North Korea rattled by 'natural' earthquake, South's weather agency reports
South Korea's state weather agency said Saturday that a 3.5 magnitude "natural" earthquake had hit the southern part of North Korea. The Korea Meteorological Administration said damage from the quake, which occurred 31 km northwest of Pyonggang county in the North Korea's Kangwon province, was ...
China bans South Korea pig imports on African swine fever fears
China has banned pig imports from South Korea after Seoul became the latest to report an outbreak of the African swine fever that has destroyed hog herds and pushed up prices globally. Beijing has been battling to bring an outbreak of the disease among its ...
Annual investments in robots rose to world record $16.5 billion in 2018
Robot shipments are expected to jump 39 percent from 2018 to 2022 from a record annual sales level of $16.5 billion last year, according to the World Robotics report. More than a third of global installations are in China and the top five countries — ...
South Korean police have identified a suspect in one of the country's most notorious serial murder cases more than 30 years after the first of the killings, they said Thursday. Between 1986 and 1991, 10 women between the ages of 13 and 71 were found ...
South Korean visitors to Japan down by half in August compared to last year
The number of South Korean visitors to Japan tumbled 48.0 percent in August from a year earlier, to 308,700, government data showed Wednesday, amid escalating tensions between the two neighbors over wartime history and trade policy. The estimated number of visitors from overseas fell 2.2 ...
New Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi holds firm that Seoul must end wartime labor row
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Wednesday that Tokyo urgently demands Seoul eliminate “violations of international law” regarding wartime Korean labor issues.
South Korea on Wednesday confirmed a second case of African swine fever near its border with North Korea, raising concerns that the outbreak could spread and wreak havoc on the country's massive pig herds. Officials were planning to cull some 5,000 pigs raised at a ...
South Korea removes Japan from trade whitelist as feud deepens
The change means that exports of some strategic goods to Japan will receive greater scrutiny than shipments to 28 other fast-track destinations, South Korea’s trade ministry said Wednesday.
Uncertainty looms over South Korea's World Cup visit to Pyongyang
South Korea's soccer association is unsure whether its World Cup qualifier against North Korea next month will take place in Pyongyang or on a neutral ground. The Seoul-based KFA said it hadn't yet received any information from its counterpart in Pyongyang regarding logistics for the ...
South Korean baseball team cancels fall training in Japan amid trade row
South Korean professional baseball team LG Twins has canceled its annual fall training in western Japan amid an escalating diplomatic row between the two countries, local Japanese officials said Tuesday. Since 2013, the team has held a month-long training camp at the Kochi Athletic Recreation ...
Japan and U.S. top envoys vow to cooperate on North Korea and Middle East
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed Monday to cooperate on North Korean nuclear issues and in dealing with the situation in the Middle East following an attack on Saudi Arabia's major oil facilities. Motegi, who spoke with Pompeo on ...
The World Trade Organization has disclosed Seoul's recent complaint against Japan over its tighter controls on exports of three semiconductor materials to South Korea. The complaint, dated last Wednesday, claims that the Japanese measure constitutes "politically motivated, disguised restrictions on trade." South Korea believes that the ...
