SEOUL, South Korea – US President Joe Biden, in Seoul before heading to Japan as part of his first Asia trip as president, had a simple message for North Korea’s Kim Jong Un: “Hello… period,” he told reporters on the last day of his visit to South Korea on Sunday, May 22. Biden said he … Read more
Joe Biden and Yoon Suk-yeol say their countries’ decades-old alliance needed to develop not only to face North Korean threats but to keep the Indo-Pacific region ‘free and open’ and protect global supply chains SEOUL, South Korea – President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart agreed on Saturday, May 21, to hold bigger … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea’s admission that it is battling an “explosive” COVID-19 outbreak has raised concerns that the virus could devastate a country with an under-resourced health system, limited testing capabilities, and no vaccine program. The isolated North confirmed on Thursday, May 12, its first COVID-19 infections since the pandemic emerged more than … Read more
North Korea’s government has acknowledged a tense food situation but has disputed reports that it is failing to provide for residents SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea’s isolated economy will not be insulated from global economic headwinds caused by the Ukraine war and the COVID-19 lockdowns in China, analysts said, with recently resumed border trade … Read more
The heavy concentration of job increases in the elderly population shows the fragile nature of the South Korean economy, experts say SEOUL, South Korea – At age 69, Kim Jung-mi holds three jobs: she spends three hours getting a two-year-old home from kindergarten every weekday for $9 per hour, then washes vegetables at a store … Read more
Conservative People Power Party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, a former prosecutor-general who had never run for office before, wins South Korea’s closest election in decades after a bruising campaign marred by scandals and gaffes SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s new president-elect harnessed widespread public discontent and disillusionment to win Wednesday’s (March 9) election but the … Read more