Tag Archives: Korea

SEOUL — South Korea has the lowest birthrate in the world, but parents say the government isn’t making it any easier for them to have children when hundreds of public facilities across the country are designated “no-kids zones.” Earlier this month, a lawmaker took her toddler to the National Assembly …

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit marks the first by a Japanese leader to Seoul in 12 years. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has arrived in the South Korean capital, Seoul, to meet President Yoon Suk-yeol, as the two leaders seek to mend ties amid nuclear threats from North Korea. Kishida’s …

  The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has hit back at a landmark nuclear agreement made between the US and South Korea, claiming it will only worsen security.   The government of Washington and Seoul made an agreement at the White House on Wednesday April 26, that …

The White House invited more than 180 guests to the state dinner hosted by President Biden for President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea on Wednesday night, including government officials, athletes, business leaders and prominent Asian Americans. Here is the full list of those invited as provided by the White …

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said on Monday that it had indicted four men on charges of laundering virtual currency stolen by an infamous North Korean online criminal syndicate as part of a far-reaching scheme to buy goods with U.S. dollars and evade international sanctions. The charges, filed in three …

South Korea will seek the extradition of fugitive crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon after the Terraform founder was arrested in Montenegro and hit with US fraud charges.   Kwon, whose full name is Kwon Do-hyung, is accused of fraud over his company Terraform Lab’s dramatic collapse last year, which wiped out …

North Korea said on Monday that it had fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine, its first such missile test, as South Korea and the United States were about to begin a major joint military exercise. The missiles were launched at dawn on Sunday and flew for more than …

North Korea on Saturday, February 18, launched a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off Japan’s west coast after warning of a strong response to upcoming military drills by South Korea and the United States. The Japanese government said the missile plunged into waters inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone more …

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korea launched a presumed long-range ballistic missile Saturday afternoon, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, a day after Pyongyang warned of “unprecedented strong responses” if the US and South Korea go ahead with planned military exercises. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the …

The U.S. launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle on February 9, 2023, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in a defiant show of nuclear readiness.   The test launched at 11:01 p.m. PT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the …