A North Korean diplomat who had been stationed in Cuba defected to South Korea last year, a government source said Tuesday, the latest in a growing number of defections by North Koreans in elite groups.

Ri Il-gyu, who had served as the counselor of …

South Korea has yet to win more than two medals in swimming at any single Olympics. Swimmers set to compete in Paris this summer believe they can top that total.

Led by a pair of reigning world champions in Hwang Sun-woo and Kim Woo-min, the nationa…

Heavy rainfall of up to 103.5 millimeters per hour pounded parts of the South Jeolla Province overnight, with the downpours expected to continue until the following day for the central regions, the state weather agency said Tuesday.

As of 8 a.m., a …

North Korea has maintained an “extensive and multilayered” system of forced labor in a bid to use it as a means of controlling and monitoring its people for the interest of the state, a U.N. report showed Tuesday.

The United Nations Human Rights Off…

South Korea’s car exports hit a fresh high in the first half of 2024, data showed Tuesday, amid growing global demand for hybrid models.

The combined value of car shipments reached US$37 billion in the January-June period, up 3.8 percent from a year…

South Korean archers departed for Paris on Tuesday with a modest medal target in mind.

South Korea will send six archers: Kim Woo-jin, Kim Je-deok and Lee Woo-seok on the men’s side, and Lim Si-hyeon, Jeon Hun-young and Nam Su-hyeon for the women’s …

With his final season winding down, SSG Landers star Choo Shin-soo will hold an autograph session at every ballpark in the South Korean baseball league starting next week, the club announced Tuesday.

The Landers said the first signing session for Ch…

President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday that South Korea’s alliance with the United States has been elevated to a “nuclear-based” one capable of deterring the North’s nuclear threats following their signing of joint nuclear deterrence guidelines.

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