S. Korea's import price falls for 3rd month in April

SEOUL, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Price for imported goods to South Korea fell for the third straight month due to cheaper crude oil, central bank data showed Friday. The import price index declined 1.9 percent in April from a month earlier, after going down 1.0 …

S. Korea's export volume grows in April

SEOUL, May 16 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export volume grew for the third successive month due to strong demand for electronic and metal products, central bank data showed Friday. The export volume index gained 7.7 percent in April from a year earlier …

Authorities respond to breach during festival at South Korea base, report says

Air Power Days attendees gather near the entrance of Osan Air Base, South Korea, May 11, 2025. (Yoojin Lee/Stars and Stripes) South Korean police arrested two Taiwanese men over the weekend for allegedly entering Osan Air Base without authorization …

Career Day at South Korea fighter base fuels elementary interest in aviation

An Osan Elementary School student poses in fighter pilot gear on Career Day at Osan Air Base, South Korea, May 9, 2025. (Trevares Johnson/Stars and Stripes) OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Curious, career-minded fourth- and fifth graders spent a recent …

Soft power at centre of China-South Korea thaw, with benefits for K-pop fans and tourism

Ties between China and South Korea are on the mend. Though a much-publicised concert by boy band Epex – the first K-pop show in mainland China in nine years, scheduled for the end of May – has been delayed, the long-running K-pop event Dream Concert is set …

USFK Chief: US Presence in S. Korea Needed to Counter China, Russia

Photo : YONHAP News The commander of U.S. Forces Korea(USFK) has stressed the need for the continued presence of U.S. troops in South Korea to counter threats from China and Russia.  Xavier Brunson expressed the view on Thursday during the 2025 Land Forces …

Nikkei: S. Korea, Japan to Test Mutual Fast Immigration Lanes at Airports

Photo : YONHAP News South Korea and Japan will reportedly test exclusive immigration lanes for each other’s citizens for about a month starting in early June to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties between the two …

(EDITORIAL from Korea Herald on May 16)

Tariff pause, strategic push A 90-day pause of the US-China tariff fight demands strategy, not complacency, from Korea The US and China -- the world's two largest economies -- agreed Monday to a 90-day suspension of their escalating tariff war, …

South Korea’s Starbucks ban use of presidential candidates’ names in orders

Starbucks in South Korea has banned customers from using the names of the country’s presidential candidates – or the disgraced former president – for their orders, the coffee giant told AFP on Wednesday. South Korea is holding snap presidential elections …

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