South Korea is preparing the fourth supplementary budget of this year of around $6.6 billion to aid struggling small businesses facing mass closures amid unprecedented social distancing restrictions to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus. At an emergency economic policy meeting,
South Korea decided Friday to tighten coronavirus curbs further in the greater Seoul area as it seeks to contain growing clusters in the region. The country largely overcame an early coronavirus outbreak with extensive tracing and testing, but is now
South Korea is banning large gatherings, shutting nightspots and churches and removing fans from professional sports in unprecedented restrictions announced Saturday as it battles the spread of the coronavirus. Health Minister Park Neung-hoo announced the steps shortly after the Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and South Korea will begin their annual joint military exercises this week, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday. But a spreading coronavirus outbreak has apparently forced the allies to scale back an
Seoul (AFP) South Korea’s first-ever military communications satellite has been successfully launched by private operator SpaceX, Seoul said Tuesday, as it looks to build up its defence capabilities. The ANASIS-II is intended to enhance the South’s ability to defend itself
South Korea’s central bank kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged on Thursday, as policymakers remain wary of further easing amid the government’s drive to cool property prices. The Bank of Korea held the base rate steady at a record low
인권변호사→시민활동가→서울시장…최근엔 ‘포스트 코로나’ 천착 2011년 10월 27일, 당시 만 55세의 시민운동가이던 경남 창녕 출신 박원순의 이름 뒤에 ‘서울특별시장’이라는 직함이 붙었다. 당시 누구도 그가 한반도 역사를 통틀어 가장 오래 재임한 서울시장이 되리라 예측하지 못했을 테고, 그의 최장수 서울시장 임기가 극단적 비극으로 끝나리라고 내다본 이는 더더욱 없었을 것이다. ◇ 인권변호사→시민운동가→서울시장 박 시장은 오세훈 전 서울시장이 무상급식에 반대하며 […]
Seoul (AFP) A South Korean court ordered Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong Un to compensate two former prisoners of war who spent decades as forced labourers in the North, in a move that could set a far-reaching legal precedent on the
North Korea has suspended plans for “military action” against South Korea, according to state media. There have been rising tensions between the two countries in recent weeks as groups in the South planned to fly propaganda leaflets over the border.
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s printing shops have been working overtime to revive a favorite weapon of Cold War-era psychological warfare: sending millions of propaganda leaflets, cigarette butts and other trash to South Korea, the North’s official news agency said