President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Thursday to boost the aviation and shipping industries through a series of projects to expand facilities and infrastructure in the western port city of Incheon.

Yoon made the promise during a government-public debate hel…

Defense Minister Shin Won-sik on Thursday called on troops to conduct “realistic” training to ensure the end of the North Korean regime if it invades the South, his office said, amid an ongoing South Korea-U.S. exercise that began earlier this week.

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South Korean shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Thursday it has opened an office in the Philippines in an effort to tap deeper into Southeast Asia’s growing warship market.

HD Hyundai Heavy, a unit of HD Korea Shipbuilding and …

South Korea’s foreign ministry expressed deep concerns Thursday over the collision between Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels in the South China Sea, a region long plagued by persistent territorial disputes.

“Our government is deeply concerne…

Prosecutors raided the Presidential Archives on Thursday as part of a reinvestigation into the election meddling scandal surrounding the 2018 mayoral election in the southeastern city of Ulsan.

The scandal centers on allegations that Song Cheol-ho, a…

The Green Climate Fund (GCF), an international organization on fighting climate change, has approved US$490 million in funding for projects on low emissions and climate resilience in 23 developing nations, South Korea’s finance ministry said Thursday….