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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting South Korea on March 20 for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol, as part of reciprocal visits by leaders of the two countries, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.
Bereaved relatives of the victims of a deadly 2022 crowd crush in South Korea expressed mixed emotions this week after three former police officers were convicted of destroying evidence connected to the episode, in which nearly 160 people died in Seoul. Dissatisfaction over the slow pace of the inquiry and the perceived leniency of the sentences was mingled with relief that someone, at last, had been held to account.
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of a new surface-to-sea missile on Wednesday (Feb 14) and visited a major munitions factory, where he called for a boost in weapons production, KCNA said on Thursday.
A South Korean court on Wednesday found three former police officers guilty of destroying evidence indicating that the police had been aware of the safety risks at Halloween festivities in Seoul before a deadly crowd crush that took place in 2022.
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, fresh off an acquittal in a high-profile corporate malfeasance trial, wasted no time last week in displaying hands on management, foregoing a traditional South Korean holiday to inspect the company's operations in Malaysia.
SEOUL — North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles off its east coast on Wednesday (Feb 14), South Korea's military said.
North Korea fired several cruise missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, Seoul’s military said, Pyongyang’s fifth such launch so far this year.
However, Yoon hinted at the country’s high level of nuclear latency, saying that “it would not take long to develop nuclear weapons if the country put its mind to it”. In doing so, he gave form to an issue gaining prominence.