South Korea said Monday it will step up efforts to close systemic loopholes in efforts to combat money laundering.
The South Korean government on Monday revealed the pilot editions of the controversial state-authored history textbooks to be introduced next year, igniting academic and ideological debates over the country's history.
The U.N. Security Council's five veto powers are close to approving new sanctions on North Korea to cut the isolated state's earnings from exports by more than a quarter, principally by targeting its coal exports to China, diplomats said on Friday.
South Korean President Park Geun Hye's approval rating fell to 4 per cent amid a deepening political crisis, marking an all-time low for any democratically elected leader in the country, according to a Gallup Korea poll released on Friday (Nov 25).
South Korea and Japan signed a military intelligence pact on Wednesday to share sensitive information on the threat posed by DPRK's missile and nuclear activities, the South's defense ministry said.
Japan and South Korea signed a controversial agreement on Wednesday to share defence intelligence on North Korea, despite protests from opposition parties and activists in Seoul.
South Korea on Tuesday endorsed a bilateral military intelligence pact with Japan at a cabinet meeting despite public and parliamentary opposition.
South Korea and Japan plan to sign a military intelligence-sharing pact this week to better counter mounting threats from North Korea, the defense ministry said Monday.
Almost two-thirds of South Koreans opposed the signing of a bilateral military intelligence pact with Japan, on which the two countries resumed dialogue earlier this month, as Japan has yet to sincerely apologize for atrocities during World War TWO, a local pollster survey showed on Friday.
Japan and South Korea agreed on Monday to sign a pact to share military intelligence, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
South Korea's top central banker expressed worries on Friday about economic uncertainties after Donald Trump's presidential win in the United States.
The raid was part of probe into the influence-peddling scandal involving a close friend of President Park Geun-hye
In only a few days, South Korea’s biggest scandal in years has done what six decades of diplomacy and bloodshed couldn’t. It has united the rival Koreas, at least in one area: indignation against South Korea’s leader.
The commander of U.S. forces in South Korea said on Friday a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system battery would be deployed to South Korea within eight to 10 months, an official from the U.S. forces in South Korea said.
Commander of U.S. forces stationed in South Korea said Friday that the U.S. missile shield, called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), would be deployed to South Korean soil within eight to 10 months from now.
South Korea's financial authorities are looking into whether a local bank has extended illicit or preferential loans to President Park Geun-hye's friend at the heart of a massive influence-peddling scandal and her daughter, officials said Monday.
Senior foreign ministry officials from South Korea, the United States and Japan will meet in Tokyo next week to discuss further cooperation in dealing with North Korea's nuclear and missile threat, the foreign ministry here said Friday.
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