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September 10, 2025 3:14 PM

South Korea says plane with detained workers unlikely to leave U.S. on Wednesday

South Korea is working with U.S. authorities to bring home hundreds of Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in the state of Georgia, though it will be difficult to fly them back on Wednesday, Seoul's foreign ministry said. Earlier, a sourc...

September 8, 2025 10:52 AM

South Korean and Japanese defence ministers to hold talks in Seoul

The South Korean and Japanese defence ministers will hold talks in Seoul on Monday, Seoul's defence ministry said, marking the first official visit by a Japanese defence minister to South Korea in a decade. The talks take place amid heightened geopo...

September 8, 2025 9:44 AM

South Korea to fly detained workers back as US vows more raids on employers

South Korea is moving to pick up Korean workers following a raid at a Hyundai Motor manufacturing facility in the U.S. state of Georgia last week, a Korean presidential official said on Sunday as the Trump administration promised more raids on busine...

September 8, 2025 9:12 AM

‘Proud moment for Indian hockey’: PM Modi hails India’s Asia Cup triumph

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the Indian men’s hockey team for lifting the Asia Cup after a commanding 4-1 win over defending champions South Korea in the final at Rajgir, Bihar. The victory not only reaffirmed India’s dom...

September 1, 2025 5:19 PM

South Korean negotiators struggle to close gaps with US despite summit, tariff deal

Negotiations ranging from tariffs to defence between South Korea and the United States were bogged down, overshadowing a handshake agreement and a promising presidential summit, officials in Seoul said. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met U.S. ...

August 29, 2025 11:06 AM

South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee indicted for bribery

Kim Keon Hee, the wife of South Korea's ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, has been indicted for bribery and other charges, a special prosecution team said on Friday, amid a widening investigation into the country's martial law crisis and scandal...

August 14, 2025 12:49 PM

North Korea says South Korea’s peace overtures a ‘pipedream’

The North Korean leader's powerful sister said on Thursday that the country has never taken down propaganda loudspeakers and will not do so, calling South Korea's belief that Pyongyang was responding to its peace overtures a "pipedream." Kim Yo Jong...

August 13, 2025 12:32 PM

Solitary cell with mattress on the floor for South Korea’s once powerful ex-first lady

South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee will spend her first day in jail on Wednesday in a cell much like the one her husband and ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol occupies as prosecutors pursue the once high-flying couple in a widening criminal probe....

August 13, 2025 9:35 AM

South Korea’s former first lady imprisoned after court issues warrant

South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee has been arrested after a court late on Tuesday issued a warrant to arrest her following accusations of graft that she denies, a special prosecutor leading a wide-reaching probe said. Kim is South Korea's...

August 12, 2025 9:25 AM

South Korea’s Lee, Trump to hold summit on August 25 on security alliance, economy

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold their first summit meeting on August 25 in Washington to discuss strengthening the bilateral alliance and economic security partnership, Lee's office said on Tuesday. Lee...