KB News DeskJapanese minister to skip Seoul Defense Dialogue
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi will skip next week’s Seoul Defense Dialogue, officials and media reports said Friday, amid signs that defense exchanges between South Korea and Japan may be…
Unleashed dog at Busan beach sparks criticism
A video circulating online shows a large dog rushing at a smaller dog on Haeundae Beach in Busan after slipping out of its owner’s control, drawing criticism over the owner’s…
Across continents and divides, parties to launch dialogue in Seoul on global challenges
Political parties from four continents and across ideological divides will gather in Seoul on Sunday to launch a new dialogue on pressing shared challenges, from geopolitical tensions to the accelerating…
Gwangju Biennale curators urge focus on art after China pulls out over ‘Taiwan Pavilion’
‘Art is art and politics is politics. You shouldn’t lay one over the other. We’ve kept saying this is a pure art event’ GWANGJU — Organizers of the 16th Gwangju…
Bad weather hampers search for 9 missing Koreans in Nepal
South Korea’s disaster relief team is intensifying its search for nine Koreans missing in Nepal, deploying helicopters, thermal-imaging drones and ground teams to possible evacuation routes after severe weather hampered…
Lee, Macron to broaden security and high-tech partnership at Paris summit
President Lee Jae Myung will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next week, seeking broader cooperation on security and frontier technologies, including artificial intelligence and nuclear energy, Cheong Wa…
Intensive search under way for 9 S. Koreans missing in Nepal floods
A South Korean disaster relief team arrived in Nepal on Wednesday to help bolster the ongoing intensive search for nine South Koreans and other victims missing in massive floods and…
Ex-senior police official indicted over alleged obstruction of Gwangju murder probe
A former head of the National Office of Investigation under the National Police Agency was indicted Wednesday on charges of obstructing an investigation into a high-profile murder case in Gwangju,…
‘We are still Nepali’: Students in Korea rally for flood victims
More than 100 Nepali students at Hoseo University are far from home as Nepal reels from catastrophic flooding. On Wednesday, they joined faculty members in launching a campaign to help…
S. Korea sees surge in suicide-encouraging content, most posts aren't deleted: report
More than 600,000 reports of online content that could encourage or facilitate suicide were filed in South Korea last year, but 7 in 10 remained online at the end of…
