SEOUL– Daegu FC crashed out of Asia’s top club football competition on Tuesday, as their first trip to the knockout stage lasted just one match.Daegu fell to Nagoya Grampus 4-2 at Toyota Stadium in Toyota, Japan, in the round of 16 at the Asian Footba…
SEOUL– New Belgian Ambassador Francois Bontemps began his post in South Korea early this month, the Belgian Embassy said Tuesday, months after his predecessor’s return to the country over assault incidents here involving his wife.Bontemps, accompanied…
SEOUL– K-pop fans launched a campaign to help protect a beach in eastern Korea that has become popular after the global superstars BTS shot their photos for the “Butter” album.Korea Beyond Coal, a civic group dedicated to fighting against climate chan…
SEOUL– Second Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-moon has met with senior officials in Qatar to discuss bilateral cooperation and the situation in Afghanistan during his visit to the country this week, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.On Monday, Choi he…
SEOUL– President Moon Jae-in nominated Choe Jae-hae, a former senior official at the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI), Tuesday to lead the key state agency.The post has remained vacant for more than two months since the sudden resignation of Choe J…
SEOUL– North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s recent mention of sustained nuclear weapons development is seen as a message largely intended for his own people, Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong told parliament on Tuesday.”The denuclearization of the Korean P…
SEOUL– Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in South Korea on Tuesday for talks with Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong amid renewed tensions in the wake of North Korea’s test-firings of long-range cruise missiles.Wang landed at Incheon International…