Choo Mi-ae, the leader of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), apologized Monday over the temporary lack of a quorum last week that led to a disconcerting delay in a parliamentary vote on an extra budget bill.On Saturday, the long-awaited vote on the 11.03 trillion-won (US$9.8 billion) extra budget bil

South Korea's defense ministry has been making a push to adjust the functions of its cyber security and anti-espionage units, each criticized for getting involved in politics and undue monitoring of individual soldiers, a military source said Sunday."Since Defense Minister Song Young-moo took o

President Moon Jae-in welcomed five new foreign envoys to Seoul at a ceremony held at Cheong Wa Dae on July 18, 2017.The President was presented with the credentials of each of the foreign diplomats. They were Uzbekistani Ambassador Vitaly Fen, Mexican Ambassador Bruno Figueroa Fischer, Indonesian A

South Korea and the United States have the same goal of denuclearizing North Korea, the State Department said Tuesday amid speculation the allies disagree on inter-Korean talks proposed by Seoul.South Korea wants to hold military talks with the North on Friday to discuss ways to ease tensions on the

The White House expressed veiled opposition to South Korea's proposal for rare inter-Korean talks Monday, saying current conditions are "far away" from those needed to reopen dialogue with the recalcitrant state.Seoul proposed military talks for this coming Friday and Red Cross talks on Aug. 1

South Korea's unification ministry said Monday it will seek inter-Korean talks after gauging North Korea's reaction to President Moon Jae-in's latest proposal to bring peace to the divided peninsula.Moon unveiled his broad vision for improving inter-Korean relations during his speech in

Leaders of South Korea, Japan and the United States agreed to work together for tougher sanctions by the international community against North Korea for its latest missile provocation that hinted at its ability to target most countries in the world, South Korea's presidential office said Friday.

The leaders of South Korea and Germany agreed to boost their countries' cooperation in ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions, vowing to use all available means, Seoul's presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae, said Thursday.The agreement by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and German Chanc

South Korean President Moon Jae-in departed for Germany on Wednesday for the upcoming Group of 20 summit where he was expected to discuss ways to rein in North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile technologies with other global leaders. His departure came one day after North Korea claime

South Korea and the United States staged a massive combined ballistic missile exercise Wednesday aimed at sending a warning message to North Korea, the South's military said a day after the communist country claimed a successful long-range missile test. The allies fired a barrage of miss

WASHINGTON, July 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone separately with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday and discussed growing threats from North Korea, the White House said."President Trump raised the growing threat posed by North Kore

South Korea's new culture minister said Friday he will support the country's tourism industry which has been hit by Beijing's trip restriction over a diplomatic row with the Seoul government. During his meeting with industry officials, Culture Minister Do Jong-hwan said he will i

Ramping up pressure on North Korea will be a key topic for this week's high-level security talks with China that will bring together the top diplomats and defense chiefs of the two countries, a senior State Department official said Monday.Susan Thornton, acting assistant secretary of state for E

President Moon Jae-in of Korea visited the ROK-US Combined Forces Command in Yongsan, Seoul yesterday, met with General Vincent K. Brooks, commanding general of the ROK-US Command, and declared: “We (Korea and the US) go together!”In a separate development on the same day, the Presidential Mansion o

Rival parties failed Monday to adopt reports on the results of parliamentary confirmation hearings for President Moon Jae-in's top government and judicial nominees, casting clouds over his efforts to swiftly form his government.The ruling Democratic Party sought to adopt the reports on Fair Trad

President Moon Jae-in on Sunday named five new ministers, including a new vice prime minister and minister for education, and a new defense minister.Kim Sang-kon, a former school superintendent of Gyeonggi Province, has been tapped as the new education minister, who will double as a vice prime minis

The daughter of former President Park Geun-hye's close friend involved in a corruption scandal returned to South Korea on Wednesday, after she was extradited from Denmark where she was in custody for five months.Chung Yoo-ra, the 21-year-old daughter of Choi Soon-sil, arrived at Incheon Internat

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