North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a performance test of various drones, calling for the development and production of more suicide drones to enhance war preparedness, state media reported Monday. Kim supervised the test organized by the Drone Institute of the Academy of Defence Sciences on Saturday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). In the test, the

As he prepares for some immediate tasks at hand, namely World Cup qualifying matches, South Korea head coach Hong Myung-bo is also keeping one eye on the future of the country’s national team program. It was with this mindset that Hong selected four international rookies to his 26-man squad Monday for the pair of World Cup qualifying matches next month.

About 180 South Korean nationals have entered Israel to attend a religious event, sources said Monday, amid escalating tensions in the region following a series of missile and air strikes exchanged between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. South Korea’s diplomatic mission in Israel has learned of their arrival, and it is strongly urging them to leave the country

1980 — Chun Doo-hwan, a former army general, is named president by a hand-picked electoral college. Chun seized power in an internal military coup on Dec. 12 of the previous year, in which he arrested then martial law commander Gen. Chung Seung-hwa. 1992 — China opens its embassy in Seoul. The two countries established formal diplomatic ties on Aug. 24

The antitrust regulator said Monday that it is looking into e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. regarding allegations that it has unfairly bundled its food delivery service and music streaming platform while raising membership fees. The company was accused of providing the Coupang Eats and Coupang Play services with its paid Wow membership without additional charges, in violation of the fair transaction

Rising star Go Min-si revels in portraying roles that are markedly different from her real-life self. In her latest Netflix original Korean series, “The Frog,” which she calls her favorite show to date, she exemplifies this talent. “I want to be the kind of actor who makes audiences look forward to her next project,” she said in an interview with

South Korea and the United States began a joint live-fire aerial exercise Monday, the South Korean Air Force said, in the latest move to reinforce capabilities to counter North Korean threats. The three-day exercise got under way earlier in the day over waters off South Korea’s western coast, mobilizing some 60 military planes, including South Korea’s F-35A, F-15K and KF-16

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) expressed skepticism Monday over North Korea’s ability to supply missiles to the hundreds of new launchers it plans to deploy to the front lines, lawmakers said. Earlier this month, North Korea reported that its leader Kim Jong-un attended a ceremony to mark the transfer of new tactical missile launchers to front-line units, describing them as