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Shares have retreated in Asia on heavy selling of technology stocks, while the price of bitcoin fell as much as 8%.
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Seoul is not intentionally delaying the legislation of a special bill on U.S. investments under last year's trade deal with Washington,
A report saying the Trump administration has decided to approve humanitarian sanctions exemptions for Pyongyang. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions committee on North Korea has decided to grant a sanctions exemption for humanitarian aid projects in the reclusive state, a diplomatic source said Friday.
President Trump said Seoul was not moving fast enough to implement the agreement, which calls for South Korea to invest billions in the United States.
The ruling against Kim Keon Hee comes amid a series of trials over the 2024 martial law order by her husband, ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, and related scandals involving the couple.
South Korea could face up to 197 trillion won (US$136bil) in cumulative economic losses over the next decade if it approves the overseas transfer of its detailed national map data without robust safeguards,
Academic pressure has become so intense that even preschoolers are taking private extracurricular classes, raising worries about children’s rights.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The wife of South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 months in prison for corruption, as her husband awaits a verdict on a high-stakes rebellion charge that could result in the death penalty or life imprisonment.
Decisions over North Korean prisoners of war captured in Ukraine belong to Kyiv, not Seoul or the media, an independent UN human rights investigator said, notin