The move is in line with Pyongyang’s efforts to attract Iran to an alliance against the US and boost cooperation for mutual benefit, analyst notes.
Events used to lionise Kim’s grandfather and father have been reduced, a move that could put the focus on Kim’s own achievements and policies instead.
He’s the first-ever South Korean president left to contend with a hostile parliament for his entire five-year term, but embattled conservative Yoon insists his administration is moving in the ‘right direction’.
Envoy Chung Jae-ho allegedly bullied embassy staff and a South Korean team is in Beijing to investigate the matter, according to a media report.
Yoon Suk-yeol’s ruling party garnered 108 seats, trailing the liberal Democratic Party of Korea’s comfortable majority of 175 spots in the 300-strong parliament.
After the election, Yoon will face greater difficulty in pushing through his pro-market reforms in labour, the national pension fund and education, analysts say.
President Yoon Suk-yeol has faced a growing backlash for commenting on the price of spring onions during a supermarket photocall amid surging food inflation in South Korea.
South Korea’s foreign ministry says it is investigating Ambassador Chung Jae-ho, who has denied allegations of both bullying and mistreating embassy staff.
Yoon risks being unable to carry out labour, pension, and education reforms if he were to lose next month’s parliamentary elections.
Conservative President Yoon Suk-yeol looks set to maintain a hardline stance on Beijing despite the expected victory of ‘submissive’ liberals in next month’s parliamentary elections.
A chilling warning from a senior presidential aide about possible terror attacks against dissenting journalists has put President Yoon Suk-yeol’s war on ‘fake news’ under the spotlight.
South Korea is set to build an aerospace hub to house some 1,000 firms to tap on the sector’s ‘limitless opportunities and a huge market’.
The issue isn’t likely to be settled soon as President Yoon’s party has large public backing for the plan to increase medical school places, senior doctors say.
The arrest of Baek Kwang-soon comes as relations between Seoul and Moscow have deteriorated since the Ukraine war, while ties between Moscow and Pyongyang have grown closer.
Low-ranking government employees and celebrities are often easy prey for online bullies, analysts say, as bullies seek outlets for their ‘pent-up’ frustrations.
Junior doctors say they have no intention of returning to work even as authorities launch steps to suspend their licences, while senior staff are also resigning.
Low wages for doctors in the public sector and growing threats of lawsuits from patients have pushed doctors to more lucrative but low-risk specialities.
The government has slammed a fictionalised video that depicts President Yoon admitting to incompetence, saying it amounts to fake news.
Dialogue between North and South Korea has given way to fiery rhetoric and mutual threats of destruction. Neither side seems inclined to de-escalate, as the spectre of a second Trump presidency only adds to mounting concerns.
Adverse weather in South Korea have caused a surge in prices of Lunar New Year items such as tangerines and apples.
In a rare interview, the South Korean president said his wife had been ‘unable to cold-heartedly reject’ a pastor who gifted her a US$2,200 Dior bag. He also dismissed claims he was sacrificing ties with China.
Critics have accused the South Korean government of playing into Japan’s narrative on Dokdo, which Tokyo claims as the Takeshima islands, amid pressure from Washington for the two to set aside their historical quarrels.
His comments will weigh on Seoul’s ability to balance its alliance with Washington amid the Pyongyang threat, while preventing more tensions with Moscow, analysts say.
Workers at a North Korea-run factory in China were said to have staged a deadly protest after learning their back pay had been transferred back to the regime.
Observers worry this month’s attacks on a ruling party lawmaker and the chief of the opposition won’t be the last before April’s elections amid intensifying political polarisation driven by online content creators.
First lady Kim Keon-hee was filmed accepting a luxury bag when the spouses of officials are barred from receiving gifts worth above US$750 in a single sitting.
Among the cases were drunk drivers who fudged post-accident tests and an intoxicated surgeon who operated on a patient.
As South Korea’s dog meat ban takes effect in 2027, half a million dogs still face being slaughtered. Meanwhile, traders want to be paid up to US$300 per dog to shut down.
The North’s bid to enshrine its own sea border and codify a commitment to invade the South shows ties ‘have reached an almost irreparable breakdown’.
The missile could neutralise South Korea’s missile defence system and threaten US strategic assets such as its aircraft-carrier striker groups in the West Pacific, analysts say.
