North Korean workers have refused to go to work in the Chinese border city of Dandong, demanding their return to North Korea, a Seoul expert claimed Thursday.
Citing a source, Cho Han-bum, a senior research fellow at the state-run Korea Institute for…
Police vowed Thursday to deal sternly with any illegal acts during large-scale rallies set to take place in Seoul over the weekend, including one by a doctors’ association to protest the government’s decision to increase the medical school enrollment …
South Korea’s tax revenue increased 3 trillion won (US$2.25 billion) in January from a year earlier following a massive shortfall the previous year, the finance ministry said Thursday.
The tax revenue came to 45.9 trillion won last month, compared wi…
South Korea’s defense chief on Thursday agreed with the top commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to deepen military cooperation with the U.S.-led alliance, the defense ministry said.
Defense Minister Shin Won-sik held talks with…
The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held talks in Washington on Wednesday, as the two countries have been striving to strengthen cooperation to counter evolving North Korean threats and other shared challenges.
Foreign Minister Cho…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday he will visit South Korea next month to attend the third session of the Summit for Democracy, a U.S.-led multilateral platform meant to promote solidarity among democracies.
Blinken confirmed the …
A United Nations migration agency has advised South Korea to find more ways to integrate immigrants into society as it will need more immigrants due to the country’s declining birth rate and aging population.
Amy Pope, director general of the Interna…
