President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a cabinet meeting in Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday stressed the importance of the country’s alliance with the United States but also noted a submissive stance should be shunned in pursuing diplomacy. The president made the remarks at a Cabinet meeting,…
Players for the Doosan Bears, left, and the LG Twins pose for photos before playing their final Korea Baseball Organization regular-season meeting at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap Two bitter rivals who share a soon-to-be-torn-down Seoul stadium as their home will square off to start the Korean baseball postseason this week. The LG…
Every year, like clockwork, a deeply moving national ritual takes place in Ghana. No, I am not talking about the budgeting for a new national cathedral, nor am I referring to the periodic resurrection of stable electricity. I am talking about the annual call to the Bar, a solemn occasion when hundreds of enthusiastic citizens…
Officials work at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap Korea’s bourse operator on Tuesday activated a sell-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) as the stock index dropped. Program trading for the KOSPI-listed shares was suspended for five minutes at 9:48 a.m, according to the Korea Exchange…
Hackers raise temperatures in fridges at hundreds of supermarkets, sparking fires and spoiling food in ‘large-scale’ cyberattack. A cyberattack on refrigeration systems at hundreds of supermarkets in France has raised the temperature of fridges and freezers to as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122F), spoiling food and causing fires at several stores. Top retailers Intermarche,…
Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of the U.S. Forces Korea, leaves a gathering with Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, Seoul, Jan. 26. Yonhap The commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) on Monday called for more geographically dispersed military exercises across South Korea, citing lessons from the war…
The benchmark KOSPI is displayed at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap Seoul shares extended their losses late Tuesday morning, as fresh woes over rising competition from China and artificial intelligence (AI) valuations emerged ahead of major corporate earnings reports and the release of U.S. inflation data. After opening 3.1 percent…
French actress Isabelle Huppert, right, and Lee Hye-young, left, perform a reading play of “Oiseau,” directed by Julie Deliquet based on Han Kang’s novel “We Do Not Part,” at Mary Hall at Sogang University in Seoul, Saturday. Courtesy of Seoul Performing Arts Festival On a stage stripped of almost everything but white, actors Isabelle Huppert…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – As renewed fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region threatens to destabilise the Horn of Africa, public backing by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of Ethiopia’s federal government and Saudi Arabia’s record of regional diplomacy are drawing scrutiny. Both Gulf powers have strategic interests in the Horn of Africa, but their roles differ….
North Korea fires a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, Jan. 6, in this file photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. Yonhap North Korea has test-fired a tactical ballistic missile to upgrade a key component of its weapons systems, which it called a “big success,” the country’s state media reported Tuesday. The…
