Day: April 12, 2024

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made an emphatic call Thursday for the United States to continue its “pivotal” role for global peace and stability, pointing to security challenges from China, North Korea and Russia.

Kishida made the call durin…

South Korea and the United States kicked off a joint annual air exercise Friday, involving some 100 warplanes, to strengthen their readiness against North Korean military threats, their air forces said.

The two-week Korea Flying Training (KFT) got u…

South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. said Friday it will raise its monthly membership fee for paid users by 58 percent, in an apparent move to secure further capital amid growing challenges from Chinese rivals.

Coupang plans to charge its

Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo, a former presidential election coalition partner of President Yoon Suk Yeol, said Friday the entire Cabinet and all top presidential aides should offer to resign en masse in the wake of the massive election defeat by

President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to give a public statement sometime after the weekend about his party’s crushing defeat in the parliamentary elections, officials said Friday.

The exact way in which he will issue the statement is still undecided,…

South Korea and the United States have launched a bilateral working group on artificial intelligence (AI) focused on boosting tech cooperation and advancing joint research, the foreign ministry said Friday.

The launch of the working group was approv…

South Korea, the United States and Japan have held naval drills involving a U.S. aircraft carrier to improve their joint operability against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, the South’s Navy said.

The trilateral naval drill took place in i…