The top U.S. official for North Korea policy resigned last week, multiple sources said Tuesday, adding to uncertainty over Washington’s diplomatic efforts to reengage with a recalcitrant Pyongyang.

Jung Pak left the post as the U.S. senior official …

South Korea’s household loans surged at an embarrassing pace last week, ringing alarm bells for financial authorities over local home buyers rushing to take out mortgage loans from banks, often beyond their repayment capacity, in a bid to ride a reco…

South Korea and Japan held joint talks between their senior defense officials in Tokyo on Wednesday, the defense ministry said, amid efforts to improve bilateral ties and deter threats from North Korea.

It marked the first time the director general-…

South Korea began production of the homegrown KF-21 fighter jet Wednesday, the defense procurement agency said, in the latest milestone in the country’s efforts to build an advanced fighter aircraft.

A ceremony marking the assembly of the first KF-2…

President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Washington on Wednesday to attend a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit with a strong message against North Korea’s military cooperation with Russia amid the prolonged war in Ukraine.

South Korea was i…

The government on Wednesday unveiled a set of guidelines loosening class requirements for medical students to help them avoid semester failures due to their ongoing class boycott protesting an increase in the medical school quota.

The education mini…

Early repayment charges on loans will be lowered from mid-January next year as financial regulators revised rules, officials said Wednesday.

Under the revised rules, lenders will only be allowed to collect the actual cost of making or handling the l…

Anything” that South Korea can provide to help strengthen Ukraine’s defense capabilities will be “warmly welcomed,” a senior NATO official said Tuesday, stressing the “strategic” implications of Russia’s war in Ukraine for both Europe and Asia.

The …