North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung North Korea on Wednesday lashed out at South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, calling him a “hypocrite” after he raised the issue of denuclearisation during his visit to the United States this week.Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies […]
SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Sunday was appointed former Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum as his special envoy to India, according to Yonhap News Agency.The move is seen as part of Seoul’s broader diplomatic outreach effort to strengthen ties with key global partners.Yonhap reported that Kim will leave for India on Wednesday.Kim Boo-kyum […]
SEOUL: Lawsuits, scandals, armed troops and a knife-wielding attacker all failed to deter Lee Jae-myung’s ascendancy from sweatshop worker to the cusp of South Korea’s presidency.After losing by a razor-thin margin in 2022, the Democratic Party candidate has returned to the ballot, and is now poised to replace the political rival he was instrumental in […]
A smuggled mobile phone from North Korea has revealed new details about the country’s strict censorship system, which blocks nearly all access to foreign content, especially anything related to South Korea.According to a BBC report, North Korean smartphones automatically censor language and monitor user activity. Common South Korean words are altered or corrected, and the […]
The K-POP super girl group formerly known as (G)I-DLE has announced a rebranding, changing their name to i-dle and removing the “G” that represented “Girl.” Through this change, they aim to redefine their identity beyond gender or symbolic labels. Additionally, by eliminating the parentheses, typically used to emphasize or separate elements, they signal a move […]
South Korea’s finance minister Choi Sang-mok (Image: AP) SEOUL: South Korea’s finance minister Choi Sang-mok handed in his resignation on Thursday and it was accepted, his ministry said in a statement, as the country’s parliament was voting on his impeachment.“Choi’s resignation has been accepted,” said the finance ministry in a statement. Choi was set to […]
File photo: Ex-South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (Picture credit: AP) South Korean prosecutors have indicted country’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol for abuse of power, adding to the growing list of charges against the ousted leader, who is already on trial over an alleged attempt to stage an insurrection through the imposition of martial […]
For months, Moscow and Pyongyang had been vague about the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia’s war against Ukraine, even after Kyiv publicly paraded two North Korean soldiers its forces had captured. Then, in back-to-back statements, the leaders of the two countries confirmed that North Korean troops have been fighting shoulder to shoulder with […]
South Korean former President Moon Jae-in (Image: AP) SEOUL: Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday called his indictment on bribery charges “unjust”, accusing prosecutors of abusing their power in what he called a politically motivated investigation. Moon’s comments came a day after prosecutors in the southern city of Jeonju announced his indictment over […]
