South Korea launched a broad range of reform programs on Wednesday to overhaul chronic lax management practices among public agencies, which saw their debts exceed sovereign debts.
South Korea and the United States began the ninth round of senior-level talks to reach a final conclusion on how to share costs for the U.S. 28,500 troops stationed here, local media reported Tuesday.
South Korea's Unification Ministry said Monday that Seoul was more closely monitoring the situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) after news that DPRK leader Kim Jong Un ousted his uncle-in-law Jang Song- thaek.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced Monday Jang Song-thaek, uncle- in-law of DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, was removed from all posts and expelled from the Workers' Party of Korea
Russia has introduced sanctions against North Korea in line with the UN Security Council's resolution 2094, the Kremlin said Monday.
South Korea plans to launch its homegrown space launch vehicles to put a satellite in orbit by 2020, the government said Tuesday.
The recent announcement of China's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIA) worsened the already tricky situations in Northeast Asia, South Korea's top diplomat said Wednesday.
China, South Korea and Japan on Tuesday kicked off their third round of talks toward forming a trilateral free trade area (FTA), with fields like intellectual property and goods and services to be covered.
South Korea's Defense Ministry said Monday that it will discuss with China this week over the recently announced Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in East China Sea that partly overlaps with the country's military air zone and covers Ieodo, a southernmost submerged rock claimed by Seoul.
South Korea picked Lockheed Martin's F-35A stealth fighter as its main combat aircraft to better respond to possible nuclear and missile attacks from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday.
Shift in China's economic paradigm would slow down export growth of South Korea, which heavily depends on the world's second-largest economy for exports, a Bank of Korea (BOK) policymaker said Thursday.
South Korea has strengthened its firepower near the western maritime border with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over the past three years to enhance capability to counter possible provocations from North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday, citing military officials.
The United States is sending back its envoy for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for a visit to China, South Korea and Japan, as the DPRK, Russia and China are calling for a resumption without preconditions of the six-party talks over the denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.
Japan and South Korea will hold a vice defense ministerial meeting in Seoul on Wednesday to confirm their cooperation in addressing security concerns arising partly from nuclear and missile development by Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan's defense ministry said Friday.
Senior diplomats from South Korea, China and Japan held the first trilateral talks in 18 months on Thursday to mend frosty ties caused by Japan's territorial disputes with neighboring countries and its anachronistic historical perception.
Bank of Korea, South Korea's central bank, expressed concerns about shutdown of the U.S. government, saying that uncertainties over the U.S. fiscal crisis would serve as a downside risk factor to the global economy.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said the country's people and army "are highly alerted to promptly foil provocations" of U.S.-Japan-S.Korea joint naval maneuvers, the official news agency KCNA reported on Tuesday.
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