Mexico President Sheinbaum presses charges after street groping incident

What should have been a five-minute time-saving walk from Mexico’s National Palace to the Education Ministry for President Claudia Sheinbaum has become a stomach-churning viral moment after a video captured a drunk man groping the president.

2025-11-06

President Lee skips firefighters luncheon due to fatigue

President Lee Jae Myung skipped a scheduled luncheon with firefighters on Wednesday, citing fatigue after an intense round of diplomatic engagements — most notably the Asean and APEC summits.

2025-11-05

Presidential office calls bill halting criminal trials for sitting president 'unnecessary'

The presidential office said Monday it has asked the ruling Democratic Party (DP) to withdraw its proposed bill to suspend criminal trials for a sitting president, saying the legislation is "unnecessary."

2025-11-03

Lee's approval rating rebounds to 53 percent on tariff deal with U.S.: Poll

President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rebounded for the first time in three weeks, driven by positive sentiment over a recently finalized tariff deal with the United States, a survey showed Monday.

2025-11-03

President Lee's foreign policy outline emerges after Trump, Xi summits at APEC

President Lee Jae Myung’s back-to-back summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC meetings in Gyeongju have revealed the contours of his emerging foreign policy.

2025-11-02

France’s jailed ex-president Sarkozy targeted by death threats, prosecutor office says

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was targeted by death threats from an inmate at Paris's La Sante prison, where he began serving his sentence this week, prompting a probe, the Paris prosecutors' office said on Wednesday.

2025-10-23

SBS gains special access to presidential briefing room for new variety show

The presidential office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, is opening its doors to variety television for the first time, with SBS gaining rare access to film inside its press briefing room for a new talk show set to premiere this week.

2025-10-23

Lee's approval rating falls to 52.2 percent: Poll

President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating slipped back below 53 percent, a survey showed Monday, amid concerns over trade talks with the United States and a disruption of online government services following a fire at a state data center.

2025-10-20

Lee touts importance of Korean gaming as 'culture pillar' at roundtable

President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday underscored the importance of the gaming industry in turning Korea into a global cultural powerhouse, calling games “a vital pillar of the cultural industry."

2025-10-15

From reverence to reckoning: Scandals pull back curtain on the Unification Church

After decades spent weaving a formidable web of religious, business and media companies, the Unification Church now finds itself under the harsh light of official inquiries in both Korea and Japan.