Nearly 80 % of South Korea’s foreign arms purchased from U.S.: data
Seoul: South Korea spent 45.8 trillion won ($38.3 billion) in the past 13 years to purchase arms from abroad, with the United States being the largest seller with some 80 percent of the total, data showed Sunday. South Korea spent a total of 35.8 trillion won on U.S. arms from 2006-2018, according to the Defense […]
South Korea uses helicopters to spray disinfectant over DMZ to prevent spread of ASF
Seoul: South Korea’s military flew helicopters to spray disinfectant over the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas Friday as it launched a weeklong quarantine operation to prevent the spread of African swine fever, the defense ministry said. The military began the operations near Yeoncheon, north of Seoul, earlier in the day after traces of […]
Taste Korea in Jeonju … 2019 Jeonju Bibimbap Festival to start on October 9
Jeonju: Jeonju, a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, will host the 2019 Jeonju Bibimbap Festival, a fiesta of traditional Korean taste and charm. Under the slogan of “Mixing excitingly! Enjoying deliciously!” the festival will be held in Jeonju Hanok Village, Seohakdong Art Village, Jeonju Nambu Market and other spots in and around Jeonju on October […]
Trace of African swine fever found in dead wild boar in DMZ
Seoul: South Korea confirmed two more cases of the African swine fever (ASF) on Thursday to raise the total number of cases to 13 in less than three weeks and found traces of the deadly animal virus in a dead wild boar in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The latest case was reported from Gimpo, northwest […]
10 killed, 4 others missing as Typhoon Mitag hits South Korea
Seoul: Ten people were killed and four others went missing as Typhoon Mitag lashed the southern and eastern regions of South Korea with heavy rain and strong winds, authorities said Thursday. A 65-year-old female owner of a small restaurant was found dead at around 4 p.m., about seven hours after being buried in a landslide […]
4 killed, 2 missing as Typhoon Mitag makes landfall in South Korea
Seoul: Four people were killed and two others went missing as Typhoon Mitag lashed the southern and eastern regions of South Korea with heavy rain and strong winds, the authorities said Thursday. The season’s 18th typhoon landed on the coast of the small southwestern fishing county of Haenam on Wednesday night and made its way […]
Typhoon Mitag likely to hit South Korea’s southern coast this week
Seoul: Typhoon Mitag is expected to make landfall on South Korea’s southwest coast on Thursday but its strength may be weaker than anticipated after passing through Taiwan and the Chinese mainland, the local meteorological agency said. Mitag, the season’s 18th typhoon and the seventh to affect the Korean Peninsula this year, could bring powerful winds […]
South Korea military to lower bar for active duty conscripts amid population decline
Seoul: The South Korean military said Sunday it plans to lower the bar for the conscription of active duty soldiers, as the country’s population is widely expected to shrink drastically. The Ministry of National Defense and the Military Manpower Administration are currently in the process of revising related regulations to lower the physical requirements and […]
We expel them by force! A journey inside South Korea’s only private prison
By Pooneh Nedai Editor in chief of Shokaran magazine- Iran Seoul: Do you prefer to live in a prison with lots of facilities or live freely in a poor cage? But there are inmates who prefer Somang private prison to state prison! Somang is actually a correction institution for the inmates who really want to […]
Film based on feminist novel sparks anti-feminist backlash in South Korea
Seoul: The movie “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” based on the best-selling novel of the same title, has re-ignited the debate on feminism ahead of its release next month, with some men announcing a boycott of the story that has emerged as a symbol of women’s struggles in patriarchal South Korea. The 2016 work by novelist […]
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