South Korea
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South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Mipo Co is in contract talks on a new deal, it said on Tuesday in a regulatory filing in response to a local media report of a potential $1.55 billion order. HD Hyundai Mipo and affiliate shipbuilder HD Hyundai Samho signed a letter of intent to build 20 container ships…
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Japan’s foreign minister held talks in South Korea with top officials on Monday (Jan 13) as the Asian neighbours seek to strengthen ties before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump. Takeshi Iwaya met counterpart Cho Tae-yul for discussions in the capital Seoul, the South Korean foreign ministry said, with the two later holding a…
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South Korea said it planned to improve the structures housing the antennas that guide landings at its airports this year after December’s fatal crash of a Jeju Air plane, which skidded off the runway and burst into flames after hitting such a structure. The country’s transport ministry, which has been inspecting safety conditions at airlines and…
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South Korea’s National Assembly Tuesday passed a bill to appoint a permanent special counsel to investigate insurrection charges against President Yoon Suk-yeol, as well as a resolution calling for Yoon’s immediate arrest over his botched martial law declaration. The bill, which was finally approved in a 210-63 vote with 14 abstentions, calls for an investigation…
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North Korea has designated South Korea a “hostile state”, its state media said on Thursday, confirming that its national assembly had amended the constitution in line with their leader’s vow to drop unification as a national goal. The North’s KCNA news agency reported that the military had blasted sections of road and rail links with…
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South Korean authorities said on Wednesday (Aug 28) they plan to ask Telegram and other social media platforms to more actively help with the deletion and blocking of sexually explicit deepfake content, part of measures aimed at tackling the growing problem. The steps come amid public and political outrage after several domestic media outlets reported…
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South Korea’s population mobility rebounded last month on the back of higher housing transactions, statistical office data showed Wednesday. The number of those who moved residence inside and outside the same province or city stood at 512,000 in July, up 6.2 percent from a year earlier, according to Statistics Korea. It turned around after retreating…
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Cambodia and South Korea on Thursday agreed to leverage the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement and other free trade agreements for the benefit of all, according to a joint statement. The statement was released after a bilateral meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol during Hun Manet’s official…
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South Korea’s Yang Ji-in won the gold in the women’s 25 metres pistol event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. France’s Camille Jedrzejewski won the silver, while Hungary’s Veronika Major took bronze. Yang and Jedrzejewski were tied on 37 points, forcing a shoot-off in which the Korean prevailed 4-1 at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre. Major…
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A star South Korean soccer player who was detained and investigated in China for nearly a year over bribery allegations has been released and returned home, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. Son Jun-ho, a former member of the South Korean national team who had played professionally in China, was detained by Chinese authorities at the Shanghai airport…
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This week, South Korea’s Qcells said it would supply 12 gigawatts (GW) of American-made solar panels to Microsoft through 2032. Under the agreement, which the companies said is the largest of its kind, Qcells will manufacture solar panels for Microsoft at its new US$2.5 billion factory in Georgia. It will also enable Microsoft, which was…
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South Korea’s Dong-a Ilbo newspaper reported this week that the U.S., South Korea, and Japan will likely hold a joint aerial exercise near the Korean peninsula on October 22, the first time the three countries will conduct an aerial drill. Dong-a Ilbo added that the three countries are coordinating the exercise locations. Yonhap news agency…
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South Korea’s police chief has said their emergency response to the Itaewon crush was “inadequate” – the first acknowledgement from officials that they did not do enough to prevent it. Amid growing calls for accountability, Yoon Hee-keun said he felt “limitless responsibility about public safety” over what happened. He vowed a full investigation. Interior Minister…
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At least 140 people were killed and 150 more were injured as they were crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital of Seoul, South Korean officials said. Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul’s Yongsan fire department, said the death toll could rise and that an unspecified…
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South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol has ordered an update to the military’s operational plans, aimed at countering North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threats. Yoon said he wanted updated plans this week while visiting a military bunker that would serve as a command post in the event of a war. The announcement coincided with the…
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