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1.The North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday that North Korea successfully conducted a missile test aimed at securing multiple warhead capability, contradicting South Korea's assessment that the test is believed to have ended in failure. 2.Top industry officials of South Korea, the United States and Japan on Wednesday held their first trilateral Commerce and Industry Mi...

1.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the East Sea at around 5:30 a.m., but the missile exploded midair. The military said there is a possibility that the North could have test-fired a hypersonic missile. 2.Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong and head of the Korea Medical Association Lim Hyun-taek met for the first time on Wednesday while attendi...

1.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday denounced North Korea's sending of trash-carrying balloons to South Korea and its military cooperation with Russia as "anachronistic" acts that go against the progress in history, during an address marking the 74th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. 2.At least 23 workers, mostly Chinese nationals, were killed after a fire at a lithium...

1.Former ruling People Power Party interim leader Han Dong-hoon and two other PPP politicians announced their bids for party leadership on Sunday. Representative Lee Jae-myung resigned as chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party on Monday in a step to seek another term as party leader in a national convention set for August. 2.National Security Adviser Chang Ho-jin said Sunday that South K...

1.South Korea on Friday summoned the top Russian envoy in Seoul to lodge a protest over a new treaty Russia signed with North Korea that calls for immediate military assistance if either is attacked. The South Korean government also said Thursday it will reconsider its stance on arms supply to Ukraine. 2.Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday the city of Gyeongju in South Korea's North Gye...

1.North Korea and Russia agreed to provide immediate military assistance if either faces armed aggression, under the comprehensive strategic partnership agreement that the leaders of North Korea and Russia signed Wednesday. 2.According to Seoul’s defense ministry on Wednesday, Romania will buy 920 million U.S. dollars worth of South Korean K-9 self-propelled howitzers. The deal was announced durin...

1.According to Sputnik news on Wednesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement. Putin arrived in Pyongyang early on Wednesday in his first trip to North Korea in 24 years and held summit talks with Kim. 2.The Fair Trade Commission on Wednesday sent inspectors to the office of the Korean Medical Association in Se...

1.The Korean Central News Agency announced on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to North Korea on Tuesday and Wednesday at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. This is Putin's first visit to the North in 24 years. 2.Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Tuesday the government ordered community doctors who joined a one-day walkout to return to work,...

1.Medical professors at hospitals affiliated with Seoul National University began an indefinite walkout on Monday against the government's medical reform. The government urged SNU hospital leaders to consider requiring professors to compensate for losses incurred by the hospitals due to the collective action. 2.According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, a Swedish think...

1. President Yoon Suk Yeol and his Uzbek counterpart held a summit Friday in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent to strengthen economic cooperation in the areas of mineral supply chains, infrastructure and energy. 2. Vice foreign ministers from South Korea and the United States held a phone conversation on Friday to discuss Russian President Vladimir Putin's expected trip to North Korea next week an...

1. In an interview with Uzbekistan’s state media on Thursday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said he plans to enhance South Korea’s reciprocal and future-oriented cooperation with Uzbekistan, and will seek ways to strengthen economic ties through partnership in mineral supply chains and cutting-edge technologies. 2. The UN Security Council on Wednesday held a meeting to discuss North Korea’s worsening hu...

1. President Yoon Suk Yeol and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev agreed Tuesday to collaborate on the supply chain for critical minerals, from exploration and development to commercialization. 2. The Korea Meteorological Administration said Wednesday a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the southwestern county of Buan at 8:26 a.m. It was the strongest quake to hit the Korean Peninsula and i...

1. The leaders of South Korea and Turkmenistan on Monday held a summit in Turkmenistan's capital city of Ashgabat and adopted a joint statement outlining their cooperation for Seoul's "K-Silk Road Cooperation" initiative 2. The main opposition Democratic Party and minor parties on Monday voted to unilaterally select 11 parliamentary committee chiefs with the ruling People Power P...

1. President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday embarked on a weeklong Central Asia trip that will take him to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on a mission to expand cooperation in critical minerals and other key sectors. 2. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday, North Korea has sent around 310 trash-carrying balloons across the border overnight. The North's latest balloon campaign cam...

1. Vitor Abreu, owner of the U.S. geoscience research company Act-Geo, said Friday that a potential discovery of oil and gas reserves off South Korea's East Sea is "highly prospective," citing the presence of hydrocarbons in the offshore fields. The project has a presumed 20 percent success rate. 2. According to the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs on Thursday, an advisory body o...

1. During his Memorial Day speech, President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday South Korea will not sit idle against North Korea's "despicable" provocations and vowed to protect people through robust military readiness and a strong alliance with the United States. 2. A North Korean defectors' group said Thursday it has sent about 10 large plastic balloons carrying 200-thousand flyers c...

1.Five-term main opposition Democratic Party lawmaker Woo Won-shik was elected as the Parliamentary Speaker for the first half of the 22nd National Assembly on Wednesday. Woo was elected with 189 votes in favor out of 192 present with ruling PPP boycotting the vote. 2.According to preliminary data from the Bank of Korea on Wednesday, South Korea's real gross domestic product increased 1.3 perc...

1.The inaugural summit between South Korea and African nations kicked off Tuesday. President Yoon Suk Yeol said South Korea aims to expand trade and investment with Africa through agreements such as Economic Partnership Agreements and Trade and Investment Promotion Frameworks. 2.President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday endorsed a motion calling for the full suspension of a 2018 inter-Korean tension redu...

1.In an interview with AFP published Sunday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said he hopes to lay the foundation for comprehensive cooperation with African nations, including the exchange of information related to critical minerals, technological collaboration and joint exploration. 2.South Korean police said Sunday they have received over 800 reports related to trash-filled balloons sent by North Korea....

1. President Yoon Suk Yeol held talks with Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio on Friday to discuss ways to boost trade and investment between the two countries. The Sierra Leone President is in Seoul to attend the Korea-Africa summit scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday next week. 2. South Korea's military said Friday that North Korea staged GPS jamming attacks in waters near South Korea&#...

1. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday that North Korea fired around 10 short-range ballistic missiles at 6:14 a.m. into the East Sea. The provocation came just a day after the North sent hundreds of large balloons carrying trash and manure into the South. 2. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Thursday adopted a joint statemen...

1. South Korea and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement freeing up trade between the two countries after President Yoon Suk Yeol and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held summit talks in Seoul. 2. During an extraordinary Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the government promulgated the amendment to the Sewol Victim Support Act, but approve...

1.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday that engine combustion problems are behind North Korea's botched spy satellite launch made Monday. The latest launch came just hours after leaders of South Korea, Japan, and China held a trilateral summit in Seoul. 2.United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan made a state visit to South Korea on Tuesday to discuss ways to expand cooperat...

1. Leaders of South Korea, Japan and China reaffirmed their commitment to promote peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula during their summit in Seoul on Monday. The three sides also agreed to regularize their three-way meeting. 2. Kyodo News reported Monday, citing Japan's coast guard, that North Korea has notified Japan of a plan to launch a space rocket carrying a satellite between Mond...

1. South Korea on Friday imposed independent sanctions on seven North Koreans and two Russian vessels for engaging in illicit weapons and fuel trade with Russia and other activities in violation of U.N. sanctions. 2. The Korean Council for University Education on Friday approved an increase in next year's medical school admission quota, finalizing the first such hike in 27 years aimed at addre...