A North Korean defector turned activist has filed a request with a Seoul court, asking it to consider the constitutionality of a law that prohibits sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border to the North. Park Sang-hak, the director of Fighters …
SEOUL– A woman in her 40s has been killed by her former boyfriend while under police protection, officials said Tuesday, in the latest in a series of preventable deaths expected to spark calls for better protection measures for such victims.The victim…
SEOUL– Volvo Car Korea Co. on Tuesday launched the Volvo brand’s first pure electric model, the C40 Recharge SUV, as part of the Swedish carmaker’s electrification push.The C40 Recharge is one of seven all-electric models to be released by Volvo Cars …
BEIJING– As she wrapped up her final training session of Beijing 2022 on Tuesday, the eve of her last event, South Korean short track speed skater Choi Min-jeong said she had many different thoughts going through her mind.But winning her fifth career …
SEOUL– Minor presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo called on main opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday to respond to his offer of a candidacy merger at an early date.Ahn of the centrist People’s Party said he would like to hear from Yoon of th…
BEIJING– Hwang Dae-heon isn’t prone to giving cliched answers. Ask the South Korean short track speed skater competing in the Olympics, and he won’t resort to stock responses, like taking it one race at a time or giving it his 110 percent.Having earli…
SEOUL– Choi Min-sik of “Oldboy” will return to the big screen as a genius mathematician defected from North Korea in the upcoming drama “In Our Prime.”Directed by Park Dong-hoon, the film revolves around Hak-sung, played by Choi, a middle-aged North K…
SEOUL– A woman in her 40s has been apprehended on charges of assaulting her five-year-old niece and abandoning her to die, police in the southwestern county of Jangheung said Tuesday.The 41-year-old woman, whose name was withheld, is accused of causin…