Chief Justice Jo Hee-de said that the president and legislature “cannot interfere” in the chief justice’s recommendations of Supreme Court justice candidates

The results suggest that many Koreans continue to view capital punishment primarily through the lens of punishing heinous crimes rather than human rights

The Joint Chiefs called on North Korea to remove the mines planted south of the Military Demarcation Line

The movie, which dramatizes an assassination attempt on Park Chung-hee, returned to No. 1 at the box office amid snowballing controversy

State Rep. Cyndi Munson said that talking to voters has been key to winning over Republican-leaning constituents

Despite finishing construction 12 years ago, the bridge has remained in a state of disuse

Alexandra Middlewood, an associate professor of political science at Wichita State University, reviews the state of play ahead of November’s midterms

From the Iran war to tariffs, dissatisfaction with Trump’s policies could prompt deep-red Kansas to elect its first Democratic senator in nearly a century

At this pace, annual exports are expected to surpass US$1 trillion by mid-November

The forum will take place on Oct. 28 at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in Seoul under the theme “Navigating the Great Upheaval: The Road to a Leading Nation”

On Armed Forces Day, the president vowed to regain OPCON to achieve autonomous defense

The commercial feasibility of “Project Power” is still being reviewed

Korea’s government has repeatedly declared that it will not make any investments without being assured of their “commercial reasonableness”

Some 70.3% of respondents in a national survey expressed disinterest in North Korea, a record high

The results of the 2025 National Health and Nutrition Examination show that women in their 30s reported the highest rates of loneliness, at 9.7%

According to the Trump administration, US$50 billion will be invested in Alaska for the LNG project

As efforts to ease inter-Korean tensions grow more challenging, experts call on Seoul to respond cautiously while keeping channels of communication open

North Korea appears to be deflecting blame for the apparent mine explosion amid continued fortification of its border with the South

South Korea’s spy agency said that Ukraine had “proactively” requested strict confidentiality

Nate Soares, the president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, speaks to the Hankyoreh about AI risks and what needs to happen

The lack of inter-Korean communication channels poses challenges for responding

Based on analysis by field experts, the mines were assessed to be at least a year old

Kim Yo-jong claimed that North Korean soldiers have never crossed the border

Nearly two dozen leading experts in the field said that preparations for such a potential must begin immediately

한겨레는 신뢰, 공정을 바탕으로 최신 뉴스와 심층 보도, 칼럼 등을 제공합니다. 정치, 사회, 경제, 문화, 젠더, 기후변화 등 각 분야의 폭 넓은 인사이트를 경험해보세요.

Pyongyang also mocked Seoul’s efforts to acquire a nuclear-powered submarine

The possibility of a landmine has made the incident impossible to ignore for Seoul

MBC’s “The Seoul Guardians” was screened at the Meyer Auditorium of the National Museum of Asian Art

Support for South Korea building its own nuclear weapon hit 61%, a record high

Three were injured in consecutive blasts along the inter-Korean border

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said that if the investigation ultimately finds that North Korea was responsible for the blast, it will take “appropriate corresponding measures”

The two sides are engaged in an escalating diplomatic row after Ukraine’s president publicized that Kyiv had sent two North Korean POWs to South Korea

Two North Korean POWs expressed a desire to go to South Korea, but their arrival in the country has touched off much debate

Kyiv claims that there was no agreement between the two sides not to disclose that North Korean POWs had been transferred from Ukraine to South Korea

Warming seas are bringing new wildlife to Korea’s surrounding waters

Nearly 70% of those polled said that they had used LLMs like ChatGPT

한겨레는 신뢰, 공정을 바탕으로 최신 뉴스와 심층 보도, 칼럼 등을 제공합니다. 정치, 사회, 경제, 문화, 젠더, 기후변화 등 각 분야의 폭 넓은 인사이트를 경험해보세요.

Behind a recent incident in which a landmine exploded is a difference in perception between the two Koreas on the MDL's location

Though Xi and Trump reaffirmed the shared goal in May, no specifics were provided about their discussions of North Korea during their most recent summit

A Laotian seasonal worker shares his experience working on farms in Korea

Kyiv’s disclosure of the transfer was met with regret by Seoul as the top opposition party uses the case to criticize the Lee Jae Myung administration for “appeasing” Pyongyang

The guiding principle in handling this matter must be a humanitarian approach that respects the human rights of these two North Korean soldiers

When people worry about a hostile takeover by AI, they are simply describing what a malevolent human has already done in the United States

The Korean county offers a wide assortment of things to do, from outdoor recharges to resort sports

The South Korean president’s comments come ahead of the US-China summit, with speculation on the possibility of a North Korea-US summit in November

한겨레는 신뢰, 공정을 바탕으로 최신 뉴스와 심층 보도, 칼럼 등을 제공합니다. 정치, 사회, 경제, 문화, 젠더, 기후변화 등 각 분야의 폭 넓은 인사이트를 경험해보세요.

Experts cautioned against taking North Korea at its word

The barrage of warnings from American AI companies can be seen as an attempt to fend off China’s rapid advance and ensure that the US gets to set standards and retain control of the field