The South Korea and North Korea summit took place at Panmunjeom on April 28, 2018 and the two heads of state agreed on the following among other things: the establishment of a permanent peace regime by July 27 this year participated by the two Koreas and the US (a trilateral peace regime) or the two Koreas, the US and China (a quadrilateral peace regime) replacing the existing armistice agreement. Through the above agreement, discussions and remarks the North Korean leader revealed that North Ko

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SK Broadband, an internet service subsidiary of SK Telecom, said Thursday the company will be the first to commercialize the fastest internet service at 2.5 gigabits per second in the country. The SKT affiliate launched Giga Premium, a new internet service for commercial buildings and households, which is applied with the latest gigabit passive optical network technology. Known as G-PON, the technology does not require additional installations of cables to provide such fast internet speed, accor

Police obtained arrest warrants to interrogate on Thursday a blogger at the center of an online opinion rigging scandal as he has been refusing to be questioned.Kim Dong-won, known by his online alias “Druking,” was detained and indicted last month for allegedly using software in January to jack up the number of “likes” for two internet comments critical of the Moon Jae-in administration on news stories carried by internet portal Naver.After being interrogated twice on April 17 and 19 at the Seo

The Uijeongbu District Court on Thursday sentenced a nephew of a lawmaker to 18 years in prison for killing his father after being denied a credit card payment on his behalf. Prosecutors had demanded a 20-year prison term for the defendant, surnamed Joo, citing the brutality of his crime.The latest case garnered considerable attention following confirmation that the defendant was the nephew of Joo Kwang-deok, a legislator with the main opposition Liberty Korea Party.  YonhapJoo, who is 40 years

The Environment Ministry announced Tuesday a range of measures aimed at reducing plastic waste and boosting the recycling rate, following last month‘s waste management crisis.  Photo: YonhapThe measures include cutting down on single-use packaging and plastic waste in fast food and quick service restaurants, and grocery chains by 35 percent by 2022, while gradually changing sales and distribution of all colored plastic bottles for beverages to transparent plastic by 2020.With online shopping on

The unprecedented formalities behind North Korea's release of three Americans have drawn attention, as Pyongyang's media said Thursday that they were all set free by an amnesty granted by the chairman of the North's State Affairs Commission.Reporting on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang on Wednesday, the Korean Central News Agency said that Kim issued an order as chairman of the State Affairs Commission on granting amnesty to the Americ

Cheong Wa Dae on Thursday marked the first year of President Moon Jae-in’s term without fanfare, with the president conducting affairs as usual and a small concert being held at the presidential office.According to Cheong Wa Dae officials, the president conducted his duties as usual, dealing with outstanding issues, including those concerning the upcoming US-North Korea summit.  YonhapThe date and location of the meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump -- cr

Seungri of Big Bang will release a new song at midnight Friday, in collaboration with the Norwegian pair of DJ Walkzz and Julie Bergan.According to YG Entertainment, “Ignite” is the first in a line of collaborations with electronic dance music label Liquid State, for which Seungri is a promotional ambassador.It was announced earlier this year that Sony Music and Tencent Music Entertainment Group would found the label as a joint venture. Liquid State is planning a “Liquid Nights” EDM tour across

With North Korea pledging to close down its nuclear test site as a part of its own denuclearization efforts, the focus is on how the shutdown process will unfold. During his summit with South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in last month, The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he would invite experts and journalists from South Korea and the US to watch the dismantling of the Punggye-ri facility in North Hamgyong Province. But the condition of the site makes the shutdown a complicated task, analysts

WASHINGTON -- A plane carrying three US prisoners released by North Korea landed near Washington D.C. on Thursday to be met by President Donald Trump, clearing a major obstacle to a planned summit between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.The prisoners, freed after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo travelled to the North Korean capital, landed at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, where a giant US flag was suspended between ladders of two fire trucks on the edge of the taxiway.One of t

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