What Haneul remembers most about his time in the North Korean military is the gnawing, continuous hunger. He lost 10kg in his first month of service, due to a diet of cracked corn and mouldy cabbage.
Three months into training, he says almost his (...)
RIYADH — The General Authority of Foreign Trade (GAFT) has announced the imposition of definitive anti-dumping measures on imports of PVC-coated textiles and fabrics originating from China and South Korea.
Dr. Majed Al-Qasabi, minister of commerce (...)
South Korea's opposition leader Lee Jae-myung called for swift action to stabilize the country following the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, urging cooperation between the government and parliament to address the crisis.
Speaking on Sunday, (...)
South Korea's parliament voted on Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol following his controversial martial law decree earlier this month.
The move ended a period of political paralysis but ignited a fierce national debate over Yoon's (...)
The news is moving so quickly in South Korea, the papers can no longer keep up. President Yoon Suk Yeol's shock attempt to impose martial law last Tuesday night was so short-lived it failed to make the front page. By the time he despatched the (...)
South Korea's former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun, who claimed full responsibility for the president's failed attempt to place the country under martial law last week, has tried to take his own life, an official said.
Authorities found him while (...)
Police in South Korea have raided the presidential office in Seoul, following President Yoon Suk Yeol's abortive attempt to impose martial law last week.
The raids are the latest development in what has been a tumultuous week in South Korean (...)
South Korean authorities have imposed a travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is under investigation for his short-lived martial law declaration last Tuesday.
Yoon narrowly survived an impeachment motion against him over the weekend, after MPs (...)
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing mounting pressure to resign over his failed attempt to impose martial law, as parliament moves closer to a vote on his impeachment.
The capital Seoul has seen a second day of street protests demanding (...)
South Koreans have been describing feelings of worry, shock and confusion after the country's president plunged the country into political chaos — declaring martial law and hours later revoking the move after a major outcry.
In a televised address (...)
Opposition parties in South Korea submitted a motion on Wednesday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeoul, who is facing mounting calls to step down after he imposed a short-lived martial law order which thrust the country into political (...)
Nineteen-year-old Hwang was watching the protests in Georgia on Tuesday night's news when the images on TV suddenly changed — the spotlight was on his country after South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol announced martial law.
"I couldn't believe (...)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed continued support for Russia's war in Ukraine during a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, according to state media reports Saturday.
The discussions signal deepening military and (...)
The five-member girl band announced their departure from Ador, a subsidiary of powerhouse label Hybe, in a late-night press conference held on Thursday.
Ador however has said its contract with NewJeans still stands, as the agency has not violated (...)
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 (...)
