President Lee Jae Myung delivers commemorative remarks at the opening ceremony of the 107th National Sports Festival, held at Jeju World Cup Stadium, Oct. 16. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday reaffirmed his opposition over ending the livestreams of Cabinet meetings, saying he is open to all opinions exchanged during the meetings. Lee’s remarks…
Empty taxis look for passengers near Hapjeong Station in Mapo District, Seoul, in this undated file photo. Korea Times photo by Na Gwang-hyeon The number of complaints submitted by foreigners on alleged taxi fare overcharges in Seoul over the past five years came to more than 6,000, but corrective measures have been taken on only…
Hasanat al-Rashid, 48, has lived with diabetes for 15 years, and the three-and-a-half-year civil war between Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group has worsened her situation. Finding the treatment she needs has become a daily struggle. When the war broke out in April 2023, she was forced to flee south from her…
Members of Exploration and Return Modules, making up the Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft, at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima prefecture, Aug. 13. AFP-Yonhap TOKYO — Japan is set to launch a spacecraft on the world’s first mission to bring back samples from Phobos, one of the two small, potato-shaped moons orbiting Mars. Scientists…
Han Jun-su of the Kia Tigers celebrates after hitting an RBI double against the LG Twins during Game 2 of the first round in the Korea Baseball Organization postseason at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in the southwestern city of Gwangju, Sunday. Yonhap GWANGJU — The offense exploded for five runs in the opening frame and starter…
A wooden plaque, left, bearing the name of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seen beside a tree that she sent as an offering to Yasukuni Shrine on the first day of the Autumn Festival in Tokyo, Saturday. AFP-Yonhap Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made an offering at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Saturday, bringing…
As the midterm elections near, we are hearing a lot about a “split” within the Make America Great Again (MAGA) coalition, which got Donald Trump elected United States president in 2024. I understand the tragedy of MAGA a little differently: not as a split, but as a refusal by the best members of that coalition…
A Canadian flag flies on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Aug. 22. AP-Yonhap EDMONTON, Alberta — Canada’s defense minister said Saturday that people were killed and injured in an incident at a military base in Alberta that caused a major fire. “I’m saddened to share that there have been both fatalities and injuries as a result…
This image provided by KAKE shows police on the scene where a person drove a vehicle through a soccer field during a game in Wichita, Kansas, Oct. 17. AP-Yonhap WICHITA, Kan. — A woman drove a truck through a soccer field during a youth game in Kansas on Saturday, killing two people and sending 11…
He also cited a textile factory in northern Ghana, established with support from the Ghana Export-Import Bank, which produces garments for export to the United States and European markets. According to him, it employs 2,300 people, about 80 per cent of them women, and operates under the 24-hour economy model.
