SEOUL– Main opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol said Tuesday a preemptive strike is the only way to deal with a scenario of North Korea attacking South Korea with a nuclear-tipped missile.Yoon made the comment hours after North Korea fired…
SEOUL– Top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States held phone talks Tuesday over North Korea’s latest launch of a ballistic missile and stressed the importance of maintaining the allies’ combined defense posture, according to Seoul’s forei…
SEOUL– An Air Force pilot died after an F-5E fighter jet crashed in central South Korea on Tuesday, the military said.The aircraft crashed into a mountain in Hwaseong, some 40 kilometers south of Seoul, at 1:46 p.m. minutes after taking off from an Ai…
GWANGJU– A facade of a high-rise apartment building under construction in the southwestern city of Gwangju collapsed Tuesday, injuring at least one person and burying about 10 vehicles under the rubble, police said.The exterior wall of the apartment b…
SEOUL– South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases stayed below 4,000 for the fifth consecutive day Tuesday amid tightened antivirus restrictions, but concerns linger over a possible resurgence due to the continued spread of the omicron variant.The country …
SEOUL/PAJU, South Korea– The father of a dental implant maker employee who was arrested for allegedly embezzling 221 billion won (US$185 million) in company funds was found dead in the north of Seoul, officials said Tuesday.The 69-year-old was found d…
SEOUL– At the tender of 19, Gwangju FC midfielder Eom Ji-sung earned his first callup to the men’s senior national football team for January’s training camp in Turkey.The talented teenager stands out for his skills and maturity, but on the other hand,…
SEOGWIPO, South Korea– After bouncing around multiple European clubs with little success, Lee Seung-woo, a product of FC Barcelona’s famous youth academy, has landed with Suwon FC in South Korea’s K League 1 with one major goal in mind.He wants to be …