SEOUL, The risk of accidental clashes between the two Korea has risen as buffer zones created under a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement became invalid following North Korea’s conducting of live-fire drills near the western maritime border.
Tensio…
SEOUL, Six years after hosting the Winter Olympic Games, the South Korean eastern province of Gangwon will be back in the winter sports spotlight this month, as it stages the fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympics.
The youth competition will op…
SEOUL, North Korean state media outlets remained silent on the presumed 40th birthday of their leader Kim Jong-un on Monday.
The Korean Central News Agency, Rodong Sinmun, Korean Central Television and Korean Central Broadcasting Station have yet to…
Pyongyang makes progress in nukes while Seoul in limbo over partisan politics
A critical look at 30 years of allies’ attempts to curb N. Korea’s nuclear ambitions
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first North Korean nuclear crisis.
Three…
SEOUL, Listed companies in South Korea probably saw their total operating income sink 16 percent on-year in 2023 due mainly to the sluggish chip business, a market tracker said Monday.
The combined operating income of 247 listed firms is estimated a…
SEOUL, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a newly built chicken factory and called for increasing poultry production for a “substantial change” in the people’s standards of living, state media reported Monday.
Kim visited Kwangchon Chicken …
Abuja: At a bustling food market in Nigeria’s capital, Mummy Christiana breaks down in tears as she describes how a conflict thousands of kilometers away leaves her family struggling to