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 […]
This photo taken on Jan 20, 2023 shows passengers make their way at Seoul railway station, ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays. (PHOTO / AFP) SEOUL — South Korea on Monday scrapped a face mask mandate for most indoor public places in a major step to loosen COVID-19 rules, but many residents opted 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 […]
Washington’s efforts to drive a wedge between China and its neighbors create turbulence (MA XUEJING / CHINA DAILY) To serve its ambition to outcompete and outmaneuver China, the United States has stepped up efforts to incite bloc confrontations in the Asia-Pacific region and sow discord between China and its neighbors. The US has linked the […]
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 […]
This handout image provided by the United Arab Emirates Presidential court shows United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (right) meeting with South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol during a state visit at the royal palace in Abu Dhabi, on Jan 15, 2023. (RASHED AL-MANSOORI / UAE PRESIDENTIAL COURT / AFP) SEOUL – The […]
China, South Africa continue to expand their friendship after 25 years of diplomatic ties The long-standing fraternal relations and solidarity between the Communist Party of China and the African National Congress and other South African liberation movements culminated in 1997 with the signing in Pretoria of the Agreement on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between […]
In this Oct 30, 2018 photo, Lee Choon-shik (center), a victim of forced labor by Japan during its colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945, sits in the Supreme Court in Seoul. (ED JONES / AFP) SEOUL – The South Korean government unveiled a plan on Thursday to compensate victims of Japan's […]
Hong Kong, PRC, Jan 5, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – China South City Holdings Limited (the “Company” or the “Group”, SEHK stock code: 1668.HK) is pleased to announce that China South International, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, has entered into an investment agreement with Shenzhen Shenji No.1 Industrial Park Investment and […]
The year of 2023 is the first year after China convened its 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The world's attention was focused on the congress on Oct 16-22, not least because China is the world's second-largest economy and the 20th CPC National Congress charted its future course of development. The 20th […]
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 […]
Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions hold up their cards during a rally against the government's labor policy near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea on Dec 3, 2022. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP) SEOUL – South Korean truckers voted to end a nationwide strike that had disrupted supply chains, their union said […]
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 […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks at an interview with Reuters in Seoul, South Korea on Nov 28, 2022. (KIM DAE-WOUNG / REUTERS) SEOUL – South Korea's government and the central bank should pay greater attention to addressing any financial instability, President Yoon Suk-yeol told Reuters, as the money market grapples with a steep selloff amid rising […]
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, June 14, 2022. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP) SEOUL – South Korea's government plans to meet the country's striking truckers' union for talks on Monday for the first time since […]
In this photo taken on Oct 29, 2021, seagulls fly as visitors stand close to the shoreline during sunset at Gyeongpo Beach in Gangneung, Gangwon, South Korea. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) SEOUL – Five people were killed as a helicopter crashed in the eastern coastal county of Yangyang, Gangwon province, South Korea on Sunday, Yonhap […]
This undated photo shows a bird eye view of coral reefs in China's Xisha Islands, South China Sea. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Earlier this month, China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations issued a joint statement on the South China Sea at the 25th China-ASEAN Summit held in Phnom Penh of […]
In this Nov 15, 2022 file photo, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol talks during the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (DITA ALANGKARA / POOL / AP) SEOUL – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol warned that the government might step in to break up a nationwide strike by truckers, calling it illegal and […]
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. (MAST IRHAM / AFP) SEOUL- South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol pledged on Thursday to step up efforts to boost weapons exports and secure cutting-edge defense technologies as he aims to […]
It is to be hoped that the Joe Biden administration is not trying to stir up the embers of the South China Sea disputes, as part of its efforts to assert its presence in Southeast Asia. After the affirmative messages from Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris last week that the United States does not seek […]
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 […]
A commuter waits in the rain in Sydney, Australia, Oct 6, 2022. (MARK BAKER / AP) SYDNEY – Flood-weary residents in Australia's southeast were urged to remain on high alert for major flooding through the weekend, authorities said on Friday, as swollen rivers continued to roll downstream despite an ease in severe weather conditions. Relentless […]
This handout photograph taken on Nov 14, 2022 and released by New South Wales State Emergency Service shows officials efforting in rescue work in the flooded towns around the overflowing Wyangala Dam near Cowra. (HANDOUT / NSW STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP) SYDNEY – Flood-weary residents across Australia's southeast rushed to fortify their properties with […]
(SONG CHEN / CHINA DAILY) The world's population will reach 8 billion in the middle of November — a testament to scientific breakthroughs and improvements in nutrition, public health and sanitation. But as our human family grows larger, it is also growing more divided. Billions of people are struggling; hundreds of millions are facing hunger […]