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U.S. lawmakers reintroduce Senate bill to reauthorize North Korean human rights act

A bipartisan Senate bill would renew the North Korean Human Rights Act through 2030 and expand penalties over forced repatriations.

2026.6.26

Patriot missile launchers are seen empty at Osan Air Base in Gyeonggi on March 11. [NEWS1]

USFK chief says Thaad antimissile system 'still remains' in South Korea

United States Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson said the U.S. military's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) system “still remains on the [Korean] Peninsula."

2026.4.22

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Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back, third from left, poses for a group photo with a delegation of U.S. Senate lawmakers visiting Korea and James Heller, right, the charge d'affairs ad interim, at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on April 2. [MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE]

Defense minister discusses alliance issues with U.S. lawmakers

Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Thursday held talks with a delegation of U.S. Senate lawmakers visiting Korea and discussed ways to improve the Seoul-Washington alliance, the Ministry of National Defense said.

2026.4.2

U.S. Stryker armored vehicles and Korean K200 armored vehicles cross a pontoon bridge during a combined U.S.-Korea arms maneuver crossing exercise in Yeoju, Gyeonggi, on Aug. 27. [YONHAP]

U.S. Senate passes defense bill to maintain USFK troop levels at 28,500 minimum

The U.S. Senate has passed an annual defense policy bill that includes a measure to restrict the government from unilaterally reducing the current troop level of the 28,500-strong U.S. Forces Korea (USFK).

2025.12.18

Kateryna Rashevska, a legal expert at the Regional Center for Human Rights, holds a picture she says depicts an abducted Ukrainian child who was sent to North Korea as she testifies before a U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia on Dec. 3. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Kidnapped Ukrainian children sent to North Korea, human rights lawyer tells U.S. Senate

Official testimony has confirmed for the first time that two children kidnapped by Russian forces from occupied Ukrainian territories were forcibly transferred to North Korea.

2025.12.4

U.S. House passes funding bill to end longest gov't shutdown

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a funding bill to end the longest-ever government shutdown.

2025.11.13

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to reporters as he walks to the Senate floor, more than a month into the longest U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Nov. 10. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

U.S. Senate compromise sets stage for end to government shutdown

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history could end this week after a compromise that would restore federal funding cleared an initial Senate hurdle late on Sunday.

2025.11.11

Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to members of the press as he heads to his office in the Capitol Building on Nov. 8 in Washington. [AFP/YONHAP]

Talks to end U.S. shutdown look promising, Senate majority leader says

Bipartisan talks in the U.S. Senate to end the federal shutdown have taken a positive turn, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Saturday, with lawmakers working on deals to temporarily reopen the government.

2025.11.9

President Lee Jae Myung, front row center, poses for a photo after a meeting with U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, front row left, and Sen. Andy Kim, front row right, at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul on Aug. 18. They are joined by Joseph Yun, acting U.S. ambassador to Korea, National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac and other aides and officials. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

Lee calls for comprehensive security and economic cooperation with U.S. in meeting with visiting senators

President Lee Jae Myung called for comprehensive cooperation in security and economic matters to a delegation of U.S. senators visiting the presidential office in Seoul on Monday.

2025.8.18

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference on tariffs on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 31. [AP/YONHAP]

Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations for irate Trump

The U.S. Senate is heading home for the August recess after failing to reach a deal on dozens of U.S. President Donald Trump's nominees, drawing a sharp rebuke from the president to Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.

2025.8.3