The nominee to be South Korea’s spymaster said Thursday he will strengthen the agency’s intelligence gathering capabilities over key threats to the national security, such as North Korea’s provocations.
Cho Tae-yong, who was tapped to lead the Natio…
North Korea has discussed ways to enhance the Cabinet’s role in implementing this year’s economic goals, state media reported Thursday, amid the country’s protracted economic difficulties caused by U.N. sanctions imposed due to Pyongyang’s nuclear an…
South Korea’s new foreign minister said Thursday that the current priority for the North Korea policy should be more about strengthening deterrence than seeking dialogue, considering its increasingly belligerent behavior in recent weeks.
Cho Tae-yul…
South Korea’s science ministry said Thursday it aims to launch a full-fledged space agency in May, with the nation seeking to join the ranks of advanced nations of spaceflight.
The planned launch of the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA), which c…
A group of Democratic Party (DP) lawmakers not loyal to their leader Lee Jae-myung has left the majority party. In a joint farewell address on Wednesday, the three DP legislators – Reps. Lee Won-wook, Kim Jong-min and Cho Eung-cheon – stressed that t…
Education in South Korea has been a contentious area that has only gotten worse over the past few decades. Children in Seoul’s Gangnam go to cram schools, even on Christmas. In the controversial capital of hagwon, the smartest fourth graders are crac…
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