Russia is estimated to have supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, according to satellite imagery analysis from the Open Source Center, a non-profit research group based in the UK.
The oil is payment for (...)
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has called for accelerated mass production of exploding drones designed to crash into targets, state media said on Friday.
Kim said the development of the weapons in the country was going well, and stressed the need (...)
A brief yearly silence has once again enveloped South Korea, as half a million students across the country sit for the most important test of their lives.
Planes were grounded, construction work halted, and car honking discouraged as the Suneung, an (...)
As she sweeps up broken glass outside her shop, Inna knows her country's future is in the hands of Americans voting more than 5,000 miles away.
"We hope that the woman, Kamala Harris, will win and support us," she says.
A Russian bomb had shattered (...)
North Korea has fired what appears to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said.
The launch comes at a time of deteriorating relations between the two Koreas and Pyongyang's (...)
Israel's parliament has voted to ban a nearly eight-decade-old United Nations agency that provides essential services for Palestinian refugees, a move that could have devastating consequences for millions of Palestinians living under Israeli (...)
An Israeli MP behind a bill that would prevent the main UN agency in Gaza and the West Bank from working in Israel has accused the US ambassador in Israel of lobbying opposition leaders to block the move.
If the bill passes in the Israeli (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's non-oil exports jumped 7.5 percent to SR27.5 billion ($7.3 billion), year-on-year in August 2024, compared to SR 25.6 billion in the same month last year.
According to the international trade data released by the General (...)
South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador, seeking the "immediate withdrawal" of North Korean troops which it says are being trained to fight in Ukraine.
About 1,500 North Korean soldiers, including those from the special forces, have already (...)
North Korea announced on Saturday that it had discovered the remains of a South Korean drone that allegedly violated its airspace, according to the state news agency KCNA.
A spokesperson from the North Korean Defense Ministry stated that specialized (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Culture, Prince Badr bin Farhan, announced that the Saudi film sector system, represented by the Ministry of Culture, plans to establish offices to market Saudi films internationally. The first phase targeting countries (...)
A South Korean court has acquitted Seoul's former police chief of negligence over the Halloween crowd crush that killed 159 people in 2022.
Kim Kwang-ho was the highest-ranked police official to be charged over the tragedy in the Itaewon nightlife (...)
North Korea's constitution now defines the South as a "hostile state", according to state media, in the first mention of what Pyongyang's recent constitutional revisions entailed.
State newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported the change as an "inevitable (...)
North Korea blew up parts of two major roads connected to the southern part of the peninsula on Tuesday, South Korean authorities said, after Pyongyang warned it would take steps to completely cut off its territory from the South.
Parts of the (...)
South Korean police have detained a North Korean defector for attempting to cross the heavily-guarded border back to the North on a stolen bus.
The man was caught Tuesday on the Unification Bridge that separates the two Koreas, where he ignored (...)
Suga from K-pop boy band BTS has been fined 15 million won ($11,500; £8,600) for driving an electric scooter while intoxicated, according to media reports.
The singer, whose real name is Min Yoon-gi, was indicted in August after police found him (...)
Children's eyesight is steadily getting worse with one in three now short-sighted or unable to see things in the distance clearly, a global analysis suggests.
The researchers say Covid lockdowns had a negative impact on eyesight as children spent (...)
A man in South Korea has confessed to murdering his girlfriend and hiding her body in cement, 16 years after she was reported as missing.
The man, who is in his 50s, told local police he hit the woman with a blunt object during an argument at his (...)
Singapore's grandest arena, which has hosted Taylor Swift and Madonna, is getting ready to welcome an arguably bigger icon — Pope Francis.
The pontiff will celebrate Mass with 50,000 people at the National Stadium on Thursday evening, packing the (...)
An influential Filipino pastor wanted in the Philippines and the US for child sex trafficking has been arrested, ending a two-week-long standoff between police officers and his followers.
Police have been attempting to arrest Apollo Quiboloy in a (...)
SEOUL — The Saudi Ministry of Education delegation participated in the Global Innovation Summit for Education 2024 (GEIS) in South Korea. They engaged with specialized educational institutes, companies, and Korean educational broadcasting stations (...)
US Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump defended his relationships with North Korea and Russia during a rally in Pennsylvania on Friday, stating that "getting along" with these countries is "a good thing."
Trump's (...)
RIYADH — The National Center for Palms and Dates revealed an increase in the value of Saudi Arabia's date exports during the first half of 2024, reaching more than SR751 million, an increase of 9.9%, compared to the same period in 2023, in which the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's trade balance recorded a surplus of SR98.36 billion in the second quarter of 2024, reaching its highest level during the current year. This represents a quarterly growth of 13.2 percent, with an increase of SR11.495 billion (...)
The leaders of the United States, Japan, and South Korea have renewed their commitment to maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, emphasizing their collaborative efforts to disrupt North Korea's "funding of weapons of mass (...)
