A South Korean court on Friday sentenced a longtime friend of ousted President Park Geun-hye to three years in prison for using her presidential ties to unlawfully get her daughter into a prestigious Seoul university. The Seoul Central District Court said Choi Soon-sil “committed so many illegal activities” as she ...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday China should do more to rein in North Korea’s nuclear program and ...
The Trump administration is considering banning travel by U.S. citizens to North Korea, officials said Tuesday, as outrage grew over ...
U.S. President Donald Trump will host South Korea’s new leader, Moon Jae-in, for talks on containing North Korea’s nuclear program, officials said Tuesday, amid fresh Pentagon warnings that the Pyongyang regime is a “clear and present danger to all.” A White House statement said ...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday tapped a former official who was deeply involved in the 2007 inter-Korean summit to be his point man on North Korea as he seeks a new approach to Pyongyang. The center-left president favors engagement with the North ...
Panama switched diplomatic relations from Taiwan to China on Tuesday, dealing a major victory to Beijing in its drive to isolate the self-governing island it claims as its own territory. In Panama, President Juan Carlos Varela announced the change, which entails breaking off formal ...
Lawmakers in Taiwan launched a new group to help promote democracy in Hong Kong on Monday, a move likely to rile Beijing ahead of the 20th anniversary of the handover of the city from Britain back to China. Taiwan and Hong Kong are thorns ...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday nominated a former navy chief as his defense minister, the president’s office said, as the government faces challenges tackling North Korea’s rapidly developing weapons program. The nominee, Song Young-moo, was well suited to deal with North Korea’s ...
China hit back at Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s offer to help China transition to democracy on Monday, saying the “values and ideas” pushed forward by her party had caused chaos on the self-ruled island. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said only mainland Chinese had the ...
Cambodia’s embattled opposition made significant gains in this weekend’s local elections, early results showed Monday, a vote closely watched for signs of vulnerability in one of the world’s longest-serving leaders. More than 7 million Cambodians voted in Sunday’s commune elections, the first time they ...
South Korea’s National Assembly approved President Moon Jae-in’s selection of Lee Nak-yon as prime minister Wednesday, backing the former lawmaker and governor of South Jeolla Province to become the first confirmed Cabinet nominee under the new leader. Moon nominated Lee after winning elections earlier ...
The United States and China are discussing next steps in response to North Korea’s missile tests and could reach a decision on new sanctions this week, Washington’s U.N. envoy, Nikki Haley, said Tuesday. China is pushing Pyongyang through back channels to change its behavior ...
South Korea on Friday authorized a civilian NGO to contact the North to discuss resuming humanitarian aid and projects, the first example of new liberal president Moon Jae-in’s pursuit of dialogue with Pyongyang. The center-left president favours engagement with the North to bring it ...
Kim Dotcom’s Internet Party in New Zealand unveiled plans Friday to contest the September general election, but the mogul, who is fighting extradition to the United States, will not be involved. In a statement on its website, the Internet Party said Dotcom had resigned ...
U.S. President Donald Trump labeled North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a “madman with nuclear weapons” — just days before he said he would be “honored” to meet him — during a telephone call with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a report said Wednesday. The ...
