North Korea is refusing to repatriate the bodies of troops killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine because it fears anger from families could lead to civil unrest. South Korean intelligence officials estimate that around 300 North Korean soldiers have been killed to date, while around 2,700 have sustained injuries. Sources told the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper that […]
North Korea is demolishing a venue that for decades hosted tearful reunions of families separated by the Korean War and the division of the country, Seoul said Thursday, decrying the “inhumane” move. Millions of people were swept apart by the 1950-53 Korean War, which split the peninsula and separated brothers and sisters, parents and children […]
North Korea likely used student visas to send a large number of workers as well as troops to Russia in 2024, South Korea’s intelligence agency has said. The sanctioned east Asian country sent at least “thousands of workers to construction sites in various parts of Russia” over the past year, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) […]
By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s authorities investigating last month’s Jeju Air plane crash have submitted a preliminary accident report to the U.N. aviation agency and to the authorities of the United States, France and Thailand, an official said on Monday. The investigation into the deadliest air disaster on the country’s soil remains […]
The Seoul skyline. Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images South Korea’s fourth-quarter GDP missed estimates Thursday, with weakness in consumption and the construction sector driving growth to a six-quarter low of 1.2%, year on year. Advance figures missed the 1.4% expansion expected by economists polled by Reuters, and the growth was also softer compared […]
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s transport ministry said on Wednesday that it would remove the concrete embankment installed at Muan International Airport following last month’s Jeju Air crash, its deadliest domestic air disaster. While investigators are still probing what caused Jeju Air flight 7C2216 to crash, including reported bird strikes, experts have […]
The Bank of Korea (BOK) in Seoul on Dec. 28, 2024. Kim Jae-Hwan | Lightrocket | Getty Images South Korea’s central bank Thursday held its benchmark policy rate at 3% in a surprise move, opting to assess changes in domestic and external economic conditions after having delivered two back-to-back cuts in its previous meetings. Economists […]
SEOUL – The two black boxes on the Boeing jet involved in the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, the transport ministry said on Saturday. South Korean investigators previously said the flight data and cockpit voice recorders were key to finding out the cause of last month’s crash that killed 179 […]
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States warned on Wednesday that North Korea is benefiting from its troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, gaining experience that makes Pyongyang “more capable of waging war against its neighbors.” Russia has forged closer diplomatic and military ties with North Korea since Moscow invaded Ukraine in […]
When around 100 criminal investigators and police officers entered a hilly compound in central Seoul on Friday morning, they tried to achieve something that has never been done before in South Korea: detain a sitting president. First, they made it through two blockades formed by parked vehicles and people. Then, when they came within 650 […]
