North Korea has passed a law allowing it to carry out a preventive nuclear strike and declaring its status as a nuclear-armed state “irreversible”, state media said Friday.The announcement comes at a time of crumbling ties between the North and South, …
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said the operator of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the first NPP in the Arab region, had strengthened operational safety by fully addressing the findings …
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday vowed his country will never give up its nuclear weapons or use them as a bargaining chip in negotiations, the latest sign of Kim’s hardened stance toward the United States and its allies.The Supreme People’s…
SEOUL– The government seeks to slash the number of committees under its oversight by 39 percent to increase operational efficiency and cut costs, according to the presidential office.The plan, which was unveiled Wednesday, calls for abolishing or inco…
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) — The United States strongly supports inter-Korean dialogue and itself remains open to talks with North Korea without any preconditions, a state department spokesperson said Thursday.The remarks came after the South Korean…
SEOUL– Six affiliates of the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) plan to cut their investment in renewable energy over the next five years as they are under pressure to improve their worsening financial health, according to a report on Friday…
SEOUL– With two pitchers set to stand trial over assault charges stemming from their high school days, the bullying controversy that had marred South Korean baseball in recent years is rising back up to the surface.Last Wednesday, two clubs in the Kor…
SEOUL– South Korean troops on peace missions in Lebanon, South Sudan and other countries have delivered public messages highlighting their security commitments on the front lines of “military diplomacy,” as they marked the Chuseok fall harvest holiday…