South Korea

Korea accepted Indonesia’s proposal to drastically reduce the Southeast Asian country’s financial contribution to their joint project of developing a new fighter jet, according to the state arms procurement agency.The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said Friday that it...

Defense Minister Shin Won-sik met with his Canadian counterpart and a U.S. Senate delegation, respectively, Friday for talks on defense and arms cooperation during an annual security forum in Singapore, his ministry said.Shin held the talks on the sidelines...

A digital society initiative, jointly led by South Korea and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), will officially kick off this week to discuss global governance on artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies, the science ministry said...

South Korea and Britain will jointly host an artificial intelligence (AI) summit in Seoul next week, the science ministry here said Friday.As a follow-up to the AI Safety Summit held in England last November, the AI Seoul Summit will...

South Korea and Cambodia officially elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership on Thursday at a summit of President Yoon Suk Yeol and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet in Seoul.The announcement came “with full confidence in the future of...

Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul held talks with his Slovak counterpart Wednesday and discussed expanding cooperation on the economy and other fronts between their countries.In the meeting with Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar, Cho appreciated the active high-level exchanges being...

President Yoon Suk Yeol pledged necessary support and cooperation to Ukraine during a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday, Seoul’s presidential office said.“The Korean government is proactively participating in the global community’s efforts to restore peace...

South Korean and U.S. officials discussed ways to cooperate in software supply chain security as part of their growing partnership in cybersecurity issues, the presidential office said Saturday.The two sides held the third meeting of the bilateral Cybersecurity Senior...

The top military officers of South Korea and Canada held phone talks Friday to discuss ways to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, Seoul’s military said.The talks between Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Adm. Kim Myung-soo and his...

The top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan emphasized their “resolve” against North Korea’s “grave” security threats and its growing military cooperation with Russia during a meeting in Tokyo on Thursday, the State Department said.Lee...