S. Korean lawmakers order probe on Park

11/18/2016

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s parliament on Thursday passed a law that would allow a special prosecutor to investigate a corruption scandal threatening the presidency of Park Geun-hye. The opposition-controlled National Assembly also voted for a…

Autumn Seoul searching

Doyzkie Buenaviaje 11/12/2016

WHEN the leaves start to change colors and the temperature begins to drop is a good time to explore Seoul and beyond. On the week of my first autumn experience in my first adventure in South Korea,…

Typhoon kills 6 in South Korea

10/06/2016

SEOUL, South Korea — A typhoon that battered South Korea this week has killed six people and left four others missing, the country’s safety agency said Thursday. Typhoon Chaba caused strong winds and heavy rain in southeastern…

5 things Cebuanos might miss while in Seoul

Frauline Maria Sinson 05/22/2016

If you’re going to Seoul in South Korea, chances are you might miss these five things in Cebu. Well, my mother and I certainly did when we visited the sprawling metropolis, famously known as the world’s K-pop…

Senior North Korean military officer defects to Seoul

04/12/2016

Seoul, South Korea — A colonel from North Korea’s military spy agency fled to South Korea last year in an unusual case of a senior-level defection, Seoul officials said yesterday. The announcement came three days after Seoul…

NKorea defies UN ban, fires ballistic missile

03/19/2016

Seoul, South Korea — North Korea ignored UN resolutions by firing a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea yesterday, Seoul and Washington officials said, days after its leader Kim Jong Un ordered weapons tests linked to its…

North fights back

01/08/2016

SEOUL, South Korea – In response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test, South Korea on Thursday announced it would resume cross-border propaganda broadcasts that Pyongyang considers an act of war. Seoul also began talks with Washington that…

‘Successful bomb test’

01/07/2016

Pyongyang’s hydrogen bomb explosion angers UN, China SEOUL, South Korea — After North Korea said it it has conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test, the  United Nations secretary-general condemned  the move as a  “profoundly destabilizing for regional…

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