Korean criminal suspects repatriated from Cambodia are taken to police vehicles after arriving at Incheon International Airport, Oct. 18, 2025. Joint Press Corps The number of accidents and incidents involving Korean nationals in 10 major countries under Seoul’s travel advisory rose nearly 50 percent in 2025 from the previous year, data showed Sunday. In the…
Published On 25 Oct 202625 Oct 2026 Clashes have erupted across France as hundreds of thousands of people marched against rising living costs, a week after protests descended into rioting and prompted a tough security response from President Emmanuel Macron’s government. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said police arrested nearly 1,000 people nationwide on Saturday and…
Tving’s office in Seoul, Sept. 3 / Newsis New installations of Tving’s mobile app rose for the second consecutive month in September, putting it back at the top of the video streaming app rankings despite controversy over a major personal data breach, industry findings showed Sunday. The Korean streaming platform recorded 814,483 new installations across…
Airplanes can be seen at the Incheon International Airport, Aug. 18. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul Korea will increase international passenger flights for the winter season, with more services to Japan and China amid strong travel demand, the transport ministry said Sunday. A total of 5,353 weekly international flights are scheduled on 264 routes…
Maiduguri, Nigeria – For more than 15 years, Kashim Mohammed has hoped that his younger sister, Falmata Mohammed, is still alive. Falmata disappeared in 2011 while travelling with her mother from Maiduguri, the capital of northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State, to Port Harcourt in the south. According to Kashim, the two women were abducted by unidentified gunmen….
One of the greatest frustrations I had during my 18 years representing the great state of Montana in the U.S. Senate was watching, in real time, the ever-increasing flood of corporate money poison our political discourse. Washington couldn’t — or wouldn’t — fix the problem unleashed by the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United,…
Rep. Lee Man-hee of the main opposition People Power Party bangs the gavel to open parliamentary audit at the National Health Insurance Service headquarters in Wonju, Gangwon Province, Oct. 16. Yonhap The fiscal balance of Korea’s national health insurance for foreigners posted a surplus exceeding 1 trillion won ($753 million) for the first time last…
Ju Biung-ghi, chair of the Fair Trade Commission, speaks during a parliamentary audit at the National Assembly in Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap Korea’s antitrust chief on Sunday called for tougher financial penalties against companies that refuse to cooperate with investigations, following a recent dispute involving e-commerce giant Coupang. Ju Biung-ghi, chair of the Fair Trade Commission…
Polls show the blocs linked to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the opposition, led by former Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, are locked in a virtual tie before Tuesday’s general election. Efforts to mobilise supporters, win voters and attack opponents are being played out online through a series of social media advertisements and doctored…
