China is fiercely protesting attempts by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, a US and European security alliance, to define it as a “systemic challenge.”As its strategic rivalry with the

By Ahn Yeong-chun, editorial writerLet’s start with a hypothetical. Five years ago, domestic automakers dove headfirst into the competition of electric vehicle development. Imagine someone watching th

Korea’s daily caseload of COVID-19 has risen above 10,000 for the first time since June 9. The virus’s basic reproduction number (R0) has risen to 1.0, indicating that cases are now on the rise, rathe

The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) granted final authorization for the use of SK Bioscience’s SKYCovione, South Korea’s first independently developed COVID-19 vaccine.The vaccine

On Wednesday, the 1,550th Wednesday Demonstration calling for the resolution of the issue of wartime sexual slavery by the Japanese military took place in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Seoul

During a summit in Madrid, Spain, on Wednesday, the leaders of South Korea, the US and Japan agreed to expand cooperation based on democratic values and deliberate closely on ways to enhance the level

North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published a report Wednesday denouncing South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s attendance at this week’s NATO summit.The piece, credited to So

There have been several disruptions to the itinerary of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is in Madrid, Spain, for the NATO summit. A summit with the leader of Finland scheduled for June 28 wa

To mark Railway Day on June 28, the Korean Railway Workers’ Union held a rally and march against the privatization of railways in front of Seoul Station and the Yongsan presidential office.The organiz

By Shin Jin-wook, professor of sociology at Chung-Ang UniversityAfter hearing the news that a cultural festival was held to commemorate the 49th day after the death of poet Kim Chi-ha, I cracked open

The political controversy over the 2020 death of a South Korean government employee who was shot by North Korean soldiers in the waters off of Korea’s western coast was first ignited when it was deter

China will be mentioned for the first time in NATO’s strategic concept, which is being revised for the first time in 12 years. Considering that South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will be attending t

After investigating allegations that the US electric vehicle company Tesla concealed vehicle defects, South Korean police decided not to pursue the charges, citing a lack of evidence.The anti-corrupti

Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, 81, was temporarily released from Anyang Correctional Institution in Gyeonggi Province, where has been serving a 17-year sentence on charges including embe

Interest is mounting about whether the leaders of South Korea, the US and Japan will offer a concrete plan on the North Korean nuclear issue when they meet on Tuesday night on the sidelines of the NAT

By Kang Byeong-cheol, pediatricianSome rather surprising research findings were published on Tuesday. The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) announced not only that vitamin and mine

Kim Gunn, South Korea’s top nuclear envoy, sat down with Brian Nelson, the US official in charge of managing sanctions on North Korea for a meeting in which they appear to have discussed imposing bila

Russia’s default on its foreign debt is expected to have a limited impact on the South Korean economy. Korean banks face an estimated US$1.7 billion in potential losses because of the default, which i

The South Korean Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) plans to share an outline on July 15 for a new “police bureau” to oversee the police’s duties and organizations, along with a plan for inter

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol headed to Madrid on Monday in order to attend the NATO summit scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. During his first trip overseas since his inauguration on May 10

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that it will be making a decision on the item approval of SKYCovione, South Korea’s first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine from SK Bioscience, bef

By Jae Jeong-im, dean of Semyung University Graduate School of JournalismWere the rioters who broke into the US Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, acting on orders from Donald Trump? The question is be

Monkeypox has made its way to South Korea, prompting the prevention of community spread to surface as an urgent policy task in the country. Meanwhile, observers are pointing out that now is the time t

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is scheduled to attend a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, known better as NATO, in Madrid at the end of this month.Explaining the significance of

Indicators related to South Korea’s real economy, including sentiment and outlook, are looking increasingly gloomy as a result of continuous financial market unrest. Concerns surrounding a major econo

By Moon Chung-in, chairman of the Sejong Institute“You can count on the brotherhood of Europe.”This was the remark shared by French President Emmanuel Macron during a recent visit to Ukraine. It echoe

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol headed to Madrid on Monday in order to attend the NATO summit that’s taking place from Wednesday to Thursday. During his debut in multilateral diplomacy, Yoon will

A small disturbance broke out in front of a statue commemorating victims of the Japanese military’s comfort women system in Berlin’s Mitte borough on Sunday morning. Korea Verband, the Berlin-based ci

Aug. 31 marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Camptown Women’s Human Rights Coalition, an organization headed by Woo Soon-deok as standing representative and co-representatives Ahn-Ki

Oksana Polishuk’s heart starts racing every time she thinks about what happened the night of March 4. The Russian military had infiltrated Bucha, where she lives with her two daughters and husband, th

By Timo Fleckenstein, associate professor of social policy at the London School of EconomicsLet’s not fool ourselves: conservatives, possibly with the odd exception, do not really care about social mo

Amid President Yoon Suk-yeol’s continued insistence that the labor market needs reforming, the Ministry of Employment and Labor released a series of proposals, which include bids to restructure the wo

“The Kawasaki ordinance is a shield protecting the future of us and our children. This is because it declared that hate speech would not be tolerated and that victims would be protected within this co

As the US continues its pressure campaign on China and Russia by bolstering NATO and the Quad, Moscow and Beijing made clear they mean to counter the US by building an independent power base through a

The won-dollar exchange rate has risen above 1,300 won for the first time in 13 years. That appears to reflect concerns about the South Korean economy, which is highly dependent on foreign trade, as t

President Yoon Suk-yeol has dubbed the recent incident in which the recent personnel appointments for police senior superintendent general positions were reversed in a matter of two hours a “serious b

“Who was it who said to kill the islanders? The times were like madness. Fished out from the sea, your voices ring out in the heavens today, 74 years later. Oh sleepless souls, oh era of wandering, oh

Editor’s note: The South Korean Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, which has been the cornerstone of the state’s gender equality regime for more than two decades since its establishment in 2001,

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is scheduled to speak for three minutes on the North Korean nuclear issue at a NATO summit taking place in Madrid, Spain, on June 29–30.The presidential office als

South Korea has confirmed its first case of monkeypox. The country’s disease control authorities elevated the infectious disease risk alert level for monkeypox from “attention” to “caution.”During an

With the South Korean government proclaiming a major renaissance of the nuclear power industry, President Yoon Suk-yeol stressed that his administration will “actively help out so workers can get exci

The Yoon administration unveiled a plan on Wednesday to provide the nuclear power industry with projects worth 92.5 billion won this year, adding up to 1 trillion won through 2025. The government inte

“Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon stressed the word ‘justice’ in the ‘Ministry of Justice’ in his inaugural address. He said while visiting the Cheongju Immigration Detention Center that because non-Kor

When war broke out, she took off her ballet slippers and replaced them with combat boots. The dawn of war has turned a ballerina into a warrior.On Friday afternoon (local time), Svitlana Legra entered

China’s third aircraft carrier, dubbed the Fujian, was put to sea near Shanghai on June 17. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) sprayed the carrier’s deck with huge jets of water and set off fi

Researchers are predicting that South Korea’s annual trade balance for 2022 will show a deficit of US$14.7 billion.The Institute for International Trade, affiliated with the Korea International Trade

Yun Duk-min, the nominee to be South Korean ambassador to Japan, visited Daegu on Tuesday where he met with Lee Yong-soo, a victim of the Japanese military’s “comfort women” system. Yun met Lee at 11

On June 4, 1993, the Korean Sounding Rocket-I lifted off from the Anheung test facility in Taean County, South Chungcheong Province. With a thrust of 8.8 metric tons and a weight of 150 kilograms, it

The successful second flight of the Nuri rocket Tuesday got South Korean space development off to a strong start as it prepares for the next three decades.With this launch, South Korea becomes the 10t

Nuri, a space launch vehicle made exclusively with South Korean technology, successfully delivered its payload into its intended orbit after launch on Tuesday. With this feat, South Korea has become t