A senior U.S. official has condemned North Korea’s latest missile launches, but reiterated that the U.S. continues to support humanitarian aid efforts and the provision of COVID-19 assistance to the North.Mark Lambert, deputy assistant secretary of sta…
North Korea’s state media remain silent about Wednesday’s firing of ballistic missiles including an intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM).As of Thursday morning, key media outlets, including the Rodong Sinmun and the Korean Central News Agency, have…
The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States held phone talks to discuss responses to North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launches.Defense minister Lee Jong-sup and his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, held the talks on Wednesday after Nor…
SEOUL– The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the lawyers’ code of conduct banning them from joining online legal counseling platforms, such as LawTalk, is unconstitutional, a decision expected to bring sweeping changes to how law is practiced i…
China issued a cautious stance with regard to tightening sanctions on North Korea following its latest missile launches.The spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, Wang Wenbin, said in a press briefing on Wednesday that China has always believed th…
The Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, Cho Seung-hwan, has reiterated that there will be no lifting of an import ban on seafood from Japan’s Fukushima region after South Korea joins one of the world’s largest multilateral trade deals.The minister offere…
Some of the country’s largest conglomerates have announced investments totaling more than 900 trillion won over the next five years, in the wake of the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s push for a private sector-led growth.On Thursday, SK Group pledged 24…
The vice foreign ministers of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan held phone talks Thursday and discussed North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launches.Seoul’s foreign ministry said first vice minister Cho Hyun-dong talked on the phone with his U.S. and …