SEOUL: It reads like a K-drama plot: an ex-spy kidnaps a woman from an upscale district of Seoul over a crypto dispute, then kills her with drugs from a plastic surgery clinic.
THE fifth Joint Commission on the China-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA) was held on Monday in Beijing, said China s Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom). Both sides pledged to further strengthen bilateral trade and industrial chain integration.
SEOUL: North Korea said on Thursday it would deploy new weapons and stronger armed forces to the border with South Korea, as Seoul s spy agency said Pyongyang had received Russian help to successfully put a military spy satellite into orbit.
SEOUL: South Korea s military on Monday warned North Korea not to go ahead with its planned spy satellite launch, suggesting that Seoul could suspend an inter-Korean agreement to reduce tensions and resume front-line aerial surveillance in response.