President Lee Jae-myeong spoke at a town hall in Cheongju’s OSCO on the event titled “Listening to Chungbuk’s Heart,” a gathering framed around regional concerns and policy priorities. Lee used an X post to acknowledge the passage of the National Medical Graduate School Establishment Act through the National

On Saturday morning, a magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck about 13 kilometers southeast of Yongam-myeon in Seongju County, North Gyeongsang Province. The Korea Meteorological Administration placed the epicenter at 35.82 degrees north latitude and 128.35 degrees east longitude, with a depth of about 11 kilometers. The strongest shaking

The South Korean Army said that, as part of the U.S.-South Korea joint exercise Freedom Shield, it conducted a river-crossing drill in the Imjin River corridor near Yeoncheon, in Gyeonggi Province. About 700 service members from both allies participated, including Korea’s Capital Mechanized Infantry Division and the

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft crashed in western Iraq on the day before, the U.S. Central Command said, killing all six crew members on board. The KC-135, a workhorse for decades in aerial refueling, typically carries a crew of three or more, but this flight carried

A man in his 40s wearing an electronic ankle monitor has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman in her 20s in Namyangju, a city northeast of Seoul. The suspect, identified as A, allegedly stabbed the victim, B, on a street in Onam-eup around 9 a.m. and then

The 16th Gwangju Biennale opens on September 5 at the Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, presenting the theme You Must Change Your Life, drawn from Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem The Old Apollo’s Torso. The festival’s artistic director is Ho Tzu Nyen, with curators Park Ga-hee, Brian Kuan Wood,

A wave of alleged anti-Semitic attacks targeting synagogues has struck Europe and North America in recent days, coinciding with heightened tensions in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel and Iran. Dutch police say a fire at a Rotterdam synagogue early on the 13th local time is being treated

Global markets fell on Tuesday as oil prices climbed amid ongoing fighting in the Middle East, reinforcing concerns about inflation and the outlook for growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 46,558.47, down 119.38 points, or 0.26%. The S&P 500 finished at 6,

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace announced a collaboration with Krafton, the game developer behind PUBG, to develop AI that is trained in virtual environments and applied to real unmanned systems and robotics. The companies said the partnership is aimed at turning simulated learning into operational technology. The effort centers on

NH Investment & Securities said its fourth-quarter 2025 retirement pension default option results highlighted a standout performance in its neutral investment category, even amid a volatile market environment. In particular, Neutral Portfolio 2 logged an annualized return of 14.52%, versus a securities-industry average of 11.0% for neutral-style options.