West News Wire: In a highway tunnel in the South Korean capital of Seoul, officials said that a freight truck colliding with a bus resulted in a fire that left at least five people dead and 37 injured.
On Thursday,...
West News Wire: According to South Korea's spy service, North Korean hackers have stolen over 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) worth of bitcoin and other virtual assets over the previous five years, with more than half occurring this year...
West News Wire: Asian aspirations at the World Cup in Qatar have been dashed by Japan's penalty shootout loss to Croatia and Brazil's impressive 4-1 victory over South Korea.
All three Asian Football Confederation nations have been eliminated from the...
West News Wire: With one of their greatest threats, superstar Neymar, back on the field, five-time champions Brazil will play in their first knockout game of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
After a video from the Brazilian football federation...
West News Wire: South Korea advanced to the Round of 16 of the World Cup with a 2-1 victory over Portugal at Qatar's Education City stadium thanks to a goal by Hwang Hee-chan in the 90th minute.
Son Heung-min, the...
West News Wire: According to the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention, South Korea will provide 50,000 doses of its first batch of mpox vaccines to the African continent (CDC).
Health professionals and residents of the most severely affected...
West News Wire: The third generation of the founding family will now formally govern South Korea's most valuable corporation, Samsung Electronics, thanks to the appointment of Jay Y Lee as executive chairman.
The announcement on Thursday represents a position that...
West News Wire: In response to the largest joint air exercises between the forces of South Korea and the United States in almost five years, North Korea has threatened "strong follow-up measures."
According to a spokesman for North Korea's ministry...
West News Wire: As tensions with North Korea rise, a US aircraft carrier and the ships it is accompanied by have begun conducting joint military drills with South Korean forces.
The nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier joined the drills,...
West News Wire: Google and Meta were each fined 100 billion won ($72 million) by South Korea's privacy authority for tracking internet activity of users without their permission and utilizing that information to target adverts.
Following a meeting where officials...
