US Section 301 probe puts South Korea’s digital rules in spotlight
The Office of the United States Trade Representative said Friday it would initiate Section 301 investigations into major trading partners over what it described as discriminatory…
North Korea
South Korea, US differ over joint drills as President Lee pushes to ease tension with North Korea: sources
The allies had planned to jointly unveil details of the Freedom Shield exercise — scheduled for March 9-19 — on Wednesday, but postponed the announcement as consultations…
Extra! Extra! News from North Korea now more freely available but are South Koreans reading it?
South Koreans show little interest in the Rodong Sinmun, viewing it as propaganda. Researchers, however, find academic value in its evolving coverage and insights.
Seoul seeks to revive inter-Korean no-fly zone
President Lee Jae-myung's administration to tighten penalties and revise laws to curb tension-escalating acts.
South Korea spy agency believes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter on succession path
The NIS cited Kim Ju-ae's, 13, public appearance at Kumsusan mausoleum in January and the 80th anniversary of North Korea's air force last year, as well as her remarks about a…
Students from North Korea defector families are twice as likely to leave school
Studies show that many students with North Korean backgrounds have difficulty adapting to the South Korean education system, particularly with the difference in school curriculum…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shifts towards fear-based leadership: Report
The move is widely seen as reaffirming the hierarchy of power.
Politics should not dictate scale of South Korea-US joint drills: think tank
The state-affiliated Korea Institute for Defence Analyses, said in a report released Monday that politicising joint exercises could heighten security uncertainty in Northeast Asia…
Former Yoon staffers linked to alleged North Korean drone intrusion
According to local reports, a suspect believed to have made the drone, whom the police identified only as being in his 30s, previously served as a news monitoring staffer at the…
Is North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter next in line for power, or a tool in party symbolism?
A Unification Ministry official said her prominent presence in public events is more likely intended to reinforce the regime's "socialist great family" narrative — a propaganda…