Kyiv, Ukraine – The supernova-like blasts of exploding Russian ballistic missiles are followed by thunderous thumps, shockwaves, fires and deaths – and the staccato of Ukrainian air defence systems. This week’s nightly attacks on Ukraine that killed at least 15 and wounded dozens resembled hundreds of previous raids – with one exception. Recommended Stories list…
Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il, right, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart, Satsuki Katayama, in Bangkok, Thursday. Courtesy of Ministry of Finance and Economy BANGKOK — Korea has agreed with Japan to extend their $10 billion currency swap arrangement, set to expire next month, by another three years, the finance ministry said Thursday, as the two…
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi arrives at the prime minister’s office on the day of a cabinet reshuffle in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 17. Reuters-Yonhap North Korea on Thursday called Japan’s push for nuclear-powered submarines a “stepping stone” toward nuclear weapons. An international security analyst, Pak Ju-won, made the claim in an article carried by the…
President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a Cabinet meeting held at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap. President Lee Jae Myung was set to meet Thursday with the chair of the U.S.-Korea Business Council (USKBC) to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries and trade relations, officials said. During the meeting with Evan G….
Forces aligned with Yemen’s government on Thursday said that they had intercepted a drone headed towards Medina in Saudi Arabia, and a missile fired towards Riyadh, amid escalating fighting between them and Yemen’s Houthi group. Fighting between the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and Iran-aligned Houthi rebels has intensified along the country’s western Red Sea coast, along…
Ghana’s Black Maidens have named their final 21-player squad for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco, as the team prepares to return to the global stage after missing the previous two editions following a ban from CAF competitions.
A stock ticker at Hana Bank’s headquarters in Seoul shows the benchmark KOSPI trading at 5,475.03, down 8.88 percent from the previous close, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul Retail investors’ losses and unease are deepening as the KOSPI tumbled more than 7 percent Thursday, following a decline of over 5 percent just two…
President John Dramani Mahama has urged the Church to create space for young people to ask honest questions, receive thoughtful guidance and take on meaningful responsibilities. He said the future of the Church would depend, in part, on how it embraced young people growing up in a world vastly different from that of their parents….
In a statement, the IGER Africa President noted that in recent weeks, Ghana’s public transport regulations—specifically Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2519, which prohibits preaching and commercial hawking on moving public transit—have sparked a fiery national debate. What should have been recognized as a straightforward measure to protect passenger comfort, road safety, and civic order has instead…
Rep. Joo Ho-young of the People Power Party speaks during a news conference at the National Assembly in Seoul, Thursday. Courtesy of Rep. Joo Ho-young’s office The People Power Party (PPP) on Thursday strongly denounced the government’s decision to relocate 44 ministries and agencies, including the foreign and defense ministries, to the central administrative city…
