Seoul, April 6 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday expressed regret over drone flights by individuals into North Korea, saying that such behaviour has caused unnecessary military tension with Pyongyang.Lee made the remarks during a Cabinet meeting, after prosecutors last week indicted three individuals accused of flying drones into North Korea between September and January.Those indicted include a graduate student in his 30s, an employee of the National Intelligence Service and…
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Seoul, April 3 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron held summit talks on Friday, with discussions focused on strengthening cooperation in advanced technologies, energy and coordination on international issues.Macron attended an official welcoming ceremony held at Cheong Wa Dae marking his state visit, his first to South Korea since taking office in 2017.During the summit, the two countries plan to upgrade their “comprehensive partnership for the 21st c…
Seoul, April 2 (IANS) South Korea’s consumer prices rose 2.2 per cent in March from a year earlier, mainly due to a hike in global oil prices caused by prolonged tensions in the Middle East, government data showed on Thursday.The reading, which hovers above the government’s 2 percent inflation target, marks the steepest on-year increase since December, when inflation stood at 2.3 percent, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics, reports Yonhap news agency.The latest rise was driven by a…
Seoul, April 1 (IANS) South Korea will remove the ‘China (Taiwan)’ label from its e-arrival system, a foreign ministry official has confirmed after Taiwan changed South Korea’s name in its immigration system from “Korea” to ‘Korea (South)’ in protest. Seoul plans to remove the “last point of departure” and “next destination” fields from e-arrival cards, where the island nation had been listed as “China (Taiwan)”, the official told reporters on Tuesday. It will remain listed as Taiwan in the coun…
Seoul, April 1 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held summit talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday to discuss bilateral ties, with defense industry cooperation expected to be high on the agenda.Prabowo arrived in Seoul on Tuesday for a three-day state visit for his second meeting with Lee, following their talks on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea last year.The talks are expected to focus on expanding defense industry c…
Seoul, March 31 (IANS) The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources said on Tuesday it has allocated 924.1 billion won ($609 million) in a supplementary budget to respond to the Mideast crisis amid disruptions in energy and industrial supply chains.The announcement came after the Cabinet, chaired by President Lee Jae Myung, approved a government bill for a 26.2 trillion-won supplementary budget aimed at tackling difficulties stemming from the escalating conflict in the Middle East and revamping…
Seoul, March 30 (IANS) More than 80 per cent of South Korea’s teenagers and adults expressed concerns over online abuse involving the misuse of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as the creation of deepfake videos and disinformation, a poll showed on Monday.According to the poll conducted from September to November last year on teenagers and adults by the Korea Media and Communications Commission (KMCC), 89.4 per cent of teenagers said they recognise the seriousness of AI-driven…
Seoul, March 28 (IANS) The foreign ministers of South Korea and Ukraine have agreed to make efforts to resolve the issue of two North Korean soldiers captured during the Russia-Ukraine war in accordance with international law and humanitarian principles, Seoul’s foreign ministry said on Saturday.Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, discussed the issue of North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) and other matters during their talks in France on Friday (local time) o…
Seoul, March 28 (IANS) The number of foreign students studying in South Korea has surpassed 310,000 for the first time, government data showed on Saturday.According to the Korea Immigration Service, which is run by the justice ministry, the number of foreign students stood at 314,397 as of February, marking the first time the figure has exceeded the 310,000 level, reports Yonhap news agency.By category, 238,905 students were enrolled in universities and other higher education institutions, while…
Seoul, March 26 (IANS) South Korea will significantly expand its temporary fuel tax cut in a bid to ease the financial burden on consumers amid the prolonged conflict in the Middle East, the finance ministry said on Thursday.Under the latest measures to support people’s livelihoods, the current tax cuts — 7 percent on gasoline and 10 percent on diesel — will be expanded to 15 percent and 25 percent, respectively, reports Yonhap news agency.The measure, which had been set to expire in April, wi…