SEOUL– One out of three arrest warrants requested by police in connection with stalking crimes are rejected by the court, data showed Tuesday. According to statistics from the National Police Agency, police filed for a total of 377 arrest warrants for stalking from last October, when a new act on that type of crime … Read more
SEOUL– Seoul stocks ended their four-day losing streak on Tuesday as investors scooped up oversold stocks ahead of the Fed’s policy meeting later this week. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar. After opening higher, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) stayed in positive terrain, closing at 2,367.85, up 12.19 points, … Read more
SEOUL– In 2000, 63 former long-term political prisoners who were sent to the South as spies were repatriated to the North following an inter-Korean summit during which leaders of the two Koreas agreed to give priority to humanitarian issues in the same year. But there were 46 former North Korean spies left in the … Read more
SEOUL– Top seed Jelena Ostapenko advanced to the round of 16 at the WTA Hana Bank Korea Open on Tuesday, surviving a scare against a South Korean teenager, to inch toward her second career title in Seoul. Ostapenko, world No. 19, defeated Jeong Bo-young of South Korea in three sets, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2) … Read more
SEOUL– The United States made yet another dialogue offer to North Korea this summer through a communication channel in New York, but the North has not responded, Washington’s top nuclear envoy said Tuesday. U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim said that the overture was made through the so-called New York channel, involving … Read more
SEOUL– Prosecutors on Tuesday questioned former Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul as part of an investigation into allegations involving the previous government’s repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019, officials said. Kim has been accused of ordering an early end to a government inquiry into the North Koreans captured near the inter-Korean sea border … Read more
SEOUL– South Korean soldiers conducted combined training with their American fellows at a key training center in California earlier this month, the U.S. military said Tuesday, amid the allies’ stepped-up move to sharpen deterrence against North Korean threats. The Army soldiers completed the training program at the National Training Center as part of efforts … Read more
SEOUL– South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell for the fourth consecutive day Tuesday amid the country’s efforts to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. The country reported 47,917 new COVID-19 infections, including 323 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 24,461,737, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The new daily figure is … Read more