South Korean lawmakers of the main and opposition parties disagreed on revisions
to a media law that includes stiffer penalties against news organizations.
A Japanese diplomat accused of making obscene remarks about President Moon Jae-in left South Korea on Wednesday after being reprimanded by senior Japanese government officials.
The South Korean suspects who were arrested and charged with spying for Pyongyang received funding from North Korea, according to South Korean press reports.
Chinese authorities said that more than 440,000 people in southwestern Sichuan
Province have been affected in the aftermath of torrential rains and floods.
President Moon Jae-in could be seeking modifications to upcoming joint military
exercises with the United States, according to a South Korean press report.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s overall approval rating remained at 40% this week after the restoration of an inter-Korean communication hotline that was severed last year.
An unmanned U.S. reconnaissance aircraft flew over the Korean Peninsula ahead of North Korea’s observance of “Victory Day,” which marks the anniversary of the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement.
The South Korean defendant in a sex abuse and death case in the country’s Air
Force died while in custody, officials said. His death was ruled a suicide.