Plaques commemorating US Military Academy graduates killed during the 1950-53 Korean War were installed at the Korea Military Academy. The KMA held a ceremony Thursday to unveil the two new plaques to be installed within its campus that would commemorate the West Point classes of 1945 and 1951 who fought in the Korean War. The plaques were dedicated to the 25 graduates of the West Point Class of 1945 and 11 graduates from the Class of 1951. The ceremony was attended by dozens of Korean War veter

Imports of processed Japanese seafood and rice from regions near the disposal of the treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant to Korea are being overlooked, opposition lawmakers said Thursday, as Seoul only bans fresh seafood from the affected regions. Koreans could still unknowingly consume processed seafood from Fukushima and seven other nearby prefectures, as such products do not fall under the ban on fresh seafood from those areas, and are not labeled what prefecture they

Busan is hoping to use the momentum of the 2030 World Expo to become a key cultural hub in the region, touting many of its major cultural attractions. Busan has made steady efforts to develop the city's cultural appeal, moving away from the past when it focused more on the development of the logistics and shipbuilding industry. The city is one of Korea's most popular tourist destinations, attracting throngs of visitors with its beaches, skyscrapers and traditional markets. It also host

Two Russians and three Uzbeks are currently under investigation for allegedly fighting at a campsite last month, Ansan police said Thursday. According to Ansan Danwon Police Station, the five campers are accused of beating each other using fists and baseball bats at a campsite near Daebudo Island in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province. The incident took place at around 6 a.m. on Sept. 28. The accused parties, with the Russian nationals on one side and the Uzbekistan nationals on the other, were not previ

An appellate court on Wednesday upheld a 40-year prison sentence for a man charged with fatally stabbing the 8-year-old son of his ex-girlfriend after she had filed a complaint against him for stalking. The 48-year-old is accused of stabbing the woman and her son during a dispute at the victim's house in Daegu, 240 kilometers southeast of Seoul, and killing the boy on Nov. 28. The man was also charged with confining the woman in his car and attempting to rape her. He confessed he committed

Interior Minister Lee Sang-min will visit Japan this week to look for ways to revive regional towns facing extinction and strengthen bilateral cooperation in the face of a demographic crisis, the interior ministry said Wednesday. During the three-day trip, Lee is expected to visit Kamiyama, a town in Tokushima Prefecture, 650 kilometers from Toyko, on Thursday to meet local youth at one of the satellite offices in the region and visit a technical school founded to resolve the education issue for

Minister of Patriots Park Min-shik asked the Gwangju city government Wednesday to suspend its plan to build a park in memory of a Korean Chinese composer who fought against the South during the Korean War. Park said the ministry would issue a correction order to stop Gwangju authorities commemorating Zheng Lucheng if the city government fails to abide by its recommendation. Zheng, more commonly known as Jeong Yul-seong in South Korea, not only composed the anthem of the Chinese People's Lib

Some 40,000 people took their own lives over the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the suicide rate increasing among the younger generation, data showed Wednesday. A total of 39,453 people died from suicide from 2020 to 2022, according to data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Rep. Baek Jong-hean of the ruling People Power Party said in a release. The release highlighted that the number of deaths by suicide was higher than the 3

Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city and largest port city, which is competing to host the 2030 World Expo, is seeking innovative eco-friendly solutions against climate change. With the theme of the potential 2030 Busan World Expo set to be "Sustainable living with nature," the central government and Busan Metropolitan Government have expressed the ambition for a plastic-free, eco-friendly event. The venue of the 2030 Busan World Expo will be composed of eco-friendly elements

A total of 192 South Korean nationals returned home early Wednesday from Israel, where tensions are escalating amid an armed conflict between the Jewish state and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. A Korean Air plane carrying them arrived at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at 6:08 a.m., after departing from Tel Aviv at 1:45 p.m. the previous day. It is the first flight that has brought South Koreans back home since the conflict erupted Saturday when Hamas launched a surprise att

Sejong University in Seoul ranked eighth among South Korean universities in the Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings 2024 for a third consecutive year, the college announced Wednesday. The university was ranked in the Nos. 251-300 bracket in the publication's ranking of 1,904 schools in 108 countries, also for the third year running. In the 2020 ranking, Sejong University sat between Nos. 401 and 500, climbing to Nos. 301-350 the following year. Ranking by the number of

Police said Tuesday they have arrested 26 suspected members of a multinational criminal organization and accomplices in connection with large-scale drug smuggling into South Korea. Among them, 13 suspects, including Malaysians, Chinese and South Korean nationals, were referred to prosecutors with detention, according to Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul. They plan to refer another member of the ring after further investigation. Police and prosecutors have detained 16 of the 19 ring members id

S. Korea to reduce scope of Suneung subjects; adopt five-tier absolute grading system at high schools

Phrases that may be perceived as discriminatory towards women and the elderly found in a Korean language textbook published by the Korea Foundation -- a non-profit public diplomacy organization run under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- have remained unedited for three years, despite earlier criticism. According to a parliamentary audit report submitted to Rep. Kim Sang-hee of the Democratic Party of Korea on Tuesday, the Korea Foundation is still working on correcting the expressions written

South Korea’s human rights commission on Tuesday called for the Korean government to abolish the death penalty now that the Ministry of Justice has also raised the possibility of introducing life imprisonment without parole. Song Doo-hwan, chair of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, urged the Korean people and the government to formally repeal capital punishment, in a statement issued on Tuesday to mark the 21st annual World Day Against the Death Penalty. Korea is already among