KB News DeskRussia warns US against Ukraine arms sales in Manila meeting
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Washington against making “unacceptable” arms deliveries to Ukraine during a Thursday meeting in Manila with US counterpart Marco Rubio, Moscow said. Lavrov and Rubio’s…
S. Korea holds ceremony marking return of lion statues to China
A ceremony marking the return of a pair of Qing Dynasty stone lion statues from a Seoul museum to the Chinese government took place Thursday, officials said. The event took…
Foreign Ministry to change diplomats’ email addresses after data leak
South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is set to change the email addresses of its diplomats after a cyberattack on the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) exposed some of the…
3-way race confirmed for Democratic Party convention
A three-way leadership race for the ruling Democratic Party of Korea was confirmed Thursday, after two of the five candidates dropped out. The three shortlisted to vie for party leadership…
Unification minister says policy on N. Korea has shifted to peace-first approach
South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Thursday the government has shifted away from a policy focused on the denuclearization of North Korea, instead pointing to peace as a precondition…
Korea Optical workers lose appeal seeking jobs at Nitto affiliate
Dismissed workers from Korea Optical High-Tech, who staged a 600-day rooftop protest after the company shut its fire-damaged plant, suffered another legal setback Thursday as an appeals court rejected their…
Lee says property holding tax should be tripled, but would face riot-like backlash
President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that Korea would need to triple its property holding tax rate to meet levels in other advanced economies, but warned that such a sharp…
YouTuber acquitted of murder over death of baby delivered at 36 weeks
A South Korean appeals court on Thursday acquitted a woman who had been convicted of murder after undergoing a late-term abortion, ruling that prosecutors failed to prove she knew the…
IKEA opens first Incheon store in Songdo
IKEA Korea opened its first store in Incheon on Wednesday, expanding its urban-format outlet strategy as the Swedish home furnishings retailer broadens its offline footprint in major cities. The new…
Venomous jellyfish sightings quintuple off Korean coast
Sightings of giant Nomura’s jellyfish in Korean waters have increased fivefold from a year earlier and spread across a wider area, the National Institute of Fisheries Science said Thursday. The…
