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Deterrence against North Korea, economic security on top of summit agenda

The deterrence on nuclear threats from North Korea and strengthening economic security will top the agenda at the upcoming summit between President Yoon Suk-yeol and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, according to Seoul's presidential office, Thursday. The two leaders will sit together for a summit on Saturday afternoon, with Biden visiting Seoul's new presidential office in Yongsan District. The U.S. leader is scheduled to arrive here Friday afternoon.The meeting will focus mostly on confirming that the allies are on the same page on two agenda items. Kim Tae-hyo, first deputy director of the Office of National Security, said the two countries “are reaching a stage of completion” on most debatable agenda items. Of those, the top priority will be placed on the security of the Korean Peninsula and threats posed by North Korea.

What to know about Biden's trip to South Korea

Biden's visit to Samsung chip plant aimed at boosting tech alliance: experts

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to tour Samsung Electronics' semiconducto...

US-led initiative expected to bolster economic partnership with Korea

Korea's decision to participate in the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framewor...

[ANALYSIS] Korean firms pin cautious hopes on launch of IPEF

[INTERVIEW] Reviving currency swap deal with US is matter of restoring trust: ex-FSC chief

The possible revival of a currency swap deal between Korea and the United States has emerged as a hot issue mainly due to concerns over th...

US denial of Biden-Moon meeting triggers speculation

Washington has denied local media reports that U.S. President Joe Biden will meet former President Moon Jae-in during the U.S. leader's vi...

Summit should focus on more specific steps on security, economy

Take advantage of the summit to remind Biden of the current status of the North Korean nuclear threat and have summit-level exchanges as t...

Kim So-yeon's poems win best translation award in Japan

The translator of Korean poet Kim So-yeon's work has become the recipient of this year's best translation award in Japan, the selection committee announced on May 17. Two literar...

Koryoin restaurant owner receives immigrant award

Jeon Olga, a restaurant owner in the “Koryoin Village”neighborhood of the southwestern city of Gwangju, will be honored with the Prime Minister's Commendation, recognized for her...

North Korea ready for nuclear test, missile launch: intelligence agency

North Korea is near completion of another nuclear test or the test-firing of more missiles, or both, despite the national lockdown due to the rapid spread of “stealth Omicron,” a...

Korea to keep close tabs on Japan's Fukushima water discharge plan

Korea will step up communication with Japan and the U.N. nuclear watchdog to address health and security concerns over Tokyo's planned release of radioactive water from the cripp...

North Korea wary of COVID-19-driven social unrest

The North Korean regime has called for its people to stay united against the COVID-19 pandemic, assuring them that the virus situation can be maintained at a manageable level, in...

Kim Sae-ron apologizes for her alleged DUI incident

Kim Sae-ron's agency, Goldmedalist, has issued an apology on behalf of the actress following news reports of her crashing her car under the influence, saying that she regrets her...

KOSPI unlikely to avoid negative impacts from global stagflation shock: analysts

As the U.S. stock market saw its biggest daily drop in nearly two years on Wednesday, Korea's main index, the KOSPI, fell below the 2,600-point mark on Thursday, with strong sell...

KBO commissioner proposes holding season openers, regular games in US in meeting with MLB official

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) commissioner proposed holding Korean regular season games in the United States in his meeting with a senior Major League Baseball (MLB) offi...

NSC discusses upcoming S. Korea-US summit, N. Korea

The presidential National Security Council (NSC) met Thursday, and discussed the upcoming South Korea-U.S. summit and possible North Korean provocations. The meeting of the NSC s...

Top court denies citizenship obtained through sham marriage

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that citizenship obtained through bad faith marriages should not be recognized, marking the first ruling on "sham marriages" as a means of gettin...

Hyundai Glovis enters Thai logistics market

Hyundai Glovis established a joint venture in Thailand with a local automotive parts manufacturer and a logistics company there to accelerate efforts to expand its presence in th...

North Korea gauges timing for nuclear test after completing preparations: NIS

North Korea is gauging the timing of when to conduct what would be its seventh nuclear test after completing preparations, South Korea's spy agency said Thursday.

People in North Korea trapped in famine and pandemic [PHOTOS]

Members of the North Korean army supply medicines to residents at a pharmacy, amid growing fears over the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Pyongyang, North Korea,...

North Korea stays mum on South Korea's offer for COVID-19 talks, assistance: official

North Korea reports 1 additional death from COVID-19 outbreak

Korea to open site for nat'l park near presidential office on trial basis

Korea said Thursday it will temporarily open to the public part of the site for an envisioned national park near the presidential office in central Seoul.

Police open probe into sexual misconduct allegations against expelled DPK lawmaker

Police have opened an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations made against Rep. Park Wan-joo, officials said Thursday, days after the main opposition Democratic Party of...

Former GFriend member Yerin makes solo debut with 'Aria'

K-pop act GFriend was famed for its powerful vocal delivery and precise choreography. But its former member, Yerin, who dropped her first solo EP, “Aria,” Wednesday, has opted to...

'The Roundup' off to record-setting start at box office

The action comedy "The Roundup" has set the best opening-day record among Korean films released during the COVID-19 pandemic, box-office data showed Thursday.

Business associations resume exchanges with Japanese counterparts

Korea's economic ties with Japan have shown signs of recovery recently under the presidency of Yoon Suk-yeol, after a long pause due to a diplomatic feud over historical issues a...

Luna fiasco escalates into class action by victims

The devastated investors of Terra and Luna are moving to take class action against Do Kwon, co-founder of Terraform Labs, which developed the scandal-tainted cryptocurrencies. LK...

Eight out of 10 workplace sexual harassment victims face retaliation: report

More than eight out of 10 people who reported sexual harassment at the workplace said they suffered from some form of retaliation, a civic group reported Thursday.

Top security officials of South Korea, Japan discuss North Korea, bilateral ties

National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han held a virtual meeting with his Japanese counterpart Thursday, and discussed provocations by North Korea and the need to develop future-ori...

Korea, US, Japan in talks over possible defense chief talks in Singapore next month: official

Lotte Chemical to open US subsidiary for EV battery material production

Lotte Chemical will establish a U.S. subsidiary directing its electric vehicle (EV) battery material business there by the end of the first half of this year, as part of efforts ...

Prosecutors raid home, office of ex-Industry Minister Paik over abuse of power allegations

Prosecutors raided the home and the office of former Industry Minister Paik Un-gyu, Thursday, over allegations he and other ministry officials forced the heads of several energy-...

Hanwha unveils Korea's first solar beehive

Hanwha Group has introduced Korea's first solar beehive - a photovoltaic low-carbon solar beehive that uses electricity generated from solar energy - to mark the UN's World Bee D...

Finance Minister flatly denies plan to privatize public services

Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho flatly denied Thursday the main opposition party's claim that the government was planning to privatize certain public services.

Black Eagles seek to show ROK Air Force's prowess in England

When then-Air Force Capt. Yang Eun-ho saw the 53rd Air Demonstration Group, better known as the Black Eagles aerobatic team, wow spectators and win the trophy for best display at...

Seo Hyun-jin offers stunning performance as lawyer with Alzheimer's in 'Cassiopeia'

In family drama film “Cassiopeia,” Seo Hyun-jin plays Soo-jin, a self-made lawyer in her 30s who raises her daughter, Ji-na, alone. Soo-jin often asks her widowed father, In-woo ...

Household income grows at fastest pace in Q1 on economic recovery

Household income grew at the fastest pace on record in the first quarter on the back of the economic recovery and state relief funds for pandemic-hit merchants, data showed Thurs...

North Korean missile or nuclear test very possible during Biden's Asia trip: US security advisor

North Korea is widely expected to stage a long-range missile or nuclear test before or even during President Joe Biden's trip to South Korea and Japan, U.S. National Security Adv...

North Korea yet to fully develop hypersonic missile, but its tests raise concerns: US official

KB Financial launches campaign to save bees

KB Financial Group has launched a campaign to save bees, which are vital pollinators for food crops, yet are dwindling in their numbers due to air pollution and other human cause...

Why doctors oppose Nursing Act legislation

The legislation of a new law called the Nursing Act, to specify the roles of nurses, has emerged as a hot-button issue in the medical community. Nurses and doctors are sharply di...

South Korean aid groups to seek COVID-19 assistance for North Korea

A group of South Korean civic groups campaigning for aid for North Korea announced plans Thursday to provide Pyongyang with medical assistance worth 12 billion won ($10 million) ...

Korea's tax revenue up 10.4 trillion won in March

Tax revenue here increased 10.4 trillion won ($8.16 billion) in March from a year earlier, as the collection of corporate and value-added taxes rose amid the economic recovery, t...

North Korea stays mum on South Korea's offer for COVID-19 talks, assistance: official

North Korea has remained unresponsive to South Korea's bid for a formal offer of consultations on providing COVID-19 medical assistance for the fourth consecutive day, according ...

People in North Korea trapped in famine and pandemic [PHOTOS]

Video

Actress Kim Sae-ron investigated for drunk driving

Cleaning up after 'godoksa,' lonely de...

ARMYs begin to boycott BTS's controver...

Yoon vows to rebuild nation by defendi...

Decades-old pub in Euljiro fades into ...

Companies

POSCO Energy to cooperate with CIP in wind power, green hydrogen businesses

Subway Korea appoints former Outback Steakhouse CEO as new head

Hyundai Glovis enters Thai logistics market

Hanwha unveils Korea's first solar beehive

Business associations resume exchanges with Japanese counterparts

Lotte Chemical to open US subsidiary for EV battery material production

Tech

Google says its Russian bank account has been seized

Samsung expected to show cutting-edge 3-nm chip to Biden during Pyeongtaek campus visit

Biden's visit to Samsung chip plant aimed at boosting tech alliance: experts

Game companies set eyes on virtual human projects for non-gaming biz endeavors

Protecting Korea's semiconductor leadership

Samsung frequent target of industrial technology theft

Finance

Asset management firm launched led by ex-KOFIA head

KOSPI unlikely to avoid negative impacts from global stagflation shock: analysts

KB Financial launches campaign to save bees

Luna fiasco escalates into class action by victims

[INTERVIEW] Reviving currency swap deal with US is matter of restoring trust: ex-FSC chief

Household income grows at fastest pace in Q1 on economic recovery

Entertainment & Arts

TWICE's Nayeon to make debut as solo artist next month

Seo Hyun-jin offers stunning performance as lawyer with Alzheimer's in 'Cassiopeia'

Kim Sae-ron apologizes for her alleged DUI incident

'The Roundup' off to record-setting start at box office

Former GFriend member Yerin makes solo debut with 'Aria'

[INTERVIEW] Son Suk-ku portrays different villain in 'The Roundup'

Editorial

New era of alliance

President Yoon Suk-yeol will hold his first summit with U.S. President Joe Bid...

Eradicating financial crimes

The prosecution has reinstated the Financial and Securities Crime Joint Invest...

Columns

Democracy in action, Korea and the Philippines

Comparisons between South Korea and the Philippines can be tempting. I can't help b...

New initiative, security and summit

The upcoming summit between President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden wi...

Thoughts of the Times

Prudent vote for education superintendents

June 1 is the local election day of South Korea. According to the National Election...

North Korea yet to fully develop hypersonic missile, but its tests r...

North Korea wary of COVID-19-driven social unrest

North Korea ready for nuclear test, missile launch: intelligence age...

North Korea gauges timing for nuclear test after completing preparat...

South Korean aid groups to seek COVID-19 assistance for North Korea

North Korea stays mum on South Korea's offer for COVID-19 talks, ass...

What to know about Biden's trip to South Korea

South Korean, Russian nuclear envoys hold phone talks on North Korea

Arrest warrant sought for accomplice in 2019 'valley murder' case

Finance Minister flatly denies plan to privatize public services

NSC discusses upcoming S. Korea-US summit, N. Korea

Korea to keep close tabs on Japan's Fukushima water discharge plan

Subway Korea appoints former Outback Steakhouse CEO as new head

Samsung expected to show cutting-edge 3-nm chip to Biden during Pyeo...

POSCO Energy to cooperate with CIP in wind power, green hydrogen bus...

Biden's visit to Samsung chip plant aimed at boosting tech alliance:...

Hyundai Glovis enters Thai logistics market

Hanwha unveils Korea's first solar beehive

Korea to resume issuing short-term travel visas, e-visas next month

Kim So-yeon's poems win best translation award in Japan

Korea to open site for nat'l park near presidential office on trial ...

Small Seoul temple becomes beacon for religious harmony

Sales of translated Korean literature increase in domestic market

[INTERVIEW] Cultural asset restorer who brought 'hanji' into heart o...

The open secrets of Korea's 'namsadang' art troupes

Folk entertainment at a village festival in 1957

The 1893 wreck of the Russian warship, the Vitiaz

My 'Greenlight to Freedom'

Today's inter-country adoption system is not fit for purpose

North Korean artist pursues her dream

COVID-19 in North Korea

New era of alliance

Prudent vote for education superintendents

Eradicating financial crimes

Roadmap for Korea-US technology cooperation

Taiwan's COVID-19 containment strategy utilizing innovative technology and universal health coverage

US Soccer equalizes pay in milestone with women, men

Ji So-yun follows heart, comes home after illustrious career with Ch...

KBO commissioner proposes holding season openers, regular games in U...

Fresh off win, Lee Kyoung-hoon looks to ride momentum into PGA Champ...

Ex-baseball coach accused of assault suspended for 100 games by KBO

As China says goodbye to 2023 Asian Cup, should Korea step in?

4 EU nations to harness North Sea wind for green transition

US reopens embassy in Kyiv after closure forced by war

Russian soldier pleads guilty at Kyiv war crimes trial

Moscow expels 24 Italian, 27 Spanish diplomats

Powell: Fed to keep hiking rates until it controls inflation

Sweden, Finland to submit NATO membership bid Wednesday

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