- 19 May, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecuritySouth Korea
S.Korean minister heads to Vienna for talks on Iranian frozen assets
PARIS (Reuters) - A senior South Korean diplomat will hold talks in Vienna this week with Iran and world powers over how to resolve the issue of frozen Iranian assets…
Returned N.Korea defector struggled to resettle in South, lived meagre life
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - A former North Korean defector who made a risky and rare cross-border return home last week had struggled in South Korea, officials and media…
N.Korea’s Kim talks food not nukes for 2022
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un capped off his 10th year in power with a speech that made more mention of tractor factories and…
S.Korea’s ruling party presidential candidate pushes for nuclear-powered submarines
By Hyonhee Shin and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's ruling party presidential candidate said he will seek U.S. support to build nuclear-powered submarines to better counter threats from…
Private sector overtakes state as North Korea’s top economic actor under Kim – S.Korea
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The private sector has overtaken state-led agents to become North Korea's biggest economic actor over the past decade, a sign of booming markets allowed…
10 years of Kim Jong Un: North Korea Better Armed but More Isolated
Ten years after Kim Jong Un assumed power North Korea is better armed but deeply isolated and more dependent on China, despite actions by the young leader that raised -…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Japan lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine, South Korea protests
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly 100 Japanese lawmakers from several political parties visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead in Tokyo on Tuesday, prompting the South Korean government to express…
S.Korea reports record-high COVID-19 cases, deaths
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported a record daily 5,352 new COVID-19 infections and 70 deaths, while a nationwide total of nine cases of the Omicron variant…
Third India-Republic of Korea Strategic Dialogue
At the invitation of Deputy National Security Adviser Shri Pankaj Saran, the Second Deputy Director of National Security, Mr. Kim Hyoung-zhin visited New Delhi for the Third India-Republic of Korea…
A little known cult is at the heart of S.Korea’s latest COVID-19 outbreak
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - A little known sect led by a pastor who pokes eyes to heal is at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea,…
S.Korea scrambles fighter jets as China, Russia aircraft enter air defense zone
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's military said on Friday it scrambled fighter jets after two Chinese and seven Russian warplanes intruded into its air defence identification zone…
China looms large as S.Korea presidential hopefuls meet U.S. diplomat
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior U.S. diplomat will meet newly selected presidential candidates in South Korea this week, ahead of next year's election that…
