Opinion
Flip-flopping on policy
A series of flip-flops on policy by the Yoon Suk Yeol administration is confusing the public.
Nov 22, 2023
Kang Seung-woo
Korea Times Business Reporter
Kang Seung-woo is the Business Desk editor at The Korea Times. Prior to this position, he covered politics, national affairs, finance and sports.
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Sports
Taekwondo statue unveiled in Lausanne
In commemoration of World Taekwondo’s 50th anniversary, a taekwondo statue was unveiled at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Wednesday (local time).
Nov 16, 2023
Foreign Affairs
K-water-Ukraine cooperation
Mayor of the Ukrainian city of Uman Iryna Pletnyova, center, and Deputy Mayor Oleg Ganich, second from right, pose after visiting K-water’s Busan Eco Delta City, Thursday. During the trip, they toured the agency’s decentralized smart water treatment plant and smart village platform center while discussing with Korean experts how to apply the facilities to Uman. Courtesy of K-water
Nov 9, 2023
Travel & Food
KTO, Velocity Ventures sign MOU supporting Korean startups across Southeast Asia
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and Velocity Ventures, a Singapore-based capital company, agreed to a Strategic Innovation Partnership, under which the two sides will support companies working with the Korea Tourism Startup Center in Singapore to expand business across Southeast Asia.
Oct 26, 2023
North Korea
Anniversary of Battle of Lake Changjin
President Yoon Suk Yeol and other participants, including Defense Minister Shin Won-sik, fourth from right, Patriots and Veterans Affairs Minister Park Min-shik, seventh from left, and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg, sixth from left, observe a moment of silence during a ceremony at the War Memorial of Korea in central Seoul, Thursday, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Battle of Lake Changjin, also known as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, a major battle of the 1950-53 Korean War. Yonhap
Oct 12, 2023
Defense
FA-50 reaches 100,000-hour accident-free milestone
The FA-50 light attackers have achieved a combined 100,000 accident-free hours of flights since first taking flight back in 2013, the Air Force said, Friday. The Korean Air Force has been operating 60 FA-50s.
Oct 6, 2023
Opinion
Decision to abandon hope
Former President Park Geun-hye attended a flamboyant military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing in 2015, standing on the reviewing stand at Tiananmen Square alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Sep 27, 2023
North Korea
Russia promises to help North Korea build satellites
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region of Russia, Wednesday. AP-YonhapKim pledges Pyonyang's full-fledged support in fight against WestBy Kang Seung-woo North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a summit, Wednesday, at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a space station in Russia's far eastern Amur region, where Pyongyang received assurances of Moscow's assistance in satellite technology.In the lead-up to the much-heralded meeting between Kim and Putin, there had been growing speculation over a possible arms deal. In addition, the venue for the summit also indicated that the two are interested in talks to exchange Moscow's military technology for Pyongyang's artillery shells for use in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visit the Vostochny Cosmodrome outside of the town of Tsiolkovsky, some 180 km north of Blagoveschensk in Russia's Amur region, Wednesday. EPA-YonhapRussia is becoming more desperate
Sep 13, 2023
Defense
LIG Nex1 to participate in Polish arms exhibition
A Korean GPS Guided Bomb is loaded on an FA-50 light attack aircraft at the Republic of Korea Air Force's Eighth Fighter Wing in Wonju, Gangwon Province, Aug. 31. Courtesy of Republic of Korea Air Force By Kang Seung-wooLIG Nex1 will participate in the 2023 International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Poland, scheduled to take place Tuesday (local time), where it will showcase various guided weapons. The MSPO, Poland's annual national defense fair established in 1993, is the third-largest defense trade show in Europe after Eurosatory in Paris and Defence and Security Equipment International in London. Poland has selected Korea as the lead nation for this year's exhibition, a role that presents the opportunity to deliver an opening ceremony speech and hold senior-level meetings and joint seminars. Korea was also selected to be the lead nation in 2017.According to the Yongin, Gyeonggi Province-based company, it will showcase its airborne guided weapons such as Korean GPS Guided Bomb (KGGB) and Korean Air-Launched Cruise Missile (KALCM), along with land-based weapon systems inclu
Sep 4, 2023