SEOUL, A Seoul court sentenced the suspect in last year’s attempted rape and killing of a woman on a hiking trail in Seoul to life in prison Monday, saying he should be separated from society forever.

Choi Yun-jong, 30, was indicted on charges of fa…

SEOUL, Prosecutors questioned former presidential chief of staff for policy Kim Su-hyun on Monday over allegations of economic data manipulation during the previous Moon Jae-in government.

The Daejeon District Prosecutors Office brought in Kim for q…

SEOUL, South Korea and the United States have discussed ways to expand the participation of South Korean companies in the maintenance of U.S. military equipment in the Indo-Pacific region, the defense ministry said Monday.

Lee Gap-su, head of the mi…

SEOUL, Major South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. said Monday it has clinched a 331.2 billion-won (US$247 million) order for two very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) from an Oceanian shipper.

The eco-friendly vessels will be constructed at Hanwh…

SEOUL, Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), said Monday he had indeed been asked by the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign but rejected the request, confirming an unlikely clash between the two sides.

Tensions h…

The understaffed police force and their seemingly limited experience in counterespionage investigations are becoming potential issues, as the police have assumed investigative authority for potential violations of the National Security Law from the N…