By Joyce Lee and Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, March 9 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that authorities would cap domestic fuel prices for the first time in nearly 30 years to contain a spike in prices after the conflict in the Middle East sent global crude prices sharply higher.

President Lee Jae Myung urges South Korea to boost its own defence amid reports of US military assets being redeployed to the Middle East.

The deterrence posture against North Korea will not be hindered regardless of a potential shift of military assets owned by the U.S. military stationed in South Korea, a senior official at Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday.

Just over 10 days after Middle East tensions flared, the Pentagon is reportedly moving parts of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system from South Korea to the region, due to the intensifying war in Iran. A Chinese military ...

Korea began its week celebrating home runs by spreading their arms wide as if they were on an airplane, carrying an inflatable "M" to stand for Miami. On Monday night, needing a win against Australia and for everything to go exactly right,

The annual event, usually held in April, has been cancelled a month before it was due to take place, a tour agency says.

South Korea squeezed into the World Baseball Classic quarter-finals by the finest of margins after a nerve-jangling 7-2 win over Australia on Monday to finish as Pool C runners-up."This is the World Baseball Classic,

It will go down as one of the most memorable World Baseball Classic games in Tokyo Dome’s storied history. Chinese Taipei – which had never defeated Korea in the tournament before – needed a victory to keep its slim hopes of advancing alive.