Ian Werther

South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung congratulated para-biathlete Kim Yun-ji after she won a silver medal in the women’s biathlon at the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics, bringing her total Paralympic medals to four. In a post on social media on Friday, the president called Kim’s performance “an unbelievable achievement”

A nationwide weekend forecast in South Korea calls for cool, unsettled conditions with a pronounced daily temperature swing. On Saturday, skies are expected to be mostly cloudy, with chilly mornings and temperatures climbing into the low to mid-teens by afternoon. Inland areas are likely to see morning temperatures fall below

A senior figure in South Korea’s ruling conservative party announced his resignation in the lead-up to the June 3 local elections and has since gone into hiding outside Yeouido, the political and financial district in Seoul. Lee Jeong-hyeon, who chairs the People Power Party’s (PPP) nomination management committee,

A civil servant in Daegu, South Korea, died while working the night shift and was found this morning on the fourth floor of the Suseong District Office’s annex building. The man, in his 30s, was reported to have called 119, Korea’s emergency medical number, about seven hours earlier,

The Democratic Party of Korea’s central leadership has finalized its candidate slate for Jeollabuk-do’s local elections, confirming the field for the province’s mayoral and county-chief races after a long review. A total of 53 candidates are competing for 14 nomination tickets, a pool well known in Korea

Glaucoma, long identified as one of the leading causes of blindness alongside age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, is increasingly detected at younger ages in Korea, underscoring a shift in the disease’s reach beyond older adults. Doctors warn that glaucoma often produces no noticeable symptoms in its early stages.

South Korea’s government has announced next year’s plan to expand the nation’s medical school intake by 490 seats, bringing the total to 3,548. The extra places will be allocated to regional medical programs at 32 universities outside Seoul. The increases by university vary. The largest boosts

Two top members of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party spoke in Seoul on the 12th about the ongoing Seoul mayoral nomination process. At the National Assembly in Yeouido, Jang Dong-hyeok and Song Eonsuk discussed Oh Se-hoon’s decision not to file for party nomination by the second deadline

The U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said on X that one KC-135 air-refueling aircraft was lost in an incident in friendly airspace during the ongoing operation, with two aircraft involved. The crash occurred in western Iraq, while another KC-135 landed safely. CENTCOM said the incident was not the

The Korea Meteorological Administration says the weekend will bring large day-to-night temperature swings and dry air across the country as South Korea remains in an early-spring mood. Morning lows are forecast to range from -4°C to 4°C, while daytime highs are expected to be between 9°C and