A Rohingya immigrant in Tokyo is helping other women from her minority group who have fled persecution in Myanmar to learn Japanese and work after fulfilling her own…
A 67-year-old man died after falling about 20 meters into a river while clearing snow from a bridge in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, police said Sunday. According to police,…
Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tons of nuclear debris, 14 years after the facility was…
[Politics] : Lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) have claimed that martial law troops attempted to cut off power to the National Assembly after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on December 3. The DP...
[Economy] : The sales of gold bars and gold banking by leading commercial lenders hit record highs this month. According to the financial industry on Sunday, the total sales of gold bars by the five major banks – KB Kookmin, Shinhan,...
[Domestic] : Authorities have launched a joint inspection into a deadly fire at a hotel construction site in the southeastern port city of Busan that killed six workers and injured 27 others. The on-site inspection started at 10:30 a.m....
[Economy] : The number of jobs in the manufacturing sector fell to the lowest level in 12 years in January amid the economic slump. According to Statistics Korea on Sunday, the number of employed people in the manufacturing sector came...
Hamas released Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel Chen and Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov in Gaza on Saturday and Israel freed some 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange,…
Europe won't have a seat at the table for Ukraine peace talks, Donald Trump's lead Ukraine envoy said on Saturday, after Washington sent a questionnaire to European capitals…
[International] : The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States have agreed to enhance the bilateral alliance and to work closely together on North Korea issues. Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and his American counterpart Marco...
[International] : United States President Donald Trump said that the United States will treat value-added tax (VAT) systems the same as tariffs, implying the tax could impact the calculation on reciprocal tariffs for other countries. In...
[International] : United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reiterated his confidence in Acting President Choi Sang-mok and the strength of the bilateral alliance. According to the U.S. State Department, Rubio gave the affirmation...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered a strong rebuke on Saturday to U.S. Vice President JD Vance's attack on Europe's stance toward hate speech and the far right, saying…
[International] : The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan held their first meeting since the launch of the new Trump administration, reaffirming their "unshakable trilateral partnership." Foreign Minister...