South Korea uses AI to measure North Korean leader’s weight, lawmaker says
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to weigh over 140 kg (308 lb) according to an artificial intelligence (AI) estimate, a South…
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to weigh over 140 kg (308 lb) according to an artificial intelligence (AI) estimate, a South…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of South Korean artillery rounds are on their way to Ukraine via the United States, after Seoul’s initial resistance toward arming…
By Soo-hyang Choi and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of South Korean nurses went on strike on Friday after President Yoon Suk Yeol vetoed a law to improve…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former civilian employee at a U.S. Army facility in South Korea has been arrested on charges of receiving $400,000 in kickbacks from military contractors, federal…
Congress Applauds South Korean President For Condemning ‘Disinformation’ Arjun Singh on April 27, 2023 Members of Congress applauded South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol as he lambasted “disinformation” and “propaganda” as…
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States granted South Korea a larger role in planning for a potential nuclear war with North Korea, but that will probably not…
(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol upgraded their commitment to cooperate on maintaining stability in foreign exchange markets at a summit on Wednesday,…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean consumers’ inflation expectations fell in April to the lowest in nearly a year, a central bank survey showed on Wednesday, while overall consumer sentiment hit…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. congressional leaders on Thursday invited South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to address Congress on April 27 during his trip to the United States. Yoon is…
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – Workers at an apartment construction site in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, have discovered more than 110 bombs, shells, mines, grenades and other explosives…
A five-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York charging Ilya Balakaev with various charges related to smuggling devices commonly used in counterintelligence operations out of…
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean state media marked the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by blaming the crisis on NATO and calling America’s involvement a…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of North Koreans and people in South Korea, Japan and China could be exposed to radioactive materials spread through groundwater from an…
US Teachers Are Peddling Same ‘Woke Ideologies’ Taught In North Korean Classrooms, Defector Says Harold Hutchison on February 15, 2023 A defector from North Korea said Tuesday “woke ideologies” taught…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean consumers’ inflation expectations inched up in January, with sentiment toward economic conditions and the outlook also improving, a central bank survey showed on Thursday. The…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea plans to scrap a number of regulations in the local stock market within this year to make investment easier for foreign investors, its financial regulator…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s exports for the first 20 days of January fell 2.7% from a year earlier, but the pace of drop was slower than that recorded in…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has purged a former foreign minister who played an instrumental role in his summits with former U.S. President…
US, South Korea In Talks To Cooperate On Nuclear Operations To Ward Off North Korean Threats Micaela Burrow on January 3, 2023 The U.S. and South Korea are discussing ways…
South Korea Fires At North Korean Drones Invading Airspace Micaela Burrow on December 26, 2022 South Korean warplanes mobilized in response to North Korean drones intruding on their airspace, with…
SEOUL (Reuters) – A major measure of the inflation expectations of South Korean consumers hit a seven-month low in December, underscoring the market’s view that the Bank of Korea’s policy…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean manufacturers’ business sentiment for December dropped to a more than two-year low, a central bank survey showed on Wednesday, amid growing economic uncertainties and persistently…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai acknowledged Seoul’s concerns with the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act during a meeting with South Korea’s Trade Minister Ahn Dukgeun at the Asia-Pacific…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean households’ quarterly income declined on the year for the first time since the second quarter of 2021, government data showed on Thursday, amid cooling economic…
By Cynthia Kim and Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s housing prices fell at the sharpest rate in at least 19 years in October, adding to expectations the nation’s…