SEOUL, Lee Dae-ho, one of the most feared hitters ever in South Korean baseball, played his final game Saturday before adoring fans in his hometown, having choreographed the greatest last dance in league history. The 40-year-old wrapped up his 22-year professional career as a member of the Lotte Giants, his hometown club in Busan … Read more
SEOUL, The U.S. military on Saturday released footage showing a Stryker armored fighting vehicle arriving in a port city south of Seoul as part of a new American rotational force to operate here for nine months. The Eighth Army disclosed the video clip, in which the vehicle was seen disembarking at the port in Pyeongtaek, … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea urged the international society to discuss Japan’s plan to discharge radioactive water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean at this week’s international maritime gathering, the oceans ministry said Saturday. The Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown in 2011 has spread heavy safety concerns among nearby countries. The South Korean … Read more
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Yonhap) — The presidential National Security Council (NSC) strongly condemned North Korea’s launch of two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Sunday, saying it was a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. President Yoon Suk-yeol was briefed immediately after the launch and the NSC held a meeting presided over by … Read more
North Korea said on Saturday that its latest missile launches were carried out in self-defense against direct military threats from the United States, Trend reports citing TASS. “The missile test launch by the DPRK is a regular and planned self-defensive step for defending the country’s security and the regional peace from the US direct military threats that have … Read more
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday, Japanese authorities said, marking the seventh such launch by Pyongyang in recent days, a series of exercises that has sparked widespread alarm in both Washington and Tokyo, Trend reports citing Reuters. Both missiles reached an altitude of 100 km and covered a range of 350 … Read more
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA — Older people with limited mobility and those with chronic health conditions requiring the use of electrically powered medical devices were especially vulnerable when Hurricane Ian slammed into southwest Florida, and experts warn such risks to society’s oldest are growing as disasters increase with the impact of climate change. Almost all … Read more
SEOUL — North Korea warned Saturday the U.S. redeployment of an aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula is causing a “considerably huge negative splash” in regional security, as it defended its recent missile tests as a “righteous reaction” to intimidating military drills between its rivals. The North Korean Defense Ministry statement came a day … Read more