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North Korea dismisses Seoul's 'foolish' aid-for-disarmament offer

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says her country will never accept South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's foolish offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearisation steps, accusing Seoul of recycling past proposals Pyongyang already rejected. In a commentary published on Friday's edition of North Korea's official Rodong Sinmun newspaper, Kim Yo Jong stressed that her country has no intentions to give away its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program for economic cooperation, saying no one barters its destiny for corn cake. She questioned the sincerity of South Korea's calls for improved bilateral relations while it continues its combined military exercises with the United States and fails to stop civilian activists from flying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets and other dirty wastes across their border. She also ridiculed South Korea's military capabilities, saying that the South misread the launch site of its latest missile tests on Wednesday, which ca

Seoul won't seek own nuclear deterrent amid N Korean threat: President

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his government has no plans to pursue its own nuclear deterrent in the face of growing North Korean nuclear threats.

Gates eyes partnership with South Korea over global health

Bill Gates on Tuesday called for South Korea to further step up to prevent infectious diseases like COVID-19 as he stressed the need for the world to be better prepared for the next pandemic.

S Korea, US to stage preparatory military drills before major exercise

South Korean and US troops plan to hold preliminary drills this week in advance of their annual combined training involving field manoeuvers, officials said on Tuesday.

Samsung's Vice Chairman Jay Y Lee pardoned by S Korea, may rejoin board

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has cleared the heir to the country's biggest company of bribery charges, for which Lee spent 18 months in prison before his release on parole a year ago

N Korea claims disputed victory over coronavirus, blames spread on Seoul

North Korea blamed the country's Covid-19 outbreak on leaflets flown from across the border from South Korea, while warning of deadly retaliation

Rains in South Korea turn Seoul's roads into rivers, leave 7 dead

Heavy rains drenched South Korea's capital region, turning the streets of Seoul's affluent Gangnam district into a river, leaving submerged vehicles and overwhelming public transport systems.

South Korea's first spacecraft launched to moon, to arrive in December

South Korea joined the stampede to the moon with the launch of a lunar orbiter that will scout out future landing spots

Keeping Europe warm this winter will come down to Asia's weather amid war

The Asian countries, among the world's biggest importers of liquefied natural gas and seaborne coal, all share a peak heating demand season during the winter with Europe

In South Korea, Nancy Pelosi avoids public comments on Taiwan, China

After infuriating China over her trip to Taiwan, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met South Korean political leaders in Seoul on Thursday but avoided making public comments on relations with Beijing

S Korean Assembly speaker meets Pelosi amid heightened China-US tensions

Speaker of South Korea's National Assembly Kim Jin-pyo met visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing in the wake of her high-profile Taiwan visit

New Covid cases in S Korea at over 3-mth high as Omicron fuels resurgence

New Covid-19 cases in South Korea hit a three-month-high on Tuesday as the highly infectious Omicron variant has fuelled the resurgence

S Korea, US, Japan to hold Pacific Dragon missile defence drill this week

South Korea, the US and Japan will kick off a combined ballistic missile defence exercise in waters off Hawaii this week, amid their stepped-up security coordination against North Korea.

Will $52 bn move the US to within striking distance of Asian chip giants?

CHIPS Act is a win for a cabal of US chipmakers and foreign companies, but largely ignores the nation's true semiconductor leaders who have been propping up the domestic sector for two decades

S Koren Prez's approval rating sinks below 30% amid inflation, controversy

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating fell to a new low, going below 30% for the first time, amid soaring inflation and controversy over personnel appointments, a poll revealed

Kim Jong Un says he is ready to fight with US, 'eliminate' South Korea

Kim has been stepping up his provocations this year while US attention has been diverted toward Russia's invasion of Ukraine by firing off a record number of ballistic missiles

Kim threatens to use nuclear weapons amid tensions with US, S Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he's ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea

South Korea reports 100,285 new Covid-19 cases; fatality rate at 0.13%

South Korea reported 100,285 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 19,446,946, the health authorities said on Wednesday.The daily caseload was up from 99,327 the previous day, and higher than 76,379 tallied a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).For the past week, the daily average number of confirmed cases was 72,735.Among the new cases, 532 were imported from overseas, lifting the total to 42,683.The number of infected people who were in serious condition stood at 177, up 9 from the previous day.Twenty-five more deaths were confirmed, taking the death toll to 24,932. The total fatality rate was 0.13 per cent.

US President Biden given commemorative Korean name of 'Bae Ji-sung'

US President Joe Biden was given an honorary Korean name, Bae Ji-sung, as part of a week-long commemoration to mark the end of the Korean War

S Korea, US to hold talks on alliance, deterrence against evolving N Korea

The defence chiefs of South Korea and the US will hold talks in Washington DC on Friday (July 29) to discuss security on the Korean Peninsula and deterrence against evolving North Korean threats