Tag: South Korea
North Korea vows ‘powerful response’ after US approves arms sales to...
Pyongyang's foreign ministry spokesperson, in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, said that "we cannot overlook the adverse effect of the US sale of its weapons to the ROK on the regional security environment", referring to South Korea.
South Korea says Russian military planes entered its air defence zone
Seoul's defence ministry said multiple Russian aircraft had entered and then left its air defence identification zone over the East Sea, also called the Sea of Japan.
South Korea to send first container ship through Arctic route
The voyage follows that of the Chinese container ship "Dubai Tower", which left the eastern port city of Ningbo for Europe this month, heading north through the Bering Strait before turning west along Russia's Arctic coast.
South Korea vows truth over forced overseas adoptions
South Korea was once one of the world's biggest exporters of babies, sending more than 140,000 children overseas between 1955 and 1999, according to official figures.
Heat kills 16 in South Korea this summer
The whole of Seoul was under the highest-level "severe heatwave warning" alert Tuesday, with temperatures forecast to soar again close to 40C.
South Korea records its highest-ever temperature of 42.5C
A heatwave day is defined as one with a maximum temperature of at least 33C.
South Korea ex-first lady handed 7 years in jobs-for-gifts case
Kim, 53, was found guilty of accepting "high-value precious metals" in exchange for favours in personnel appointments, according to the livestreamed ruling.
South Korea ex-minister gets 25 years for role in martial law...
Yoon was also given a 30-year jail term earlier this month for sending drones to North Korea to "manufacture a national crisis" to justify his martial law.
S. Korea secures 270 mn barrels of oil from suppliers unaffected...
The amount is sufficient for more than three months of South Korea's oil needs, Kang said after he returned from a trip to Kazakhstan, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Ex-South Korea leader apologises for martial law crisis
"I deeply apologise to the people for the frustration and hardships I have caused them, due to my own shortcomings, despite my resolve to save the nation," Yoon said in a statement shared through his lawyer.
