SEOUL, South Korea held off Iraq 1-0 in their final tuneup match before the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
Midfielder Lee Jae-sung scored the first goal late in the first half at New York University Abu Dhabi …
SEOUL, Police arrested 20 university students affiliated with a progressive group Saturday after they attempted to enter the presidential office in central Seoul, officials said.
The members of the Korean University Progressive Union were caught at …
SEOUL, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un appears to have taken a more offensive policy stance toward South Korea to divert internal attention from economic difficulties and discontent over the hereditary power succession, Seoul’s top point man on inte…
SEOUL, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a message to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressing his condolences over the recent series of deadly earthquakes in western Japan, state media reported Saturday, a rare move apparently aimed a…
SEOUL, One of South Korean baseball’s best closers over the past five years, right-hander Go Woo-suk returned home Saturday as the newest pitcher for the San Diego Padres, determined to prove his worth in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Go, former All-…
SEOUL, South Korean pitcher Go Woo-suk has signed a major league deal with the San Diego Padres, with two guaranteed years and a mutual option for a third season. There is also a clause that will prevent the Padres from sending him to the minors with…
WASHINGTON, The United States on Friday called on North Korea to refrain from further “provocative” and destabilizing” action and return to dialogue, after Pyongyang ratcheted up tensions with the firing of artillery shells in waters off its west coa…
WASHINGTON, The U.S. Department of Commerce said Friday that imports of tin mill products from South Korea, China, Canada and Germany were found to have been dumped into the U.S. market as it issued its final antidumping duty determinations.
The dep…
SEOUL, A 2.4 magnitude earthquake hit off South Korea’s southwestern coast Saturday, with no damage expected from the tremor, the state weather agency said.
The quake occurred at 8:02 p.m. in waters about 49 kilometers south off the southwestern isl…
GOYANG, South Korea, Key politicians of the rival parties on Saturday called for “unity and tolerance” to bring harmony into society deeply divided over “extreme politics,” as they gathered at a rare event marking the centennial of the birth of a lat…