The Korea Times

Four tidal flats in southern Korea have received a recommendation for inscription on UNESCO's World Heritage List from an international advisory body, the Korea Heritage Service (KHS) said Friday, in a positive development for the Korean government ahead of the World Heritage Committee's session in Busan in July. Korea's tidal flats, also known as "getbol," were first inscribed ...

The National Assembly voted Friday to elect Rep. Cho Jeong-sik of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) as the new parliamentary speaker. Rep. Cho, a six-term lawmaker, won 267 out of 276 votes cast during a parliamentary plenary session and will serve as speaker for the second half of the 22nd National Assembly until May 2028. He was named a party candidate for speaker aft...

Seeking to offer residents respite from the rising summer temperatures, the Jongno District office in Seoul said Friday that it will transform four neighborhood parks into temporary aquatic playgrounds beginning Saturday, June 6. The initiative will roll out sequentially across the district to provide local families with accessible recreational spaces through the peak of the sea...

The South Korean foreign ministry said Friday that it expects China to play a "constructive role" in addressing issues related to the Korean Peninsula ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's planned visit to North Korea. Earlier in the day, North Korea and China announced that Xi will pay a two-day state visit to North Korea starting Monday at the invitation of North Korean lead...

Eleven-year-old Ederson Galicia Alva had just stepped off the plane and into the Miami airport’s dim hallways when federal agents pulled his mother aside for questioning. Again. Panic welled up. His excitement at soon being back at recess with his Florida classmates fell away. Would the government take her away again? This was not his first trauma. In 2018, when he was just 3 ye...