Ju-Min Park

Opposition cries foul as South Korea moves to ban pro-North party

December 24, 2018 at 11:24 a.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - A far left-wing South Korean political party could be banned from contesting elections for its pro-North Korean stance in a move critics say smacks of President Park...

Radiation fears push pancakes off the Korean holiday menu

May 14, 2019 at 5:09 a.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Lee Gui-ja, a South Korean housewife, will not be preparing traditional pollack pancakes for Thanksgiving celebrations this week due to worries the fish may be contaminated by...

Radiation fears push pancakes off the Korean holiday menu

August 24, 2021 at 8:15 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Lee Gui-ja, a South Korean housewife, will not be preparing traditional pollack pancakes for Thanksgiving celebrations this week due to worries the fish may be contaminated by...

U.N. panel to hear accounts of North Korean human rights abuses

August 24, 2021 at 7:22 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - A U.N. panel will start hearing harrowing testimony from North Korean defectors on Tuesday in a move that will likely mobilize public opinion on abuses in the...

South Korea targets growing Asian defense market with fighter jets

August 24, 2021 at 7:18 p.m.

SACHEON, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea, renowned for making hi-tech consumer devices, cars and ships, now has its sights on exporting fighter jets amid a projected sharp increase in...

South Korea’s Park set to charm China, show up the North

August 24, 2021 at 5:16 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - When the presidents of China and South Korea meet in Beijing this week, they will likely use a rapport that blossomed eight years ago to find common...

North Korea reopens hotline with South, seeks weekend talks

August 24, 2021 at 4:27 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea reopened a Red Cross hotline with South Korea on Friday and invited officials from Seoul to talks over the weekend, a further sign the North...

Insight: North Korean economy surrenders to foreign currency invasion

August 24, 2021 at 4:12 p.m.

CHANGBAI, China/SEOUL (Reuters) - Chinese currency and U.S. dollars are being used more widely than ever in North Korea instead of the country's own money, a stark illustration of the...

Struggling Korean builders tell employees to show loyalty: buy apartments

August 24, 2021 at 3:48 p.m.

GOYANG, South Korea (Reuters) - Five years after the global financial crisis, South Korean construction workers are feeling the pinch more than ever as they shoulder a mountain of debt...

North Korea sends top Kim Jong-un aide to Beijing

August 24, 2021 at 3:07 p.m.

SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation...

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