President Lee Jae Myung called to “prioritize national interest” amid a volatile international situation as he presided over his first National Security Council (NSC) meeting Thursday.
The Korean presidential office on Sunday held an emergency meeting after the United States launched airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, underscoring Seoul’s concern over adverse consequences for its national security and energy supply.
Speaking at the presidential office in Seoul’s Yongsan District — a location also chosen by Yoon to serve as the seat of government in 2022 — Lee urged members of the holdover Cabinet to “put the people first and do [their] best.”
The United States is “relieved” that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol backtracked on his decision to declare emergency martial law, a White House National Security Council spokesperson said in Washington on Tuesday.
South Korea’s National Security Council (NSC) agreed at an emergency meeting on Sunday to take measures the North would find “unendurable” for launching hundreds of trash-laden balloons across into the South, according to a presidential official.
North Korea said its second attempt to launch a spy satellite from the Sohae satellite launching station in Cholsan County, North Pyongan, ended in a failure Thursday.
The leaders of South Korea, Japan and the United States will adopt two statements highlighting their shared "principles" and "spirit" as they aim to elevate cooperation during their summit at Camp David on Friday. He departed for the U.S. Thursday.
North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the East Sea early Wednesday morning, a day after a U.S. nuclear-capable submarine made a port call in the southern port city of Busan.
A U.S. nuclear-capable submarine made a port call in Korea for the first time in some 40 years as a "manifestation" of Washington's commitment to extended deterrence, a White House National Security Council (NSC) official said Tuesday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the launch of a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, vowing his regime would continue its “military offensive” until South Korea and the United States admit “defeat.”
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