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S. Korea says it won't consider any more THAAD deployments

S.KoreaForeignMinisterKangKyung-whasaidonMondaythatSeoulisnotconsideringanyadditionaldeploymentofaUSmissiledefensesystem,Yonhapreported.S.KoreaForeignMinisterKa

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Mattis: DPRK nuclear threat accelerating

ThethreatofnuclearattackfromDPRKisincreasing,USDefenceSecretaryJamesMattissaidduringavisittoSouthKorea.MrMattiswarneditwouldfacea"massivemilitaryresponse"ifitus

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Manila appoints ambassador to DPRK

ThePhilippineshasappointedanambassadortotheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK),theofficialKCNAnewsagencyreportedFriday.KimYongNam,memberofthePresidiumoftheP

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Trump refuses to say whether to visit DMZ separating DPRK and S. Korea

U.S.PresidentDonaldTrumponWednesdayrefusedtosaywhetherhewillvisittheDemilitarizedZone(DMZ)separatingtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)andSouthKoreadurin

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S.Korea, US, Japan start two-day missile tracking drill

SouthKorea,theUnitedStatesandJapankickedoffatwo-daymissiletrackingdrillneartheKoreanPeninsulaonTuesday,Seoul’sJointChiefsofStaff(JCS)announced."Thistrainingisde

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Weekly top 10 hot news (Oct. 14- Oct. 20)

EverySaturday,AsiaPacificDailywillprovideyouwitharun-downofthelatesthotnews.Thisweek,thefollowinghotnewsyoushouldknow:Top1|U.S.CIAdirectorsaysDPRKnearlycapableo

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S. Korea's main opposition party urges former President Park to quit

TheLibertyKoreaParty(LKP),themainoppositionpartyinSouthKorea,askedoustedPresidentParkGeun-hyetoquitthepartyonFriday,citingactsofdamagingthepartyandlosingpublics

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South Korea stresses safety of Pyeongchang Olympics

SouthKorea’sforeignministrystressedthePyeongchangOlympicswillbesafefromtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)'sprovocationsinabriefingtodiplomatsandexecutiv

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S.Korea to send deputy nuke envoy to Russia, may encounter DPRK diplomat

SouthKorea'sforeignministrysaidThursdaythatitwillsendadeputynuclearenvoyforthecurrentlystalledsix-partytalkstoaRussia-hostedforum,whereaseniorDemocraticPeople's

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South Korea raises growth outlook

SouthKorea'scentralbankraiseditsgrowthforecastforthisyearonThursday,despitetensionsoverPyongyang'sincreasingmissileandnuclearthreats.TheBankofKoreasaiditexpects

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S. Korea, U.S., Japan hold vice-ministerial meeting on DPRK

SeniordiplomatsofSouthKorea,theUnitedStatesandJapanheldavice-ministerialmeetingonWednesdaytodiscussissuesconcerningtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK).Vi

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Commentary: We boomers are leaving a toxic legacy

Amongmanyofusinthegenerationsthathavedonewelloutofthepost-WorldWarTwoperiod,there’snowafeelingofguilt-asthereshouldbe.Weneedtofeelguiltybecausethepoisonedbeques

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Top military commanders of S. Korea, U.S. talk over phone

TopmilitarycommandersofSouthKoreaandtheUnitedStateshadaphoneconversationonSaturdaytoconfirmtheiralreadysoliddefensepreparedness,accordingtoSeoul'sJointChiefsofS

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U.S. nuke-powered submarine makes port call in S. Korea

AU.S.nuclear-poweredsubmarineonFridaymadeaportcallatacityinsoutheastSouthKorea,YonhapnewsagencyreportedFriday.TheOhio-classsubmarineUSSMichigan(SSGN-727)arrived

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DPRK's hacking abilities 'beyond imagination,' defector says

TheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)'shackingcapabilitiesare"beyondimagination,"oneformercomputerexpertforDPRKtoldABCNewsinthewakeofTuesday'sreportthatthe

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Korean Peninsula tensions likely to weigh heavily on Trump's Asia trip

U.S.PresidentDonaldTrump'striptoAsianextmonthislikelytobedominatedbyserioustalksonrisingtensionsontheKoreanPeninsula,U.S.expertssaid.Thetripcomesamidgrowinganim

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DPRK reportedly hacks US-South Korea war plans

HackersofDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)havereportedlystolentop-secretUS-SouthKoreamilitarydocuments-includingdetailsofaplantoassassinateKimJongUn.TheSo