2014 New Year’s Special Edition

2014-01-03

Abe's Yasukuni Visit and Seoul-Tokyo Relations

2013-12-29

The South Korean government expressed deep regret and strongly denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s official visit to the Yasukuni ...

Hyundai Group's Self-Reform Plan

2013-12-29

Hyundai Group has announced a major overhaul plan that includes the sale of all three of its financial businesses. It says its cash holdings ...

N. Korean Defectors in S. Korea

2013-12-29

Some 15-hundred North Korean defectors were found to have entered South Korea this year. It's similar to last year and their numbers have sharply ...

Social Survey 2013 - Results and Analysis

2013-12-27

Revival of Permanent Secretariat for NSC

2013-12-22

The presidential office says it will revise laws to set up a standing committee and a secretariat of the National Security Council (NSC). Presidential ...

U.S. Stimulus Tapering and Korean Economy

2013-12-22

The U.S. Federal Reserve has decided to taper its 85 billion dollar monthly economic stimulus program to 75 billion dollars from next month. The ...

Expanded KADIZ Takes Effect

2013-12-22

South Korea's expanded air defense identification zone (KADIZ) went into effect last Sunday after the government declared its expansion the previous ...

Controversies over South Korea’s Participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

2013-12-20

Jang Song-thaek Executed

2013-12-15

North Korean state media reports that Kim Jong-un's uncle Jang Song-thaek has been executed for treason. The North's official Korean Central ...