Korea-Japan agreement on "comfort women" victims This photo taken Dec. 28, 2025, shows a statue of a seated girl symbolizing ...

Yoshiaki Yoshimi, the top scholar on Japan’s system of military sexual slavery, talks to the Hankyoreh about his new book and the work that remains to be done ...

South Korea’s Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back visits Marine Corps Special Search Battalion and Marine Corps 2nd Division Yeha Maldo Socho, Aug. 27, 2025. Credit: ROK Ministry of National Defense Since ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president vowed Wednesday to sharply increase defense spending and build a more self-reliant military, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s “ America First” agenda ...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — North Korea’s government media on Friday denounced the year’s U.S. military activity in the region as “gravely threatening” to “strategic stability” on the Korean ...

SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised South Korea's plans to raise its military spending, saying Tuesday that the Asian ally will take a larger role in defending itself from ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas on Monday as he began a two-day visit to ally South Korea for security talks.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised South Korea’s plans to raise its military spending, saying Tuesday that the Asian ally will take a larger role in defending itself ...