North Wales Big Brother star's incredible transformation as he confirms a major career change

Former Big Brother contestant Glyn Wise has revealed a surprising career shift. The Blaenau Ffestiniog native, who appeared on the show in 2006 at the tender age of 18 and finished as the runner-up in the seventh series, has now become a reverend. The ex- …

South Korea returns North Koreans who arrived on wooden boats

South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore signs K2 engine contract

DV27K is a 27 litre V12 twin turbocharged diesel engine. (Doosan) South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore has been awarded a KRW92.3 billion (USD67 million) contract by Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to build and deliver an unspecified …

(LEAD) Russian FM to visit N. Korea later this week

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with more info; CHANGES photo) By Park Boram SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea later this week, the North's state media reported Wednesday. Lavrov will visit North …

South Korea says to follow agreed terms on sharing defence costs after Trump's demand

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea will follow terms previously agreed with the United States on defence cost sharing, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday, following a call by U.S. President Donald Trump for Seoul to pay more for the U.S. troop presence in …

US sanctions North Korea cyber actor for IT worker scheme to generate revenue for Kim regime

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned a North Korean cyber actor accused of facilitating a scheme under which Pyongyang uses its overseas information technology (IT) workers to generate revenue for the recalcitrant regime. The …

South Korea repatriates six North Koreans picked up at sea

North Koreans’ repatriation comes as South Korea’s newly-elected president is working to improve inter-Korean ties. South Korea has repatriated six North Koreans who were rescued at sea earlier this year after their vessels drifted across the de facto …

US Treasury sanctions Song Kum Hyok for facilitating North Korean IT worker schemes

The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned North Korean cyber actor Song Kum Hyok. Song enabled strategies for IT workers to obtain jobs at firms by utilizing fictitious identities. Furthermore, OFAC sanctioned one person and four …

Longtime AP journalist Paul Shin, who covered South Korea’s turbulent modern history, dies at 84

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Paul Shin, whose decadeslong career in journalism, including nearly 20 years with The Associated Press, placed him at the heart of South Korea’s most turbulent and transformative moments since the 1960s, has died. He was 84. Shin, …

Russian FM to visit N. Korea later this week

By Park Boram SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea later this week, the North's state media reported Wednesday. Lavrov will visit North Korea from Friday to Sunday at the invitation of the North …