A senior South Korean military official has visited the U.S. unit in charge of the country’s nuclear arsenal to discuss the allies’ guidelines for nuclear deterrence and operations, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday.
Lt. Gen. Jin Yong-sung…
Senior doctors at three major hospitals affiliated with Korea University were set to begin reducing treatment of non-critical patients Friday, joining walkouts by two other major hospitals in support of striking junior doctors.
The planned walkout …
Prosecutors on Friday raided two politicians close to former President Moon Jae-in on suspicion of interfering in the employment process of a former senior official of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP).
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors…
Seoul shares opened lower Friday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street after investors cashed in profits from major tech shares despite signs of cooling U.S. inflation.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 23.8 points, or 0.82 pe…
South Korea strongly protested Friday after Japan restated its territorial claims to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo as the defense ministry called in a defense attache from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to lodge a complaint.
The move came…