Martial law commander arrested over alleged insurrection

Seoul, Dec 17 (IANS) South Korea’s Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su, who served as the chief commander during President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law, was arrested on Tuesday, prosecutors said. Park was arrested on a court-issued warrant on charges of playing a key role in an insurrection and abuse of […]

South Korea inks MOU with Poland on financial cooperation

Seoul, Nov 13 (IANS) South Korea inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Wednesday with Poland on expanding financial cooperation and asked the Eastern European country to help South Korean banks venture into the country. The MOU was signed in Seoul between Financial Services Commission (FSC) chief Kim Byoung-hwan and Jacek Jastrzebski, the head of […]

South Korea: Arrest warrant issued for battery maker CEO over deadly plant fire

Seoul, Aug 29 (IANS) A South Korean court issued a warrant to arrest the chief executive of lithium battery maker Aricell in connection with June’s deadly fire that claimed 23 lives, marking the first such case since the law penalising employers for serious industrial accidents came into force two years ago. The Suwon District Court […]

South Korea voices ‘deep regret’ over Japan PM’s offering to Yasukuni Shrine

Seoul, Aug 15 (IANS) South Korea’s foreign ministry expressed “deep regret” on Thursday that Japanese political leaders, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, sent offerings or paid visits to a war shrine, a symbol of Japan’s militaristic past. The statement came after visits by the Japanese ministers to the Yasukuni Shrine, which honours Japanese war dead, […]

South Korean space agency to spend 380.8 billion won to build 3 industrial parks

Seoul, July 24 (IANS) The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) on Wednesday said that it will spend 380.8 billion won ( equivalent to $274.8 million) for the next seven years to build three industrial parks for the space industry. The KASA said that the Budget will be spent to build an industrial complex for space vehicles, […]

South Korea vows to strengthen solidarity with France

Seoul, July 12 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Minister Shin Won-sik vowed Friday to strengthen solidarity with France and other countries that share common values at an event commemorating France’s national day, his office said. Shin made the pledge during the Bastille Day ceremony organised by the French Embassy in Seoul and the French Korean Chamber […]

Top South Korean envoy discusses North Korea-Russia threats with foreign diplomats

Seoul, July 3 (IANS) South Korea’s top nuclear envoy discussed the deepening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia in meetings on Korean Peninsula issues with foreign diplomats in Seoul, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Lee Jun-il, director general for Korean Peninsula policy, invited the ambassadors and diplomats from 30 countries to two separate […]

S. Korea voices regret over Moscow-Pyongyang military cooperation

Seoul, June 20 (IANS) South Korea on Thursday voiced regret over a new agreement signed between Russia and North Korea committing the two countries to military technology cooperation “in violation of UN Security Council resolutions”. The South Korean Foreign Ministry made the comment after Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed […]

South Korea urges North to restore hotlines for any talks

SEOUL: South Korea on Sunday urged North Korea to restore dormant communication hotlines, a day after the North repeated an offer to open conditional talks. The North might be seeking to extract concessions about two weeks after it raised tensions by carrying out its first missile tests in six months. North Korea has twice reached […]

North Korea killed South Korean official, burned his body: Seoul

SEOUL: South Korea said Thursday that North Korean troops fatally shot a South Korean government official who may have attempted to defect and set his body on fire after finding him on a floating object near the countries’ disputed sea boundary. South Korean officials condemned what they called North Korea’s “atrocious act” and urged it […]

51 in South Korea again test positive for COVID-19 after recovering

SEOUL: Fifty-one people in South Korea, who recovered after contracting COVID-19, have tested positive again, but the results might have been due to the reactivation of the novel coronavirus, health authorities here said on Monday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said the people from Daegu and the surrounding North Gyeongsang province, […]