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President Lee Jae Myung presides over a meeting with senior secretaries at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul on July 10, ahead of presiding over his first National Security Council (NSC) meeting. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Lee stresses 'national interest' as he presides over first National Security Council meeting

President Lee Jae Myung called to “prioritize national interest” amid a volatile international situation as he presided over his first National Security Council (NSC) meeting Thursday.

2025.7.10

U.S. President Donald Trump, far left, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, third from left and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, second from left, meet in the White House Situation Room in Washington on June 21. Later in the day, Trump announced the U.S. military had conducted airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities. [EPA/YONHAP]

Korea moves to limit blowback from U.S. strikes on Iran

The Korean presidential office on Sunday held an emergency meeting after the United States launched airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, underscoring Seoul’s concern over adverse consequences for its national security and energy supply.

2025.6.22

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Newly elected President Lee Jae-myung, far right, speaks during his first Cabinet meeting at the presidential office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on June 5. Foreign Minister Cho Tae-youl, who was appointed by ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, is seated to the left of Lee. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

President Lee urges Yoon's holdover ministers to 'put the people first' during inaugural Cabinet meeting

Speaking at the presidential office in Seoul’s Yongsan District — a location also chosen by Yoon to serve as the seat of government in 2022 — Lee urged members of the holdover Cabinet to “put the people first and do [their] best.”

2025.6.5

U.S. Defense Department spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday in Washington. [AP/YONHAP]

U.S. 'relieved' by end of martial law in South Korea: White House

The United States is “relieved” that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol backtracked on his decision to declare emergency martial law, a White House National Security Council spokesperson said in Washington on Tuesday.

2024.12.4

A South Korean soldier uses a chemical testing device to inspect trash strewn across the ground near a weather observatory in Incheon's Jung District on Sunday morning after a balloon sent over the border by the North landed there. [YONHAP]

South to launch 'unendurable' response to North's trash balloons

South Korea’s National Security Council (NSC) agreed at an emergency meeting on Sunday to take measures the North would find “unendurable” for launching hundreds of trash-laden balloons across into the South, according to a presidential official.

2024.6.2

North Korea launches a newly-developed Chollima-1 rocket carrying the Malligyong-1 satellite from the Sohae satellite launching site in North Pyongan Province on May 31, as seen in a photo released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. It made a second launch Thursday which ended in failture.[YONHAP]

North Korea says second spy satellite launch failed

North Korea said its second attempt to launch a spy satellite from the Sohae satellite launching station in Cholsan County, North Pyongan, ended in a failure Thursday.

2023.8.24

President Yoon Suk Yeol waves before departing on the presidential jet at Seoul Air Base in Gyeonggi Thursday evening for a four-day trip to the United States for a trilateral summit at Camp David on Friday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Trilateral summit to adopt statements on shared 'principles' and 'spirit'

The leaders of South Korea, Japan and the United States will adopt two statements highlighting their shared "principles" and "spirit" as they aim to elevate cooperation during their summit at Camp David on Friday. He departed for the U.S. Thursday.

2023.8.17

A North Korean Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile is seen taking off in this photo taken by the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency on July 12. [YONHAP]

North fires two short-range missiles into East Sea

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the East Sea early Wednesday morning, a day after a U.S. nuclear-capable submarine made a port call in the southern port city of Busan.

2023.7.18

President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, speaks at the inaugural meeting of the Nuclear Consultative Group, alongside U.S. National Security Council Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, left of Yoon, at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul on Tuesday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

First NCG meeting backed by nuclear-capable sub in Busan

A U.S. nuclear-capable submarine made a port call in Korea for the first time in some 40 years as a "manifestation" of Washington's commitment to extended deterrence, a White House National Security Council (NSC) official said Tuesday.

2023.7.18

The launch of a North Korean Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday is captured in this overhead photo released by Pyongyang’s state-controlled Korean Central News Agency on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Kim Jong-un threatens continued 'offensive' after ICBM launch

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the launch of a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, vowing his regime would continue its “military offensive” until South Korea and the United States admit “defeat.”

2023.7.13