SEOUL– South Korea’s military reported 1,704 additional COVID-19 cases Tuesday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 214,036, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 1,106 from the Army, 229 from the Air Force, 123 from the…
SEOUL– South Korea saw its total COVID-19 caseload rise above 20 million late Tuesday as a highly infectious omicron variant has fueled a surge of new infections.As of 9 p.m., local governments had reported 115,311 additional cases, bringing the cumul…
SEOUL– A presidential official said Tuesday it will look into an allegation of influence peddling by a Buddhist figure, who has reportedly claimed close ties with President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee.The official made the remark after a…
SEOUL– A police bureau came officially into being at the interior ministry Tuesday, marking the first time in 31 years for the ministry to have an organization overseeing the law enforcement agency.The bureau’s establishment came after some front-line…
SEOUL– The Supreme Council of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) decided Tuesday to convene a meeting of the party’s national committee to discuss switching to an emergency leadership system after breaking up the current leadership.Four out of seven …
SEOUL– South Korea plans to provide US$200,000 in humanitarian aid to the Philippines, which was struck by a deadly earthquake last week, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.A 7.1-magnitude quake hit the northern Philippine island of Luzon on July 27, r…
SEOUL– The presidential office said Tuesday it hopes the ruling party is quickly normalized, shortly after the People Power Party (PPP) decided to convene a meeting to discuss switching to an emergency leadership system.”The party is going through a c…
SEOUL– South Korea’s industry minister on Tuesday asked for Vietnam’s support to ensure that Korean companies can participate in gas-fueled power plant projects in the Southeast Asian country, his office said.Lee Chang-yang, minister of trade, industr…