SEOUL, A lawyer for former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, a key suspect in allegations of external pressure on the military investigation into last year’s death of a young Marine, said Wednesday he has asked a state anti-corruption investigation agen…

SEOUL, South Korea plans to invest 400 billion won (US$288.8 million) this year to develop advanced materials and components used in defense products as part of efforts to strengthen the competitiveness of the local arms industry, officials said Wedn…

SEOUL, The office of Seoul’s southern district of Gangnam has decided to ban the hosting of an upcoming adult festival on its premises, officials said Wednesday, marking the fourth entity to refuse to host the controversial event.

The organizer of “…

SEOUL, Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said Wednesday it has developed the industry’s first low-power double data rate 5X (LPDDR5X) DRAM chips, a memory solution tailored for AI applications.

The new chip supports the …

SEOUL, The top U.S. envoy to the United Nations said Wednesday that Washington will continue to work with South Korea and other countries to establish an alternative to the U.N. monitoring panel on North Korean sanctions.

North Korea has been under …

SEOUL, A man was detained Wednesday after protesting on top of the steel arch of the Han River Bridge for five hours and causing a massive traffic jam during the morning rush hour as a section of the road across the bridge was closed for safety measu…