Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Seoul (South Korea) published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 292
» View latimes.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-25
Next >
-
North Korea fires sixth projectile in three days
SEOUL — North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called “rocket launching tests” intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were...
Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), North Korea, South Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry
-
North Korea fires another projectile off eastern coast
North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. North Korea routinely test-launches short-range missiles. But the latest launches came during a...
Tags: North Korea, South Korea, Petroleum Industry, Weaponry, Military Equipment
-
More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons
SEOUL — Perhaps it is merely basic human desire to keep up with the neighbors, but an increasing number of South Koreans are saying that they want nuclear weapons too. Even in Japan, a country still traumatized by the legacy of Hiroshima and...
Tags: Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), North Korea, South Korea, Russia, China
-
North Korea fires short-range missiles off east coast
BEIJING — North Korea fired three short-range missiles off its east coast Saturday, following through on months of threats to conduct a missile launch. The South Korean Defense Ministry reported that it detected two launches in the morning and...
Tags: Missile Systems, North Korea, Kim Jong Un, Wars and Interventions, South Korea
-
South Korean president fires spokesman for 'inappropriate act'
SEOUL -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye has dismissed a spokesman over an “inappropriate act” during a state visit to the United States this week, her office said Friday. Another press aide did not specify what spokesman Yoon Chang-jung...
Tags: Park Geun-hye, Trials
-
Global Voices: Pleas for Korean peace 60 years after fighting ended
A conference to promote peace between communist and capitalist adversaries might sound like an antiquated notion in the post-Cold War era. But in this 60th anniversary year of the signing of the Korean War armistice, which suspended the fighting but...
Tags: North Korea, Entertainment, China, Career and Workplace, Korean War (1950-1953)
-
North Korea may have nuclear warhead capability, U.S. agency says
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. intelligence agency has concluded that North Korea has the capability to develop nuclear warheads small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, a congressman disclosed Thursday. Although U.S. experts believe that North Korea cannot...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, North Korea, South Korea, Doug Lamborn, Military Equipment
-
U.S. agency sees boost in North Korea nuclear ability
WASHINGTON — A U.S. intelligence agency has concluded that North Korea has the capability to develop nuclear warheads small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, a congressman disclosed Thursday. Although U.S. experts believe North Korea cannot...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, North Korea, South Korea, Doug Lamborn, Military Equipment
-
Kerry arrives in South Korea at a touchy time
From the Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in South Korea on Friday on an unusual diplomatic journey, traveling directly into a region bracing for a possible North Korean missile test and risking that his presence alone could...Tags: Government, North Korea, South Korea, China, U.S. Department of State
-
North Korea warns foreigners to leave South Korea
SEOUL -- North Korea's state-run Asia Pacific Peace Committee warned foreigners in South Korea Tuesday to set up evacuation plans. State media KCNA carried a statement, saying Pyonyang does not want any harm done to foreigners in South Korea in case...
Tags: North Korea, Kim Jong Un, Asia, South Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War
-
North Korea, China's problem child
BEIJING — In Washington, it is said, the definition of a gaffe is accidentally saying what you really think. That may be doubly true in Beijing, as Deng Yuwen can attest. Deng, an editor at the weekly newspaper run by the Central Party School,...
Tags: North Korea, Consumers, China, Political Corruption, Pyongyang (North Korea)
-
North Korea poised to launch up to five missiles, South Korea says
BEIJING -- North Korea is poised to launch as many as five missiles from its east coast, South Korean intelligence officials said Thursday. But security analysts said they believed the launches would be part of a military exercise and would not pose an...
Tags: North Korea, South Korea, China, Weaponry, Japan
May 20, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 19, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 10, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 2, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 9, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 10, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Seoul (South Korea) topic gallery.
