LIG Nex1 Co., South Korea’s major defense firm, said Friday it has secured a 3.7 trillion-won (US$2.78 billion) contract with Iraq to export its Cheongung-II medium-range surface-to-air missile defense system.
The deal was made with Iraq’s defense m…
Vietnam’s deputy defense minister has visited North Korea to discuss ways to bolster bilateral defense cooperation, the Southeast Asian country’s defense ministry said on its website Friday.
Senior Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien held a meeting with his N…
Despite what its title might suggest, “Sad Song,” the lead single from rising K-pop group P1Harmony’s new album, is an up-tempo hip-hop rhythm infused track with a lively Latin vibe.
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The presidential office on Thursday rejected former President Moon Jae-in’s call for reviewing its approach to unification with North Korea, saying the previous government’s dialogue-focused peace initiative is “unrealistic.”
A senior presidential o…
Shortly after the Chuseok holiday, the governing People Power Party (PPP) and the majority Democratic Party (DP) fiercely clashed again over sensitive bills. The DP unilaterally passed the three contentious bills — two special motions to investigate…
The leaders of the United States, India, Japan and Australia are expected to discuss North Korea’s security challenge and its cooperation with Russia among other topics during their Quad summit set to take place in Delaware this week, a
President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday South Korea and the Czech Republic will collaborate on the design and construction of nuclear reactors if the Central European country picks a Korean consortium as the final winner for a nuclear power
The delinquency rate on loans extended by local banks rose from a month earlier in July, data showed Friday.
The delinquency rate on banks’ won-denominated loans came to 0.47 percent as of end-July, up 0.05 percentage point from a
South Korea’s government officials will have been duly relieved to see the result of the five-day Chuseok holiday. Defying dire predictions, the country’s emergency care services continued without massive and paralyzing disruptions.
The Health Minis…
President Yoon Suk Yeol held out the prospect of forging a “nuclear energy alliance” with the Czech Republic Thursday, pledging to ensure wide-ranging cooperation with Prague over the design and construction of nuclear reactors if a Korean consortium…