Ian Werther

Nine people linked to a gambling scam and drug offenses have been identified in a case tied to “screen golf” venues in the Seoul metropolitan area. Police say two suspects were remanded in custody while seven were released on bail, and all nine have been referred to the prosecutor for

Dubai has reportedly become a ghost city within about two weeks of the regional war’s escalation, with beaches, malls and hotels emptied of foreign residents and tourists. The Guardian said that the sudden exodus followed Iran’s retaliatory strikes after recent U.S. and Israeli air raids on Iran,

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon again refused to file for nomination in the People Power Party’s supplementary recruitment for the June 3 local elections, saying the second call for applicants did not meet the scale of change he demands. The party had opened another window for candidates, but Oh declined

A plum blossom scene in Sokcho, in Gangwon Province, is set against a backdrop of snow-covered Seoraksan Mountain, a view provided by the city. The Korea Meteorological Administration forecasts weather changes for Friday the 13th that could affect travel and daily life across the country. The forecast shows a chilly

South Korea’s government is expanding its investment in domestic AI infrastructure, aiming to install and operate large-scale GPU clusters through a 2.8 trillion won package to support research, industry, and public sector AI projects. The Ministry of Science and ICT announced the 2026 AI Computing Resource Utilization Foundation

South Korea’s government has announced an all-encompassing price-control push, designating 23 items as special-price-management targets to curb inflation. Officials say the package will cover a broad spectrum, with a focus on curbing price increases and preventing market manipulation. The 23 items include 13 food products such as pork, eggs,

A national meeting of court presidents was held on December 12 at Forest Resort Resom in Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, to discuss follow-up actions after the three judicial reform measures were enacted: the creation of a crime for distorting the law, the introduction of a retrial petition system, and the expansion of

South Korea’s Speaker of the National Assembly, Woo Won-sik, used an emergency press briefing on March 12 to press for a faster path to constitutional reform. He proposed pairing a nationwide constitutional referendum with the June 3 local elections and urged both ruling and opposition parties to establish a

South Korea’s Deputy Foreign Minister Jeong Eui-hye hosted Michael Disombre, the U.S. State Department’s Under Secretary for East Asia and the Pacific, during his visit to Seoul on the 12th. They held a working lunch and discussed follow-up actions to the November joint fact sheet (JFS) and

The Democratic Party of Korea has established a Second Comprehensive Special Investigation Response Committee to back a renewed, nationwide probe. The new committee was launched at a ceremony in the National Assembly on the 12th, signaling the party’s push to pursue investigations not resolved by prior probes into several