SEOUL — South Korea’s president can be investigated in a snowballing influence-peddling scandal involving her longtime friend, the prime minister-designate said Thursday. The comments by Kim Byong-joon came as […]
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South Korean President Replaces PM, Others Amid Scandal
SEOUL — South Korea’s embattled president replaced her prime minister and two other top officials on Wednesday in a bid to restore public confidence amid a political scandal involving […]
Prosecutors To Interview Woman At Center Of South Korean Political Scandal
SEOUL — South Korea is hoping for answers Monday about its biggest scandal in years. At the center is Choi Soon-sil, a cult leader’s daughter with a decades-long connection […]
South Korean Protestors Call For President To Step Down
SEOUL — South Korean President Park Geun-hye has ordered 10 of her senior secretaries to resign amid an investigation that she let an old friend, the daughter of a […]
Seoul says North Korea is capable of next nuclear test anytime
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea is capable of detonating another nuclear device at its main atomic test site any time it chooses, Seoul officials said Monday, as the […]
South Korea calls North Korea’s nuke test ‘fanatic recklessness’
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said it conducted a “higher level” nuclear test explosion on Friday that will allow it to finally build an array of stronger, smaller […]
Former South Korean comfort women sue government over Japan deal
A group of South Korea’s former so-called “comfort women” – sexual slaves who were forced to serve the Japanese army during World War II – are suing the Korean […]
Glendale is keeping its ‘comfort women’ statue
It looks like the controversial statue of a “comfort woman” sitting in Glendale’s Central Park in California will be staying put. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the District Court’s […]
Liam Neeson stars in South Korean war film as famed US general
Liam Neeson is Gen. Douglas MacArthur in a new South Korean film coming to American theaters Aug. 12 – “Operation Chromite,” a war drama based on the real-life happenings at […]
S. Korea finishes International Crown second behind victorious Team USA
Team South Korea, which entered the LPGA’s UL International Crown as top seed, fell to second at the tournament’s end Sunday as the American team clinched the winning crown. […]
Recap: Taiwan and England top pools leading into Day 2 of International Crown
The first day of the LPGA’s UL International Crown at the Merit Club in Chicago ended with Taiwan and England – both 2-0-0 and earning four points – leading […]
Eight national teams vie for LPGA’s UL International Crown
The UL International Crown, the biennial LPGA tournament that pits eight top ranked national teams of four against one another, kicked off Thursday for a four-day run at the Merit […]
Seoul punk band returns to US for West Coast tour
Coming back to America for a second tour from South Korea’s punk scene is …Whatever That Means, a four-member melodic rock band. The tour, which will run July 23 to […]
South Korea to host annual lotus festival at LA’s Echo Park
Los Angeles, finally basking (and baking) in the heat of summer, is gearing up to usher in the season with an annual municipal rite of passage: the 36th Lotus […]
The Real “Problem” with the Golden Globes North Korean Sketch
Featured image: Tina Fey, Margaret Cho, and Amy Poehler during the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards. Paul Drinkwater / NBCUniversal via Getty Images Story by Natalie Do There has been […]