers rhetoric, though farmland remains a target
Tencent and Visa are expanding their payments partnership following recent regulatory approvals for foreign financial firms in China.
CHEONAN, South Korea, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- With the men's national football team ...
The Office of National Security at the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae held an emergency meeting Thursday and urged North Korea to cease provocations after Pyongyang fired a dozen short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea. The meeting was attended by officials from the defense ministry and the Joint Ch…
Russian brokers are advertising North Korean workers to companies as part of a forced labour program being used to fund Pyongyang's ballistic missile program, a new report has alleged.
HANAM, South Korea, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- An international trail run event set to ...
The Hong Kong government releases the final investigation report on the Tai Po inferno.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may have conveyed Pyongyang's position on potential talks with the United States during his recent visit to China, Seoul's spy agency told lawmakers Thursday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) made the assessment during a closed-door parliamentary intelligence committee audit, a…
Air quality in Singapore has plummeted in recent weeks due to ongoing wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia.
Sanrio ends association with TV drama Vivant after China says portrayal of ruthless Chinese agents is ‘deliberate smear’The company behind the successful Hello Kitty franchise has apologised and ended its commercial tie-up with a Japanese TV drama after Chinese state media and netizens condemned the show’s “delibera…
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may have conveyed Pyo...
The South Korean government aims to foster a virtuous cycle in which carbon neutrality drives economic growth and job creation through its green transformation initiative, the finance minister said Thursday. "Climate change is already posing a serious threat to our lives and our economies as evidenced by record-brea…
South Korea and the United States conducted a key tabletop military exercise to integrate conventional and nuclear capabilities in a bid to deter North Korean threats, officials said Thursday. The allies conducted the Iron Mace exercise at the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) headquarters in Seoul from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2…
As the US Federal Reserve held its key interest rate steady, Chair Kevin Warsh pointed to South Korea's importance in the global technology supply chain as a reason for tracking its economy. "I would say I pay probably more attention to the Korean economy than you might think because when I am looking at the feedsto…
Bayern Munich cruised into the round of 16 of the German Cup with a 6-1 win over second-division Magdeburg, while South Korea defender Kim Min-jae remained on the bench after returning from injury. The Bundesliga powerhouse beat Magdeburg at Allianz Arena in Munich on Wednesday in the round of 32 of the 2026-27 DFB-…
CHEONAN, South Korea, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- All principal figures caught in the co...
A spectator accused of directing a racist remark at South Korea captain Son Heung-min during an MLS match has denied the allegation, saying he shouted "mijo," not "ni hao." The fan posted a lengthy explanation Tuesday on LAFC Fans, an official online communication channel for Los Angeles FC supporters, insisting tha…
Recent unrest in France and the Middle East war could prompt investors to seek greater diversification, potentially driving capital inflows to Asian markets in the coming months – including mainland China and Hong Kong – according to a senior executive of Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI), one of Europe’s largest…
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government aims to foster a virtuous...
(1st UPDATE) Bilateral ties between the two countries take another tense turn as Beijing sends its Manila-based defense attache to a high-level ASEAN meeting chaired by China-sanctioned Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr.
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired about a dozen short-range ballistic...
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- The Office of National Security at the presidential o...
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP), South Korea's state-run nuclear power operator, said Thursday it has ended negotiations with a local consortium on a construction contract for a nuclear power plant project in the Czech Republic after the two sides failed to agree on key terms. "The company has decided to term…
German science and technology company Merck has opened a $334 million bioprocessing plant in Daejeon, its largest life science investment in Asia-Pacific, as it seeks to bring production closer to regional drugmakers. The company said Thursday that the 44,500-square-meter facility in Dungok, Daejeon, will manufactur…
CHEONAN, South Korea, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- All principal figures caught in the co...
Mirae Asset Securities is set to enter Japan's retail brokerage market through the acquisition of Sanko Securities, a Japanese brokerage owned by Okasan Securities Group, as the Korean financial firm expands its overseas business. Mirae Asset Securities said Thursday its board had approved the acquisition of Sanko t…
South Korea plans to require all employers to keep funds for workers’ retirement benefits outside their businesses by 2030, seeking to reduce the risk of employees leaving their jobs without being paid. “We must develop retirement pensions worth more than 500 trillion won ($373.9 billion) into a genuine retirement i…
North Korea fired “around a dozen” short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday, Seoul’s defence ministry said, less than a week after South Korea proposed talks over a growing border row. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said its military detected “around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles f…
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States conducted a key tab...
Kolmar Korea has developed what it says is South Korea's first dissolvable hyaluronic acid skincare powder, offering a potentially gentler alternative to conventional spicules used to enhance ingredient absorption. The cosmetics manufacturer said Thursday it had secured a patent for the technology, which turns hyalu…
The United States and Japan have agreed to establish a Japanese facility for the joint production of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, the Japanese defense chief said late Wednesday. It is the latest move by the allies, which have repeatedly expressed alarm over China’s growing aggression in Asia. Japanese …
The motor manufacturer, mired in an accounting scandal, is unable to complete procedures sought by audit firm PwC Japan Group.
The launch comes amid rising animosity between the two Koreas over last month’s land mine blasts that injured three South Korean soldiers.
North Korea fired about a dozen short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday, the South Korean military said, in an apparent cold rebuff to Seoul's offer for talks aimed at easing border tensions sparked by a recent land mine blast. The missiles were launched from the Wonsan area on the North's eas…
Kim Min-jae of Bayern Munich, Hwang Hee-chan of Schalke and Hwang In-beom of Porto, who were involved in a recent retirement controversy, have all been named to South Korea's squad for the November friendlies along with captain Son Heung-min of LAFC. Head coach Robert Moreno announced a 26-man roster Wednesday at Ko…
Airlines will cut nearly 700,000 seats from their China-Japan flights and axe more than 5,000 flights for the coming winter travel season as a nearly year-old political squabble continues to depress tourism, according to aviation data provider OAG. During the commercial aviation industry’s winter season, which runs …
'We are wary that investor sentiment on AI is fragile; however, we believe the risk-reward is looking more attractive again, and interest may come back towards the end of the year as investors rebuild their portfolios for the new year,' James Wang, head of China strategy at UBS Investment Bank, says
Repeated difficulties for ruling Democratic Party of Korea lawmakers in obtaining US visas are sparking debate over the state of the Seoul-Washington alliance, and questions over US immigration's treatment of South Korean politicians carrying out official duties. On Wednesday, Rep. Jin Sung-joon, chair of the parlia…
South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Thursday it will impose a 630 million-won ($469,000) fine on Celltrion Inc., a biotechnology firm, for unfairly canceling orders and failing to provide a subcontractor with required documents on time. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said it will also issue a corrective order aga…
South Korea-US defense talks will be held in Washington next month, but the annual Security Consultative Meeting, where the allies were expected to discuss key issues, has been postponed. The agreement came as Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul met US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for the first time on the sidelines o…
A commentary in China's Global Times has accused the hit TBS drama series of vilifying the country.
Bereaved families have urged the publisher of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove a clip from the game that shows a figure performing CPR and bodies lying in the streetBereaved families in South Korea have demanded that the makers of Call of Duty remove harrowing footage of the deadly 2022 Seoul crowd crush fro…
Japanese character company Sanrio, owner of popular IPs including Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll and My Melody, has terminated its planned collaboration with the television drama Vivant following strong public criticism in China. In an official statement released on its Japanese website on Thursday, the company acknowledg…
Germany and South Korea can bolster economic and security stability through closer cooperation as middle powers amid conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, German Ambassador Georg Schmidt said, while cautioning that neither can replace the United States or China. Speaking with The Korea Herald on Wednesday ahead o…
