SEOUL– South Korea and the United States kicked off their first combined naval exercise, involving an American aircraft carrier, near the peninsula in five years Monday, a day after North Korea raised tensions with a short-range ballistic missile launch. The four-day exercise got under way in the East Sea with the presence of the … Read more
SEOUL– North Korea held a ruling Workers’ Party politburo meeting to discuss the issue of improving the country’s agricultural situation, its state media said Monday. Jo Yong-won, secretary for organizational affairs of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee, presided over the politburo meeting the previous day, according to the official Korean Central News Agency … Read more
SEOUL– Kakao Games Corp. has been sued by South Korean players of “Uma Musume Pretty Derby,” a popular Japanese-developed mobile game, with hundreds of users demanding refunds of their in-game microtransactions over the company’s purportedly neglectful management of Korean users. Kim Sung-soo, a user representing 201 players of the game, submitted the suit with … Read more
SEOUL– When South Korean golfer Kim Si-woo saw his name drawn against that of the American star Justin Thomas for the singles at the Presidents Cup on Saturday in North Carolina, he was intimidated at first. After all, Thomas is a two-time major champion and a former world No. 1, and had gone undefeated … Read more
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol saw his approval rating dip slightly at the end of last week, a survey showed Monday, after he was caught on video using foul language during a visit to New York. In the poll of 2,533 voters conducted by Realmeter from Monday to Friday last week, 34.6 percent positively assessed … Read more
DAEJEON– A fire broke out at an outlet mall in the central city of Daejeon on Monday, leaving one person in a state of cardiac arrest, another serious injured and three others missing, officials said. The fire started at 7:45 a.m. at Hyundai Premium Outlet in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, fire officials … Read more
INCHEON– South Korean golfer Park Min-ji, having dominated the domestic tour in recent years, hadn’t given much thought about taking her talent to America — until Monday. It all changed when she found herself in the company of some of the biggest names that the LPGA Tour has seen. Park, who has won … Read more
DAEJEON– A fire broke out at an outlet mall in the central city of Daejeon on Monday, leaving two people dead, another seriously injured and four others missing, officials said. The fire started at 7:45 a.m. at Hyundai Premium Outlet in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, fire officials said. Two men, one … Read more