Author: Kim Tong-Hyung
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North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak, Kim orders lockdown
SEOUL, South Korea • North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak after holding for more than two years to a widely doubted claim of a perfect record keeping out the virus that has spread to nearly every place in the world. The outbreak forced leader Kim Jong Un…
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Ex-prosecutor elected at S. Korea president
SEOUL, South Korea • Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative former top prosecutor and foreign policy neophyte, was elected South Korea’s new president Thursday, a win expected to herald Seoul’s drive to seek a stronger alliance with the United States and take a tougher line on North Korea. With over 99% of the votes counted early…
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U.S. defense chief slams China’s drive for hypersonic weapons
SEOUL, South Korea • America’s defense chief rebuked China on Thursday, vowing to confront its potential military threats in Asia and warning that its pursuit of hypersonic weapons intended to evade U.S. missile defenses “increases tensions in the region.” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s stern comments after annual security talks with South Korea, a top U.S.…
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Missing Seoul mayor’s body found after massive search
SEOUL, South Korea • The missing mayor of South Korea’s capital, reportedly embroiled in sexual harassment allegations, was found dead early Friday, more than half a day after giving his daughter a will-like message and then leaving home, police said. Police said they located Park Won-soon’s body near a traditional restaurant in wooded hills in…
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North Korea destroys empty liaison office with South
SEOUL, South Korea • North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday, in a carefully choreographed, largely symbolic display of anger that puts pressure on Washington and Seoul amid deadlocked nuclear diplomacy. Although the building was empty and the North had previously…
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South Korea downplays concerns over Kim Jong Un’s health
SEOUL, South Korea • South Korean officials reported no unusual activity in North Korea on Tuesday after unconfirmed media reports that leader Kim Jong Un was in fragile health after surgery. But the possibly of high-level instability raised troubling questions about the future of a nuclear-armed state that has been steadily building an arsenal meant…
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North Korea, U.S. to resume nuclear talks
SEOUL, South Korea • North Korea and the United States have agreed to resume nuclear negotiations this weekend following a monthslong stalemate over the withdrawal of sanctions in exchange for disarmament, a senior North Korean diplomat said Tuesday. Choe Son Hui, North Korea’s first vice minister of foreign affairs, said the two nations will have…
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South hopeful, wary, but nuke talks crucial for Korean ties
SEOUL, South Korea • South Koreans, always deeply divided over how best to deal with their often-belligerent northern neighbor, are reacting with both hope and wariness to President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will hold a second nuclear disarmament summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. But for liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-in,…
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South Korean women protest against ‘spy cam porn’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SEOUL, South Korea — Thousands of South Korean women gathered in Seoul on Saturday to demand stronger government action to fight the spread of intimate photos and video taken by hidden cameras, which they say has women living in constant anxiety and distress. Police said…
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Senior North Korean official heads to NY to plan for Trump summit
SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that a top North Korean official is headed to New York for talks on an upcoming summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as diplomatic efforts also accelerated in Asia. Trump said in a tweet that Kim Yong Chol was traveling to…