South Korea

S Korea Supreme Court orders retrial for Samsung heir

12:41 pm August 29, 2019

Seoul: South Korea’s top court on Thursday ordered a new trial for Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, who was convicted of offences including bribery and embezzlement in connection with the scandal that brought down former president Park Geun-hye. Lee was jailed for five years in 2017 but freed a year later after an appeals court dismissed […]

North Korea begins key meeting before year-end deadline for US

N Korea tests new ‘super-large’ multiple rocket launcher

3:16 pm August 25, 2019

Seoul: North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a “newly developed super-large multiple rocket launcher,” another demonstration of its expanding weapons arsenal apparently aimed at increasing its leverage ahead of a possible resumption of nuclear talks with the US. The North’s Korean Central News Agency said Saturday’s weapons test was […]

Seoul says to suspend expiry of intel sharing pact with Japan

Japan ‘strongly’ protests South Korea defence pact move: FM

8:58 pm August 22, 2019

Tokyo : Japan’s foreign minister said Thursday that Tokyo “strongly” protested against South Korea’s decision to scrap a military intelligence-sharing pact, calling the move “extremely regrettable”. “I have to say the decision to end the pact by the South Korean government is a complete misjudgement of the current regional security environment and it is extremely […]

North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of nuclear talks

N Korea dismisses nuclear talks if US ‘hostile military moves’ continue

2:51 pm August 22, 2019

Seoul: North Korea said Thursday it has “no interest” in dialogue unless Washington stops “escalating hostile military moves”, as a senior US envoy visited Seoul with an eye on reviving nuclear talks with Pyongyang. Talks between Pyongyang and Washington have stalled since a second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo wishes North Korea would not test missiles

11:36 pm August 20, 2019

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed displeasure Tuesday about North Korea’s series of missile tests, but said he wants to resume negotiations on denuclearisation with Pyongyang. In an interview with CBS, the chief US diplomat noted the six tests of short-range ballistic missiles that North Korea has conducted in recent weeks, and appeared […]