SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol is expected to appoint Army Gen. Kim Seung-kyum as the new head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) early this week, a key presidential official said Sunday, amid lingering tensions over North Korea’s provocations.Kim, wh…
SEOUL– American pop rock band Maroon 5 will hold a concert in Seoul on Nov. 30, its first in the country since February 2019.The band will perform at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul as part of its world tour, according to its website.Maroon 5 has produced n…
SEOUL– South Korea and China agreed Sunday to hold a ceremony returning remains of Chinese troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War in September, in what would be the ninth such repatriation, Seoul’s defense ministry said.Kim Sang-jin, the ministry…
SEOUL– South Korea on Sunday reported its first heat-related death this year amid a scorching heat wave nationwide.A man in his 40s was found collapsed while moving farm produce at a market in South Gyeongsang Province on Friday. He was taken to a hos…