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

The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) accused the Yoon Suk Yeol administration on Monday of engaging in “submissive” diplomacy with Japan by appointing pro-Japan figures to key positions and removing public installations depicting the easternmost islets of Dokdo. “Since the start of the Yoon Suk Yeol administration, we have seen continued pro-Japan submissive diplomacy and a desperation to erase history,”

Health authorities said Monday they have secured COVID-19 treatments for 177,000 patients, stepping up efforts for a stable supply of pills as the summer wave is expected to peak this week. “Since Aug. 15, a total of 262,000 doses of COVID-19 treatments have been supplied in phases,” said Son Young-rae, a senior official from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention

A Seoul court will hold a hearing next month to decide whether to grant bail to popera singer Kim Ho-joong arrested on charges of driving his car across a centerline into a stationary taxi under the influence of alcohol and fleeing, judicial officials said Monday. The Seoul Central District Court will hold the hearing on Sept. 30, the sources said.

A senior South Korean diplomat has attended a multilateral meeting in Peru to discuss preparations for this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit slated for November, the foreign ministry said Monday. Kim Hee-sang, deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, took part in the Third Senior Officials’ Meetings for APEC in Lima, a two-week-long session that ended Sunday (local time). Kim

At the tender age of 18, Gangwon FC forward Yang Min-hyeok has set South Korean football on fire this year as a dynamic offensive talent with seemingly unlimited potential. While still in high school, Yang checked off yet another box on Monday. He was named to the senior national team for the first time, with South Korea scheduled to play

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