With every tweet or meeting with a foreign leader that US President Donald Trump completes, American officials find themselves struggling to reassure allies that the United States remains committed to their security. Nowhere is this truer than in Asia, where longstanding US strategic engagement, backed up by the world’s most advanced military, has maintained the balance of power for decades.Trump’s signature Asia policy -- his pledge to stop North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons -- should

Qatar Airways reclaimed the title as the world’s best airline in 2017, according to the annual World Airline Awards published by Skytrax.Emirates dropped to No. 4, placing behind Singapore Airlines and All Nippon Airways. Cathay Pacific rounded out the top five. South Korea’s Asian Airlines ranked 20th.Deutsche Lufthansa managed to improve its ranking by three slots to the seventh position, making it the only European carrier in the top 10 and the only airline not from Asia or the Persian Gulf.

SNUver 3 conducts a test drive last week in Yeouido, western Seoul. YonhapSelf-driving car developed by Seoul National University’s Intelligent Vehicle IT Research Center named SNUver 3 has become South Korea’s first autonomous vehicle to succeed in level four self-driving in the city, the research team said Sunday.SNUver 3 demonstrated a four kilometer test drive around the populous business district Yeouido, western Seoul, for 12 minutes at a maximum speed of 50 kilometers per hour last week.T

Kia Motors, South Korea’s second-largest automotive company, rolled out its first premium sports sedan Stinger last month in an attempt to foster sluggish sales by capturing male drivers in their 30s.The front view of Kia Motors‘ premium sports sedan, the Stinger taken during a media test drive earlier this month. (Hyundai Motor Group)Members of the media were given an opportunity to test drive the top trim of the Stinger -- the 3.3-liter twin-turbo -- for a 168 kilometer-long drive from Grand W

The Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a prison sentence for a man refusing to do military service on religious grounds. This is the 14th time the Supreme Court approved of imprisonment for those refusing military service on religious grounds so far this year. In the latest case, the 22-year old man identified by the surname Shin was tried for refusing to join the military after he received his draft letter in December 2015. The first court to try Shin had found him innocent, saying that forcing him

Creating a new peak to the skyline in Downtown Los Angeles, the Wilshire Grand Center is the completion of nearly three decades of work by Cho Yang-ho, chairman of Hanjin Group.Wilshire Grand Center (Korean Air)The 73-story edifice is the tallest in LA, California, West of the Mississippi River and outside of New York and Chicago. It changes the horizon of the City of Angels and symbolizes the conglomerate’s pride and confidence for a higher presence in the US.“The opening of Wilshire Grand Cent

Korea Exchange’s Happy Foundation is closing off the first half of this year with expanded social responsibility projects nationwide and overseas, ranging from offering financial education to information technology training.The foundation, set up in March, 2011, operates under the mission of sharing the growth from the capital market and the stock exchange market to ultimately create a positive sentiment towards the KRX. The projects are divided into four parts. One is to offer tailored ed

From 31-year-old Kim Ka-ram, who landed a marketing job after some 100 tries, to 49-year-old Kim Eun-young, who was hired by a manufacturing company after seeking to rejoin the workforce after raising her children, scores of job seekers have come out satisfied from a job fair hosted by KB Kookmin Bank.They were part of the nation’s largest single job fair, named KB Good Job, held from Thursday to Friday last week at Kintex in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, drawing some 250 companies and over 20

Roaring at the starting line, dozens of racing cars blast off at Everland Speedway in Yongin, south of Seoul. It is Sunday, July 18, of the final round of CJ Korea Express Super Race Championship, one of biggest events for Korean racers and their fans. Motor racing is experiencing a boom in South Korea recently. According to Korea Automobile Racing Association, the number of people with circuit driver’s license doubled from about 800 at the end of 2015 to 1,600 last year. Fans who enjoy the thri

High temperatures can kill a person in a number of ways, and each year reports of an elderly individual dying during a heat wave makes the headlines in South Korea. However, such incidents could become a regular occurrence with summers set to be filled with killer heatwaves by 2100, should carbon dioxide emissions increase at the current rate, researchers warn. (123RF)According to research, led by Camilo Mora of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Seoul will have up to 67 days of deadly heat wave