N. Korea seen removing loudspeakers from border areas: officials

(Yonhap)North Korea was seen removing multiple propaganda loudspeakers reinstalled recently along the border with South Korea, officials said Wednesday, after leader Kim Jong-un ordered...

US, Russia divided over Chinese role in nuclear talks

VIENNA - Crucial negotiations to replace a nuclear disarmament treaty between the US and Russia were overshadowed on Tuesday by a divide between Washington...

S. Korea calls on UNESCO to mull canceling Japanese industrial sites’...

Kim In-chul, spokesman for the foreign ministry (Yonhap)South Korea has called on the UN cultural agency to consider removing Japanese industrial revolution sites from...

A quarter-billion children getting no education: UN

PARIS: Nearly 260 million children had no access to schooling in 2018, a United Nations agency said in a report Tuesday that blamed poverty...

[Herald Interview] Former nuclear envoy raps Moon’s policy on N. Korea

Rep. Cho Tae-yongInter-Korean relations under the Moon Jae-in administration were never going to work, as they were built on a misguided belief, as worded...

China launches final satellite to complete rival to GPS

BEIJING: China on Tuesday launched the final satellite in its homegrown geolocation system designed to rival the US GPS network, marking a major step...

New documents on Korean War seized from N. Korea released to...

(Ministry of Defense-Yonhap)South Korea on Tuesday released new documents on the 1950-53 Korean War seized from the North Korean military during the conflict, including...

WHO warns of ‘accelerating’ pandemic

DUBAI: The World Health Organization sent out a fresh warning on Monday over the dangers of the new coronavirus even as France returned to...

Cheong Wa Dae hits back at Bolton’s claims

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump meet at Panmunjom on June 30, 2019. In his...

Jailed UK-Iranian pleads with PM Johnson to help inmates

LONDON - The sound is a little fuzzy but Anoosheh Ashoori's voice does not falter as he delivers his message to British Prime Minister...