A local restaurant owner faces serious legal trouble after secretly sprinkling ants into customer meals for nearly four years. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety caught the sneaky chef adding dried ants from America and Thailand to dishes at his eatery. Officials discovered he imported the...
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon jetted off to Australia hunting for ferry secrets ahead of his city's big boat launch. The mayor spent days in Brisbane checking out their CityCat water buses that cruise along the river. He wanted to steal their best tricks for keeping boats running on time and getting...
A furious man tried burning down a Japanese cultural center in Seoul after getting mad about history books. The angry guy walked into the Japan Foundation building Wednesday morning carrying a lighter and paint thinner. Security guards jumped him before he could start any fires. Police grabbed...
Busan rolled out its first self-driving bus service Thursday during a big ceremony at Osiria Station. Mayor Park Heong-joon told crowds that people are entering an AI-based transportation era with their daily travel. Four robot buses with 15 passenger seats each will start test runs next month...
Half the country's workers went hunting for new jobs during the first six months but most came back empty-handed. A massive survey by job platform Saramin found that 50.2 percent of employees tried jumping ship to different companies. The bad news hit hard when results showed 72 percent of job...
Six North Korean fishermen made it back home safely after South Korea sent them across the water border. A government official confirmed their wooden boat reached a North Korean port on the east coast. The fishermen had been rescued by South Korean authorities but told officials they wanted to...
The Marine Corps will bring back a former investigator who got fired over a dead soldier case. Former Colonel Park Jung-hun returns to duty Friday after beating serious charges against him. Military bosses had kicked him out back in August 2023 when the case first blew up. Park led the...
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol skipped his big court date Thursday after getting arrested just hours before. The disgraced leader sent his lawyers to make excuses at Seoul Central District Court while he sat locked up behind bars. His legal team filed paperwork explaining why their client could...
President Lee Jae Myung grabbed the spotlight Thursday as he ran his first National Security Council meeting since taking the big chair last month. The presidential office confirmed Lee would get the full rundown on security problems facing the country. Top officials planned to brief the new...
Special Prosecutor Lee Myeong-hyeon sent his team to raid government offices Thursday morning. The investigators hit the defense ministry and the presidential National Security Office hard. They wanted evidence about claims that top military brass and presidential staff messed with a Marine...
Top diplomats from across Asia-Pacific gathered in Malaysia Thursday for the region's biggest security summit. Trump's harsh new tariffs threatened to steal the spotlight from the annual meeting between Southeast Asian nations and major powers like America, China, and Russia. South Korea's new...
Top military brass from South Korea and America sat down for crucial talks Thursday in Seoul. Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Kim Myung-soo met with his US counterpart General Dan Caine as rumors swirl about major changes coming to American troop presence. The high-stakes meeting happened just one...
A Washington think tank wants America to slash its troop presence in South Korea by more than half. Defense Priorities released a report Wednesday calling for cutting US Forces Korea from 28,500 soldiers down to just 10,000. The group says Pentagon officials might consider the dramatic reduction...
A Seoul court slammed former President Yoon Suk Yeol with an arrest warrant Thursday over his bungled martial law attempt. Judge Nam Se-jin approved the request from special counsel Cho Eun-suk after fears grew that Yoon might destroy key evidence. The ex-president faces five serious charges...
Pakistan's top business court slammed major electronics companies for rigging prices but cut their punishment money. The Competition Appellate Tribunal agreed that big appliance brands broke the law by telling dealers what prices to charge customers. Companies had forced stores to sell products...
Al Baraka Bank pulled off a massive online meeting that connected Pakistani sports gear makers with buyers from around the world. More than 70 exporters from Sialkot joined hands with importers from 13 different countries during the groundbreaking event. The bank hosted the special webinar at a...
Pakistan's top youth boss bragged about the country's young people hacking into India's computer systems during a big meeting in Karachi. Chairman Rana Mashhood Ahmed told business leaders that Pakistani teenagers have been attacking enemy technology networks. He claimed the nation's borders...
Punjab Governor Sardar Saleem Haider Khan walked into the National University of Sciences and Technology for some serious business talks. The big boss wanted to strike deals between his provincial government and the top tech school. University officials rolled out the red carpet for the...
Pakistan's top security chief blasted gunmen who murdered a political leader and another man near Shandai Mor in Bajaur. Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi called the killers inhuman monsters who deserve zero mercy. The deadly shooting claimed the life of Awami National Party boss Maulana...
Pakistan's railway boss called an emergency meeting to get ready for thousands of religious pilgrims heading to Islamabad. Federal Minister Muhammad Hanif Abbasi gathered government officials to plan the massive annual celebration at Bari Imam shrine. The holy event draws believers from across...
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