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…
A rescue worker carries an injured child after rescuing him from the rubble of a roof collapse at a private school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Oct. 15. AP-Yonhap PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The roof of a private school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 28 children and a teacher and…
Ukraine president earlier said Kyiv was ‘done’ with energy ceasefire and strikes on Russian oil refineries would resume. Published On 15 Oct 202615 Oct 2026 Russia says Ukraine has targeted an oil refinery in Ryazan, about 180 kilometres (110 miles) south of Moscow, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was “done” with an energy ceasefire…
