(EDITORIAL from Korea JoongAng Daily on May 12)

A museum that walks with nature: The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Perched on a coastal hill north of Copenhagen, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark offers a quiet but powerful departure from the traditional 20th-century model of museums. While …

Korea & Company’s Q1 Revenue Hits All-time High

Hankookl & Company, the business holding company of Korea & Company Group, announced on May 12 that its consolidated operating profit for the first quarter of this year was tentatively calculated at 126.9 billion won, a 1.1% increase from the same …

Richard Bland Passes On Trump’s Golf Dinner to Focus on Late Career Bloom at the US PGA Championship in North Carolina

While many golfers were shaking hands and sharing drinks with Donald Trump at his Miami resort last month, Richard Bland chose something much simpler — an early night. He had been invited to the high-profile dinner with several LIV Golf players, but he …

UN General Assembly to Host First High-Level Meeting on Human Rights in N. Korea

Photo : YONHAP News The UN General Assembly will hold its first high-level meeting on May 20 to address human rights issues in North Korea. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and groups concerned with human rights in North Korea said Monday that UN General …

US, ROK stage naval drills on countering North Korean incursions over sea border

South Korea and the U.S. carried out a four-day joint naval exercise in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) through Sunday, focusing in part on countering potential North Korean infiltration across the inter-Korean maritime border. The drills, which began Thursday …

Russia Releases Videos Hailing North Korea Troops

South Korea’s presidential campaigns kick off, focus on ailing economy

SEOUL: Contenders for South Korea’s presidency kicked off their campaigns on Monday, vowing to unify a deeply polarised society and spur economic growth while navigating trade negotiations with the United States. Asia’s fourth-largest economy will hold a …

Satellites show North Korean wheat, barley cultivation up 22% under Kim’s orders

Since 2021, when Kim Jong Un ordered a shift in grain production to address food shortages, North Korea has been promoting wheat and barley cultivation over corn. Despite this being official policy from the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, …

United Nations to host 1st high-level meeting on North's human rights violations

Published: 12 May. 2025, 12:12 The United Nations flag flies at the U.N. headquarters in New York during the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2022. [AP/YONHAP]   The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will hold its first high-level …

S. Korea, NATO to hold 3rd military staff talks in Seoul

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will hold their third military staff talks in Seoul on Monday to discuss ways to strengthen their defense cooperation, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. …