A Seoul-based nongovernmental organization said Thursday that it has created a new website to promote the wider international use of "East Sea" as the name of the body of water between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.VANK, or Voluntary Agency Network of Korea, said that the opening of the website eastsea.prkorea.com, dubbed "East Sea is the Republic of Korea," is intended to help bolster South Korea's persistent call for the concurrent use of the East Sea, along with the Sea of Japan, in maps and

Chung Eui-yong, chief of Cheong Wa Dae’s national security office, on Thursday departed for Washington for a two-day visit, seeking to pave the way for the Korea-US summit slated for late June.“Chung’s visit will further strengthen bilateral ties, which have been confirmed through the summit phone call on May 10 and the presidential envoy’s visit from May 17-20,” said an official of the Blue House. Chung Eui-yong, the National Security Office chief, speaks to the press before departing for the U

The Islamic holy month of Ramadan began on Saturday and with it, followers of the world’s second most popular religion will start their period of fasting and prayer. In keeping with the teachings of the Quran, Muslims across the globe abstain from intercourse, drinking, eating and any kind of activities which are deemed worldly. The world’s Muslims observe Ramadan, their month of spiritual discipline, by fasting, abstinence and prayer during daylight hours.

The UN Commission of Inquiry into North Korea’s human rights violations described the Kim dynasty’s totalitarian misrule -- which “seeks to dominate every aspect of its citizens’ lives and terrorizes them from within” -- as without parallel in the modern world. Crimes committed against innocents strikingly resemble those of the Nazis, specified the commission.Atrocities perpetrated against guiltless victims within the Kwanliso political prison camps “resemble the horrors of camps that totalitari

“Back channels” have been used by every modern president, from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama. If that’s so, what’s the problem with the pre-inauguration contacts between White House adviser Jared Kushner and two Russian intermediaries?　It’s a fair question. But that doesn’t mean that the right answer is a reflexive approval of Kushner’s contacts, as offered Sunday by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, who said of such offline communication, “It’s both normal, in my opinion, and acceptable

Broadcasting from a studio above a punk club in Mullae, Seoul, Migrant World TV has been making media for a decade. And more recently, this migrants’ TV station has also been offering training to foreign residents to help them make their own programs and take more control over programming.Migrant World TV started out as Migrant Workers TV during a strike by migrant workers in Myeong-dong in 2005.People learn how to present radio broadcasts at the Migrant World TV Academy (MWTV)“At the time they

Korean author Bae Suah, the writer behind “Nowhere to be Found” and “Recitation,” will be discussing her latest works at the Seoul Book and Culture Club on June 10. The event, which will allow fans to get books signed, will be hosted by Sookmyung Women’s University English instructor Barry Welsh. It will include Korean interpretation and invite questions from the audience. Bae is one of the most highly acclaimed contemporary authors in Korea, having won both the Hanguk Ilbo and Tongseo literary