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Sun, September 25, 2022 | 15:07

Japan ambassador voices positive view of Yoon-Kishida meeting in New York

Japanese Ambassador to Korea Koichi Aiboshi publicly gave a positive assessment Sunday of a meeting between President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in New York last week, describing it as a "forward-looking" step to improve bilateral ties.

2022-09-25 14:25

Measures to prevent stalking crimes will be discussed: Prime Minister Han

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Sunday he will discuss pan-governmental measures with leaders of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) to help prevent stalking crimes amid public uproar over an alleged stalking and murder case at a Seoul subway station.

2022-09-25 13:50

New COVID-19 cases under 30,000 for 3rd straight day

Korea's new COVID-19 cases remained below 30,000 for the third straight day Sunday in a sign that the virus wave is slowing down at a steady pace.

2022-09-25 11:25

Yoon's overseas trip marked by rare summit with Japan, embarrassing hot mic

Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol wound up his second overseas trip amid embarrassment over the use of foul language caught on hot mic, but the trip was marked by one unmistakable outcome: the first summit with Japan in nearly three years.

2022-09-24 22:01

Yoon returns home from trip to Britain, U.S., Canada

Yoon returns home from trip to Britain, U.S., Canada

President Yoon Suk-yeol returned home Saturday following a three-nation trip that took him to London for Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral, New York for the U.N. General Assembly and Canada for a summit with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

2022-09-24 21:57

PM to leave for Japan to attend Abe's state funeral

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will head for Japan next week to attend a state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the foreign ministry said Saturday.

2022-09-24 19:58

Former PM Hatoyama apologizes for Japan's wartime brutalities

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Saturday apologized for his country's wartime brutalities against Koreans as he attended a memorial event for those killed in a 16th century historic naval battle between the two countries.

2022-09-24 16:44

New COVID-19 cases fall to lowest Saturday tally in 11 weeks

Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest Saturday tally in 11 weeks as the country is set to lift all outdoor mask mandates next week amid the virus's downward trend.

2022-09-24 13:26

On Modernity: Korea and the West

To define whether or not a country is modern is a rather difficult thing. Some of us instinctually reach for economic factors as a mark of a state's development. The simple equation being: the more cash it has, the more modern it is. Yet such figures can be deceiving. Rather than just mere gross domestic product, people expect a reasonable amount of economic distribution in a...

2022-09-24 13:25

Korean deaf LGBT activists create new signs to express identities with pride

Woo Ji-yang, 33, is a deaf gay man based in the southern city of Busan. For most of his life, he felt shame and humiliation when he introduced his sexual identity in Korean Sign Language (KSL). The manual sign for “gay” in KSL describes an act of anal intercourse between two men. Gyeonggi-based gay man Kim Bo-seok, 34, confessed he has lived through dilemma similar to that of...

Lee Hae-rin | 2022-09-24 09:16

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