China calls for high vigilance as NATO aims to extend reach beyond its scope Staff members work at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Security arrangements in the Asia-Pacific are being realigned as NATO looks to the region for an Asian version of the trans-Atlantic alliance. The latest move […]
NFT auction on playNomm for a pre-drop event of NFT Korea Festival. Artwork was sold out at its highest buyout price of US$22,128 in just one minute. SEOUL, KOREA, February 14, 2023 – (SEAPRWire) – On February 13th, on NFT marketplace playNomm (CEO, Sung-Uk Moon), Davey Perkins’, one of Superchief Gallery NFT artists, NFT has been sold out […]
In this photo provided by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) government, a military parade is held to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Army on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, DPRK on Feb 8, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a […]
This picture taken early on Feb 6, 2023 and released from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Feb 7, 2023 shows the DPRK's leader Kim Jong-un (center) attending the 4th meeting of the 8th Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (PHOTO / […]
Seoul, Korea, February 02, 2023 – (SEAPRWire) – NFT Marketplace playNomm (CEO Sung-Uk Moon) and Superchief Gallery NFT is hosting the Asia number one NFT Conference, ‘NFT Korea Festival’ on March 7th & 8th 2023, at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP). The NFT Korea Festival is the largest gathering of Web3 and NFT industry leaders, artists, and enthusiasts in Asia. There […]
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (left) shakes hands with South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup after a joint press conference after their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan 31, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) SEOUL – The defense chiefs of the United States and South Korea vowed on Tuesday to […]
South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives for the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Nov 15, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) TOKYO – Japan is considering relaxing controls on exports to South Korea as its president, Yoon Suk-yeol, seeks to improve ties amid a strained East Asian security […]
In this April 11, 2021 photo, then Iranian Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri, right, meets South Korea's then Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun in Tehran. (PHOTO / AFP) TEHRAN — Iran on Sunday urged South Korea to release its frozen assets and slammed the Asian country for its "unsatisfactory" cooperation in repaying debts. The government of South Korea […]
Women wearing masks walk in a shopping district amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Seoul, South Korea, March 16, 2022. (HEO RAN / REUTERS) SEOUL – South Korea will drop a face mask mandate for most indoor public places later this month, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Friday, though coverings will still be […]
US President Joe Biden (left) speaks during a meeting with military leaders in the Cabinet Room the White House in Washington April 20, 2022, while President-elect of the Republic of Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, on March 10, 2022. (PHOTO / AP, XINHUA) SEOUL/WASHINGTON – […]
Smoke rises from a tunnel that was burnt down in Gwacheon, South Korea on Dec 29, 2022. (YONHAP VIA REUTERS) SEOUL – At least 5 people were killed and nearly 40 injured in a fire that engulfed a sound-proof tunnel of the second Gyeongin expressway in Gwacheon, about 20 km south of South Korea's capital Seoul, […]
A South Korea Air Force KA-1 prepare to take off during the South Korea and US joint close air support drill at the US airbase in Osan on April 14, 2009. (KIM JAE-HWAN / AFP) SEOUL – A fighter plane of the South Korean air force crashed in the country's northeastern region, with two pilots […]
A South Korea Air Force KA-1 prepare to take off during the South Korea and US joint close air support drill at the US airbase in Osan on April 14, 2009. (KIM JAE-HWAN / AFP) SEOUL – A fighter jet of the South Korean air force crashed in the country's northeastern region, with two pilots […]
US soldiers attend the activation ceremony for the United States Space Forces Korea in Pyeongtaek, South Korea Dec 14, 2022. (SONG KYUNG-SEOK/POOL PHOTO VIA AP) SEOUL – The US military on Wednesday launched a new space forces unit in South Korea, according to Yonhap news agency. The US Forces Korea (USFK) held a ceremony at […]
Students and their family members walk in front of an exam hall ahead of the annual college entrance examinations in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 17, 2022. (HEO RAN / REUTERS) SEOUL – South Korea on Thursday passed laws to scrap its traditional method of counting ages and adopt the international standard – a shift which […]
This handout photo taken on May 25, 2022 and provided by the South Korean Defence Ministry in Seoul shows South Korea firing a Hyunmu-2 missile from an undisclosed location on South Korea's east coast. (HANDOUT / SOUTH KOREAN DEFENCE MINISTRY / AFP) SEOUL – South Korea will increase government support for the domestic development of […]
Concrete mixer trucks are parked at a factory due to a strike by a truckers' union in Anyang, South Korea on Nov 28, 2022. (YONHAP VIA REUTERS) SEOUL – South Korea ordered striking truckers in the cement industry to return to work on Tuesday, an unprecedented step that invokes tough strike-busting laws as construction sites […]
Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea on June 14, 2022. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP) UIWANG, South Korea – Unionized truckers in South Korea kicked off their second major strike in less than six months on […]
In this photo provided by South Korean Defense Ministry, a US Air Force B-1B bomber (sixth from top left) South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jets and US Air Force F-16 fighter jets (left) fly over South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill in South Korea on Nov 19, 2022. (SOUTH KOREAN DEFENSE MINISTRY […]
This picture taken on Nov 18, 2022 and released from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Nov 19, 2022 shows the launch of North Korea's new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Hwasong Gun 17", at Pyongyang International Airport. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's […]
South Korean army K9 Thunder 155mm Self Propelled Howitzers take part in the Armed Forces Day rehearsal at the Seongnam military airport, outskirts of Seoul, Sept 29, 2003. (KIM JAE-HWAN / AFP) HONG KONG – As another deal with Poland takes South Korea’s annual arms exports to a fresh record high, experts foresee the country […]
Flowers of mourning, condolence gifts mark tragedy Rescuers work at the scene of the Halloween stampede in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea. (YONHAP / REUTERS) White flowers of mourning and condolence gifts lie near the narrow alleyways of Itaewon, the popular nightlife district of Seoul, where scores of Halloween revelers died in a stampede on Saturday […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol walks at the scene where many people died and were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, Oct 30, 2022. (HEO RAN / REUTERS) SEOUL – South Korea moved to calm public outrage on Tuesday over a Halloween party crush that killed more than 150 […]
Ulsan, Korea, October 20, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Recently, The Balance Korea has launched AnyBaro Super, a new training board for full postural balance on Amazon USA and Japan. AnyBaro Super is a personal postural balance training device that strengthens flexibility and muscular strength so as to improve mobility for good posture. This device combines the advantages of […]
A TV screen showing a news program reporting about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s missile launch with file footage is seen at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on Oct 4, 2022. (LEE JIN-MAN / AP) SEOUL/TOKYO – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a ballistic missile over […]
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (right) shakes hands with South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho as they pose for a photo before their meeting at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on July 19, 2022. (CHUNG SUNG-JUN / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) SEOUL – The United States and […]
Members of the Japanese Self-Defense Force Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade hold positions while a US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft lands during a joint exercise between the two services at the Higashifuji training area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture on March 15, 2022. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) TOKYO – Naval forces of Japan, the United […]
South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (left) speaks as US Vice-President Kamala Harris listens during a bilateral meeting in Tokyo on Sept 27, 2022. (LEAH MILLIS / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) TOKYO/SEOUL – US Vice-President Kamala Harris told South Korea's prime minister on Tuesday that Washington will work to address Seoul's concerns over recently enacted […]
The US Navy's nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) aircraft carrier (bottom) and USS Barry Aegis-equipped destroyer (top) arrive at ROK Fleet Command in Busan, 390 kilometers south of Seoul, on Sept 23, 2022. (YONHAP / AFP) BUSAN, Republic of Korea – A US aircraft carrier arrived in the Republic of Korea on Friday for the […]
Japan's nuclear envoy, Takehiro Funakoshi, speaks during the Japan-US-ROK trilateral meeting on the DPRK at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept 7, 2022. (KAZUHIRO NOGI / POOL / AFP) TOKYO – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is "always welcome" at the negotiating table even though the threat of further provocation may be looming, […]