President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the 64th Day of Firefighting in the central city of Sejong, Monday. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung on Monday vowed to hire more firefighters and increase investment in strengthening their capabilities to ensure public safety amid diverse disaster risks. Lee made the pledge during…
Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi wins Qatar Grand Prix as Ducati’s Marc Marquez finishes second. Published On 9 Nov 20269 Nov 2026 Marc Marquez has been made to wait another two weeks to win his eighth MotoGP title after finishing behind Marco Bezzecchi at the Qatar Grand Prix in Lusail as motorsport returned to the country after…
Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, announced this at the joint inauguration of the development process for the strategy, at the Ministry of Finance in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Financial Health, and other key stakeholders.
President John Dramani Mahama has announced a GH¢10 million allocation in the 2027 national budget as seed capital for the reactivated Media Development Fund to support journalists’ welfare, professional development, investigative reporting and safety training. He said the government would also engage corporate institutions, including the Bank of Ghana, to contribute to the fund to…
People Power Party (PPP) leader Jang Dong-hyeok, center, leads a protest outside Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap Leaders of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) gathered outside Cheong Wa Dae on Monday to protest the recent passage of a bill calling for a special counsel investigation into alleged fabricated indictments targeting President…
Held under the theme, “Strengthening Sub-National Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment and Public Financial Management Review,” the launch brought together officials from the Ministry of Finance, representatives of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, the Internal Audit Agency, development partners and other government institutions.
Kim Jin-a, second vice minister of foreign affairs, delivers a lecture at the Seoul campus of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), Nov. 4. Courtesy of HUFS Kim Jin-a, second vice minister of foreign affairs, delivered a lecture on the changing international order and the challenges facing Korean diplomacy at the Seoul campus of Hankuk…
The former German foreign minister is no proponent of peace and justice. No award can wipe out her disastrous record. When, in late August, the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation announced that former German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was its 2026 medallist, we were stunned. The cognitive dissonance was striking, even if we had become used to…
Hansae Yes24 Foundation Chair Emeritus Cho Young-soo, left, poses next to a display of members of the Red Cross Honors Club at the Korean Red Cross headquarters in Seoul, July 27, when she donated 100 million won to the organization. Courtesy of Hansae Yes24 Foundation Cho Young-soo, chair emeritus of the Hansae Yes24 Foundation, has…
In a meeting with Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Financial Health (UNSGSA), President John Dramani Mahama discussed critical interventions needed to deepen financial health through tailored financial solutions for key sectors, including informal workers, women, and smallholder farmers.
