SEOUL, Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok said Tuesday the government will administer more than 65 percent of this year’s fiscal spending in the first half in a move to boost domestic demand and support vulnerable people.

“It would be far from easy for …

SEOUL, Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung will return to work Wednesday, 15 days after he was stabbed in the neck and underwent surgery, his party said.

Lee will restart his official duties as the chairman of the Democratic Party (DP) by presiding over…

SEOUL, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for revising the country’s constitution to define South Korea as its “invariable principal enemy” and to codify the commitment to “completely occupying” the South Korean territory in the event of war,…

SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Tuesday to punish North Korea multiple times as hard in the event it carries out a provocation against South Korea, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for defining South Korea as a “primary foe and invar…

SEOUL, The state anti-corruption agency said Tuesday that it has initiated an investigation to determine whether there was any favor involved in the helicopter transport of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung for treatment following his attack.

Lee, the…

MOSCOW, Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui on Tuesday evening, the Kremlin said, amid the two nation’s deepening military cooperation.

Choe is currently visiting Russia for a three-day visit at the …