South Korea posted new COVID-19 cases in the 20-thousand range for the second consecutive day amid a continued downturn in infections.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Wednesday that 23-thousand-956 infections were confirmed throu…
North Korea has launched three ballistic missiles, including one believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM), toward the East Sea on Wednesday.According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS), the North fired the missiles at around 6 a.m, 6:3…
President Yoon Suk Yeol has strongly condemned North Korea’s latest launch of ballistic missiles, calling them a “serious provocation.”Yoon issued the stance following his first meeting of the National Security Council(NSC), convened earlier on Wednesd…
North Korea appears to be preparing for a seventh nuclear test, which would mark its first since declaring a self-imposed moratorium null and void. According to the first deputy director of the National Security Office, Kim Tae-hyo, on Wednesday, the …
The second launch date for South Korea’s domestically developed space rocket, Nuri, has been set for June 15.The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Wednesday that Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, is scheduled to lift off from the Naro Space Center in…
Former employees of SEMES, a Samsung Electronics subsidiary supplier of key chip-related equipment, will stand trial on charges they were involved in technology theft.According to the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office on Wednesday, seven people were i…
SEOUL– South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed in the 20,000s for the second consecutive day Wednesday, down nearly 7,400 cases from a week ago, as the COVID-19 pandemic is in retreat.The country added 23,956 new infections, including 21 cases from ov…
Daily fever cases in North Korea, suspected to be COVID-19, stayed below 200-thousand for a fourth day, with the number of cumulative cases now surpassing three million.The North’s official Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) on Wednesday said the state e…