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Lee taps SME chief as prime minister to lead Korea's AI transformation

President Lee Jae Myung nominated Han Seong-sook, minister of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups, as his next prime minister to help Korea's AI transformation and to aid in the achievement of balanced regional growth.

Sister of North Korean leader rejects assertions of U.S-China pursuit of denuclearization

Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said the country would never give up its status as a nuclear weapons state and rejected a U.S. assertion that Washington and Beijing had agreed to pursue its denuclearization.

North Korea continues UN sanction violation, coal exports reach 1.5 million tons in 2025: Lawmaker

North Korea continued illegal exports of coal and minerals last year in violation of United Nations sanctions, with coal exports reaching 1.5 million tons, a lawmaker said Sunday, citing South Korea's spy agency.

Ballot shortage protest, K-pop festival crowd Jamsil's Olympic Park

Thousands demanding a revote over Seoul ballot shortages surrounded a vote-counting center for a second day, disrupting access as a major K-pop festival drew huge crowds nearby.

Two killed, six injured after Tesla allegedly fleeing drunk-driving checkpoint crashes into bus

A Tesla allegedly fleeing a police drunk-driving checkpoint crashed into an express bus in Pyeongtaek, leaving two dead and six injured.

Yoon questioned over messages to justify failed imposition of martial law

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared before special counsel Saturday over allegations he ordered messages to allies defending his failed martial law declaration.

Lee vows stronger support for veterans in Memorial Day speech

At a Memorial Day ceremony, Lee pledged expanded aid for veterans, independence fighters and injured service members while vowing to punish anti-national collaborators.

U.S. approves potential sale of JDAM precision bombs to S. Korea

The State Department approved a potential $106 million sale of JDAM precision bomb kits and support equipment to Korea, pending congressional review

Navy officer dies during combat readiness training, police and military investigating

A noncommissioned Navy officer in their 40s died Friday after being found unconscious with a head injury during combat readiness training aboard a naval vessel in the Yellow Sea.

Lee honors 'alliance forged in blood' at ceremony for mutual repatriation of Korean, U.S. soldiers