South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has rescinded his earlier decision to impose martial law, a move that had originally been enacted for the first time in 45 years. The White House responded to the reversal with relief, emphasizing the importance of democracy in the U.S.-South Korea alliance. The decision followed a parliamentary rejection o...
ANKARA (AA) — The 2024 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to South Korean author Han Kang. Han was recognized for “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life,” the Nobel committee announced. The author was born in 1970 in South Korea, where she still resides, as [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US, UK and Australia have expanded their engagement under the AUKUS pact with at least four other nations with which they share “close bilateral defense partnerships.” AUKUS, a defense pact under which Canberra will get nuclear-powered submarines, is “exploring opportunities to improve interoperability” with Japan in ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli Embassy in Seoul has removed a controversial video from social media channels following strong reactions from South Koreans, according to media reports. The embassy had uploaded a video that featured an imaginary attack on Seoul on Christmas by Hamas. It prompted a strong reaction from the South Korean governmen...
ANKARA(AA) – North Korea is planning to provide “assistance” to Hamas in its war against Israel, South Korea’s spy agency has claimed. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) told the parliamentary intelligence committee during a closed-door audit session that there have been signs that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered...
Doha, Qatar – AFP Frozen funds totalling $6 billion have been transferred to Qatari banks under a US-Iran prisoner swap deal, with a plane on standby in Tehran to fly out five American detainees, a source told AFP on Monday. The release of the funds by US ally South Korea, long blocked under US sanctions, […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Biden administration has granted a waiver to release $6 billion in frozen Iranian oil funds in exchange for the release of five American detainees, according to reports published Monday. NBC News reported that Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently issued a waiver enabling international banks to transfer funds f...
ANKARA (AA) – South Korea and Iran discussed the release and transfer of frozen funds to Tehran during a phone call between their top diplomats, according to an official statement. The development follows recent reports that Iran and the US reached an agreement for the release of American citizens in exchange for the release of […...
