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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled South Korea's U.S. investment projects under last year's bilateral trade agreement: the construction of a gas-fired power plant in Texas, eight large-scale nuclear power plants and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Alaska. The announcement followed protracted negotiations over major energy infrastructure projects under the agreement that committed South Korea to investing US$350 billion in the United States -- $150 billion for the shipbuilding sector and the remainder for strategic investments -- in return for lower U.S. tariffs on Korean goods. Trump's explanation of the first investment package under the agreement suggested apparent differences with Seoul's position that the two countries have largely agreed on the Texas and nuclear projects, while Korea's participation in the Alaska project has yet to be finalized. Trump highlighted the investment projects as he has underscored his economic achievements ahead of the November midterm elections amid public concerns over the monthslong war with Iran that has resulted in high energ

Unification Minister Chung Dong-young has said South Korea's response to the recent North Korean land mine explosion inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) should not undermine efforts to build peace on the Korean Peninsula. In a Facebook post from Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday (local time), Chung said the government should conduct a "thorough investigation" and "truth finding" into the Sept. 21 DMZ blast caused by mines planted by the North and respond accordingly. He said, however, those responses should not "be used as an excuse to belittle or distort our efforts for peace on the Korean Peninsula." "We should reflect on why this tragic event repeats and seek more fundamental answers," he added. "In Northern Island, which has turned past tragedy into today's hope, I reaffirm my resolve to end the long-running war on the Korean Peninsula and build a lasting peace regime," he wrote. The minister cut short his trip to Europe after a military investigation found North Korea responsible for last week's land mine explosion inside the DMZ that injured three South Korean soldiers. He had be

WASHINGTON—Two U.S. Democratic lawmakers have welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's recent efforts to restart talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying dialogue and diplomacy are the "most effective" tools for protecting U.S. national security interests. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) issued a joint statement on Tuesday, underlining their belief that diplomacy with Pyongyang would help address nuclear proliferation concerns and achieve "durable" peace on the Korean Peninsula. Trump has recently expressed his intention to meet Kim later this year, with the White House reiterating that Trump remains open to talks with the North Korean leader "without any preconditions." "We sincerely hope that President Trump will direct the State Department to take steps to lay a foundation for successful, meaningful discussions with North Korea," they said. Those steps could include revisiting the ban on U.S. citizen travel to North Korea; pursuing a formal treaty, legally ending the 1950-53 Korean War; and starting negotiations with North Korea to establish liaison offices

A delegation of Canadian defense ministry officials has toured key air defense facilities of the Korean Air Force in an effort to observe the air defense system, sources said Thursday. The Canadian delegation toured the Korea Air and Missile Defense (KAMD) operations center at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, some 60 kilometers south of Seoul, on Tuesday, a government source familiar with the matter told Yonhap News Agency. The Canadian officials are also scheduled to visit Hanwha Aerospace's manufacturing facilities in the southeastern city of Changwon on Thursday. The delegation visited the facilities of LIG Defense & Aerospace in Gumi, some 200 km southeast of Seoul on Monday. The visit comes as Canada has been seeking to reinforce its integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) capabilities to better deter and defend against air and missile weapons in the face of a rapidly evolving strategic environment. The move is part of Canada's broader efforts to modernize a binational military organization with the United States, dubbed the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to bolst

The unification ministry said Thursday it will continue to pursue peaceful coexistence with North Korea, despite the recent blast caused by North Korean land mines inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The ministry unveiled the stance a day after Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, rejected the South Korean military's finding that blamed the North for the blast, arguing that Seoul is "cooking up the groundless results." "The ministry will steadfastly pursue peaceful coexistence on the Korean Peninsula," the ministry said, while vowing to work with other government agencies to take "necessary measures to prevent the repeat of such tragic incidents." "Ending decadeslong hostility and confrontation and creating a peace where there is no need to fight each other is the most realistic way to protect the lives and safety of our people," the ministry said. Minister Chung Dong-young curtailed his European work trip that was due to last until Monday and is set to return home later in the day to handle the aftermath of the blast, which wounded three South Korean soldiers. Sou

South Korea has been in diplomatic communication with Ukraine over Kyiv's unilateral disclosure of the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) to Seoul, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The comments came after South Korea demanded an official explanation and apology over Ukraine's disclosure of the transfer and a statement from the Ukrainian presidential office denying that there had been an agreement to keep the matter confidential. "We have conveyed our position to the Ukrainian side, and we understand that Ukraine is also reviewing it. Communication between the diplomatic authorities of the two countries is under way," a ministry official said. "Ukraine is also aware this is a sensitive matter, and given the relations between the two countries, we expect the Ukrainian side to convey its position on the matter," he added. But the official noted Ukraine has yet to issue an official response, saying it would be inappropriate to speculate on how or when it might do so. The two North Korean soldiers were captured in January 2025 while fighting for Russia in the Kursk region

Korea expects progress in its security consultations with the United States to accelerate following the announcement of major Korean investment projects in the U.S., Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (U.S. time) announced details of Korea's planned $200 billion investment in the U.S., part of a broader $350 billion commitment agreed by the two sides last year in exchange for lower U.S. tariffs on Korean goods. The framework was outlined in a joint fact sheet issued in November following an October summit between President Lee Jae Myung and Trump, which also addressed security-related issues, including Korea's pursuit of nuclear-powered submarines and its push to secure rights for uranium enrichment and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing. "During the latest summit in New York, the leaders agreed that the two nations should move more quickly in discussing all pending issues covered in the joint fact sheet, including security matters," ministry spokesperson Park Doo-soon told a press briefing. "Against the backdrop of this shared understanding, we

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited Kim Il Sung University to mark its 80th founding anniversary, urging the school to help build "a powerful and prosperous" country, state media reported Thursday. Calling the university the country's "highest dignified educational institution," Kim told the faculty and students on Wednesday that the school "should stand in the vanguard of the honorable struggle" for that goal, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. Founded on Oct. 1, 1946, and named after Kim's grandfather and North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung, the university is the North's first institution of higher education. "The building of an educational power, a sci-tech power and a talent power is the three essential requirements and basic guarantee for the development of Korean-style socialism insisted by our Party at present," he said. He described "educational development and sci-tech sovereignty" as "the most important and decisive" factors for the country's present and future. Kim also called for a "new phase of socialist education in the new era with high and qualitative devel

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The abrupt closure of a Hong Kong yoga chain has dealt losses to hundreds of members, with some customers claiming the company lured them into buying discount packages as recently as the past few days. A resident who identified herself as Chan told the South China Morning Post on Thursday that she received the closure notice from Hotstone Yoga’s WhatsApp number just an hour before her scheduled class at the Kwun Tong studio the night before. According to the notice issued by law firm Cheung &...