A Republic of Korea Navy P-8A maritime patrol aircraft prepares for takeoff at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 7, during the 2026 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Courtesy of Kookbang Ilbo The government decided Thursday to expand the mission of its anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit closer to the Strait of Hormuz, extending…
A group of former Israeli military generals offered their help to Palestinian olive farmers in the occupied West Bank. The generals spoke out about their frustration at Israeli settler violence against Palestinians harvesting their olives. Published On 5 Nov 20265 Nov 2026 Share Former Israeli generals help Palestinian olive farmers on social media share-nodes Share…
Containers are stacked at a port in the southeastern city of Busan, Sunday. Yonhap Korea posted an all-time high current account surplus of over $60 billion in September on strong exports of semiconductors, central bank data showed Thursday. The current account surplus totaled $61.46 billion in September, up from $46.11 billion the previous month, according…
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has insisted that he will not be intimidated by any caucus in the House, maintaining that his decisions will always be guided by what is right and in the national interest.
Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kurt Okraku has revealed that the country’s 20 national teams share one bus, purchased by the association in 2008, highlighting the logistical challenges facing football development.
A screen at the dealing room of Hana Bank’s headquarters in central Seoul shows the KOSPI indices, Thursday. Yonhap South Korean stocks traded sharply lower late Thursday morning as investors were worried about the future of U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) policies after the midterm elections. After opening 1.82 percent lower, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock…
The National Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abanga Yakubu Alhassan, has fired back at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over its ‘Y3gye Y3 Sika’ demonstration, challenging the party to demand the return of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta if it genuinely wants accountability.
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has accepted the certified results of last week’s parliamentary elections and begun consultations with party leaders on whom to task with forming the next government. The moves on Wednesday dealt a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to discredit the vote, in which he and his allies lost their majority in…
President Donald Trump listens as Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, in Palm Beach, Fla., Dec. 29, 2025. AP-Yonhap WASHINGTON — Democrats’ takeover of Congress and growing Republican unease over Israel could trigger the biggest reassessment of US support for its closest Middle East ally in decades, after an…
The second concerns the issuance of diplomatic and service passports. The Minority, led in Parliament by Damongo MP Samuel Abu Jinapor, has alleged irregularities in the process, including claims that diplomatic passports were issued to persons who did not qualify for them and suggestions that the passports were being sold.
