President Lee Jae Myung and Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong agreed Sunday to establish a strategic partnership between their countries and expand cooperation across various sectors, including defense and trade.
Another suspect in a cram-school drug blackmail scheme turned himself in Wednesday. The man in his 20s appeared at a police station around 10 a.m. Wednesday, hours after a 49-year-old woman — another member of the suspected blackmail gang — was...
The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Kim In-seop to five years in prison and imposed a restitution of 6.35 billion won for lobbying the Baekhyeon-dong development project. The DP chief Lee Jae-myung has been on trial since November last year.
The Korean government unveiled details of a 12.2 trillion won ($8.6 billion) supplementary budget aimed at addressing urgent national priorities, including wildfire recovery, trade disputes, AI development and small business support on Friday.
Korean authorities arrested an active-duty Navy soldier for allegedly smuggling cannabis from Thailand and distributing it domestically, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Precinct said on Wednesday.
President Lee Jae Myung will visit Hanwha Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia on Tuesday, following the Korea-U.S. summit. He will be accompanied by senior Trump administration officials, underscoring growing cooperation on shipbuilding.
The Gyeongju National Museum, which preserves the essence of the Silla Kingdom (57 B.C.-A.D. 935), serves as the venue for Wednesday’s Korea-U.S. summit between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump — their second bilateral meeting.
North Korea’s upcoming military parade on Friday to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party is expected to serve as a key indicator of the country’s evolving foreign policy strategy.
Hanwha Ocean reported robust first-quarter earnings on Monday, driven by strong sales of high-value LNG carriers despite rising geopolitical uncertainties surrounding the global shipbuilding industry.
The vice chief of Hanwha Group, Korea's chemicals-to-shipbuilding conglomerate, has met with the Romanian prime minister to discuss potential cooperation with the Eastern European country in the defense industry.
Recent sanctions by China against the U.S. subsidiaries of Hanwha Ocean could have “a definite impact” on the MASGA project — a Korea-U.S. shipbuilding cooperation initiative — according to Seok Jong-gun, minister of DAPA.
SK Oceanplant has put pen to paper with Denmark's Copenhagen Infrasturcture Partners to supply jackets for Taiwan's Fengmiao 1 project.
A Seoul official underscored South Korea's commitment Tuesday to exploring "practical" measures to manage its trade surplus with the United States, as President Donald Trump is leveraging tariffs as a policy tool.
Korea posted a record current account surplus for any September, buoyed by solid exports and increased dividend income, the central bank said Thursday.
President Lee Jae Myung said Monday that Korea will push to create a global investment fund in Singapore by 2030 to attract investments worth $300 million in startups and the AI sector.
More drug smugglers are coming to Korea under eased Covid flight restrictions. Two people in their thirties who arrived in Korea at Gimhae International Airport in South Gyeongsang on March 25 were found carrying drugs, according to the Busan...
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The Supreme Court finalized a two-year prison term for former Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker Youn Kwan-suk on Thursday in connection with a cash-for-votes scandal surrounding the Democratic Party DP's 2021 chairman election.
Former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil appeared before the prosecution’s office once again to demand an investigation of himself over the suspicious cash handouts ahead of the national convention.
President Donald Trump said his focus is on Beijing, not Pyongyang, during his Asia trip, effectively confirming that a last-minute meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is unlikely despite months of speculation.