Employers must allow their workers to return to their respective hometowns to cast their vote in the six-state elections next month, said Deputy Human Resources Minister Mustapha Sakmud.However, he said the ministry had no plans to issue a circular on…
North Korea’s latest reference to South Korea by using the South’s full name, the Republic of Korea (ROK), appears aimed at making official a shift in its policy into dealing with inter-Korean ties as a state-to-state relationship, observers said.Kim …
Opposition lawmakers departed for Japan on Monday to protest Japan’s plan to release radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean.A team of 10 lawmakers, eight from the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) and two indepe…
Prosecutors raided the National Assembly Secretariat on Monday as part of an investigation into a cash-for-votes scandal surrounding the main opposition Democratic Party’s 2021 leadership election.Investigators from the Seoul Central District Prosecut…
A senior U.S. military official in Seoul on Monday reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to enhancing the “regular visibility” of powerful military assets in South Korea, pointing to the “upcoming visit” of a U.S. nuclear ballistic missile submarine.Brig…