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South Korea's new President Yoon Suk Yeol waves from a car after the Presidential Inauguration outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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New South Korea leader offers support if North denuclearizes
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Mon,05/09/22-5:44AM , 400 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative political neophyte, took office Tuesday as South Korea’s new president with a vow to pursue a negotiated settlement of North Korea’s threatening nuclear program and an offer of “an audacious plan” to improve its economy if it abandons its nuclear weapons.
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In this photo provided by South Korean President-elect office via Yonhap News Agency, South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol, second from left, speaks as Gen. Paul LaCamera, right, commander of USFK and the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command, listens during his visit to Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on April 7, 2022. Yoon takes office as South Korea's president Tuesday, May 10 amid heightened animosities over North Korea's nuclear program. During his election campaign, the conservative Yoon said he would teach North Korean leader Kim Jong Un some manners and sternly cope with his provocative missile tests with a strengthened alliance with the United States. (South Korean President-elect office/Yonhap via AP, File)

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S Korea's next leader faces escalating N Korean nuke threat
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Sat,05/07/22-9:04PM , 569 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — During his election campaign, South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol had tough words for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying he would teach his rival some manners and sternly deal with his provocative missile tests with a strengthened alliance with the United States.
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People dance in the celebration of the birth anniversary of late state founder Kim Il Sung, at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. (Kyodo News via AP)

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N. Korea marks key anniversary but no word on army parade
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Thu,04/14/22-9:05PM , 295 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday celebrated the milestone birth anniversary of its late founder with a mass dance, fireworks and calls for stronger loyalty to his grandson and current leader Kim Jong Un, but there was no word on an expected military parade amid heightened tensions over its nuclear program.
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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends at a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea on Feb. 28, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

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Seoul: North Korean missile exploded in air in failed launch
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Tue,03/15/22-8:21PM , 453 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean missile fired from its capital region exploded soon after liftoff in an apparent failed launch on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, amid speculation that the North is preparing to launch its longest-range weapon in the most significant provocation in years.
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