National : News : The Hankyoreh

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National : News : The Hankyoreh

Oil, gas reserves in billions of barrels likely lie off Korea’s coast, says presidentSouth Korea’s president announced Monday that geophysical exploration has shown that there are likely 14 billion barrels of oil and gas off the coast ...
Tit-for-tat along DMZ could balloon into clash off Korea’s western coastEscalating tensions along the DMZ seemed poised to settle down after North Korea declared a pause on floating trash-filled balloons across the border ...
Seoul totally suspends buffer-creating military pact with Pyongyang, sending tensions into overdriveSouth Korea suspended a buffer-creating military agreement with North Korea dating back to 2018 on Tuesday, a hawkish move that some observers say wil...
‘Presidential office's decision’: Sudden oil announcement leaves Korea’s Energy Ministry flusteredPresident Yoon Suk-yeol’s sudden announcement that oil and gas reserves may be nestled off the country’s southeastern coast on Monday appeared to catc...
Presidential office official says Yoon ‘scolded’ Marine investigatorsAn investigation into the response to the death of a Marine during flood rescue efforts last year has taken a new turn after a senior official in the ...
Pastor alleges Korea’s first lady accepted gift of Chanel cosmetics, had secretary open themAs part of their investigation of first lady Kim Keon-hee’s acceptance of a luxury handbag, prosecutors were confirmed to also be looking into an init...
Murder mayhem: Experts advise caw-tion amid spate of crow attacks in KoreaA surge in reports of crows attacking pedestrians in urban centers around Korea has left many feeling flighty. The birds’ aggressive behavior is being...
Can Chey pay out $1B divorce settlement without touching SK stake?A Seoul High Court ruling ordering SK Group Chairperson Chey Tae-won to pay 1.38 trillion won (around US$1 billion) to his estranged wife Roh Soh-yeon...
‘Had my drink had been drugged?’: Influencer recounts a night out gone wrong at Seungri’s Burning SunLing Cheng, a social media influencer from Hong Kong, has recently claimed that she lost consciousness after drinking at the infamous Burning Sun club...
SK’s Chey ordered to pay $1B to estranged wife in ‘divorce of the century’A South Korean high court has ordered Chey Tae-won, the chairman of the SK Group, to pay his estranged wife Roh Soh-yeong around 1.4 trillion won (app...
[Reporter’s notebook] Trash balloons, propaganda leaflets are no way for Koreas to communicateCurrently, North and South Korea are completely cut off from one another. The two sides lack even the most basic safeguards to prevent misunderstandin...
Calls to defense chief are smoking gun of Yoon’s interference in Marine probe, say criticsFollowing reports that President Yoon Suk-yeol spoke with former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup on the phone three times on the very day a team of inve...
Yoon rejects 4 more bills, bringing total veto count to 14President Yoon Suk-yeol vetoed four bills presented by the National Assembly on Wednesday, including one to aid victims of housing scams and another t...
260 N. Korean trash balloons floating in the summer sky spark panic bells, red alertsThe South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced Wednesday that 260 balloons sent by North Korea had been discovered in various locations, including t...
[Exclusive] Truth commission chief says No Gun Ri was ‘collateral damage,’ not illegal massacre by US troops  “I don’t regard the No Gun Ri massacre as having been illegal.” “OK, you’re saying it wasn’t illegal?” “I regard it as collatera...

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