South Korea's industrial output backtracked in April from a month earlier due to the decline in the production of chips and cars, government data showed Wednesday.Production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries fell 2.2 percent on-month in April, retreating from a 1.2 per

Creditors of cash-strapped Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. are set to inject fresh funds into the embattled shipyard next week, later than earlier scheduled, due to the delay in the debt rescheduling scheme, industry sources said Wednesday.According to the sources, the state-run Korea D

The daughter of former President Park Geun-hye's close friend was arrested on a plane to South Korea on Wednesday in connection with a massive corruption scandal.Chung Yoo-ra, the 21-year-old daughter of Choi Soon-sil, was arrested by prosecutors on the flight from Amsterdam to Seoul after being

National Intelligence Service (NIS) director-nominee Suh Hoon said Monday that if appointed he will try to completely insulate the spy agency from domestic politics as pledged by President Moon Jae-in."The NIS is not an organization designed to protect any political power," Suh told a confirmation

The daughter of former President Park Geun-hye's close friend has been booked on a flight to Seoul this week after avoiding the prosecution's summons for months, a local news channel reported Monday.Chung Yoo-ra, the 21-year-old daughter of Choi Soon-sil, has been held at a detention center

U.S. President Donald Trump has been briefed on North Korea's latest missile launch, a White House official said Sunday."The United States government is aware. The president has been briefed," the unidentified National Security Council official said, according to White House pool reports.South

U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a four-point policy plan on North Korea revolving around using "every possible pressure" while looking for a diplomatic solution, a South Korean lawmaker said Thursday.A bipartisan group of South Korean politicians met with Joseph Yun, the U.S. special repr

President Moon Jae-in on Thursday broke the mold of the top presidential secretariat meeting, telling his aides to stop wasting time taking notes of his remarks and feel free to challenge his views.Presiding over a meeting of his senior secretaries for the first time since his inauguration two weeks

The top American military commander in South Korea said Thursday a series of North Korean provocations means the allies should put more pressure on the communist nation.He cited the North's continued ballistic missile launches, nuclear test preparations and cyber activities.These "indicate a ve

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a South Korean presidential envoy that he is willing to mediate between South and North Korea by dispatching his emissary to Pyongyang in a bid to help relieve tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Song Young-gil, a special envoy of South Korean President Moon Ja

A key figure in a political corruption scandal that led to the ousting of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday dropped the appeal of her extradition case from Denmark to Seoul.Danish prosecutors confirmed on Twitter that Chung Yoo-ra will be extradited to South Korea after she dr

President Moon Jae-in's nominee for the country's top diplomat said Thursday that it is necessary to seek "more powerful" sanctions against North Korea in case the regime carries out additional provocations.Kang Kyung-wha, recently tapped to lead the foreign ministry, still emphasized that

President Moon Jae-in's nominee for foreign minister is expected to review the issue of Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women in light of her expertise in human rights, a senior official of the policy advisory panel said Wednesday, hinting that a renegotiation could take place o

Prime Minister-nominee Lee Nak-yon on Wednesday came under intense scrutiny over his credentials and a string of allegations about his family during a parliamentary confirmation hearing, the first test for cooperation between the nascent government and opposition-led parliament.Opposition lawmakers

A day after firing dozens of rounds at a flying object crossing the border from North Korea, South Korea's military said Wednesday it was apparently a balloon carrying propaganda leaflets.The South's military announced Tuesday afternoon that it detected an unidentified object flying across t

The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae installed a new electric bulletin board Wednesday, offering a quick summary of current conditions in the country's employment market, while also highlighting the emphasis the new president and his government place on creating jobs.The new bulletin board was

Former South Korean leaders were at the center of local media attention Tuesday as the start of a trial marked the plunge of a recently ousted former president while a memorial service for a once-disgraced late leader helped reinstate his honor.The trial for ousted former President Park Geun-hye beg

The top military officers of South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Tuesday to promote "substantive" trilateral defense cooperation against North Korea's provocations, defense authorities here said.Army Gen. Lee Sun-jin, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), had a video confere

A Seoul court on Tuesday began the historic trial of former President Park Geun-hye over a string of corruption allegations involving her longtime friend and former aides.Park, handcuffed and in a navy suit, appeared at the Seoul Central District Court escorted by correctional officials. It was her

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