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  Kim Sei-young soars to 13th in women's golf rankings after ending five-year title drought last week SEOUL, October 21 (AJP) - Golfer Kim Sei-young moved up eight spots to 13th in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings released on Monday. The sharp rise in rankings came after she won the BMW Ladies Championship, which concluded in Haenam, South Jeolla Province last week. The victory was her 13th career LPGA title and her first win since the Pelican Women's Championship in Florida in November 2020, ending a five-year drought. Kim has been impressive so far this season, f October 21, 2025
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  Son Heung-min's first goal for LAFC nominated for 'MLS Goal of the Year' SEOUL, October 21 (AJP) - Son Heung-min of Los Angeles FC has been nominated for Major League Soccer (MLS)'s "Goal of the Year" with a goal he scored in August. It was his first MLS goal after his record-breaking transfer to LAFC from Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League, where he had spent more than a decade as one of Spurs' key players. The goal came from a stunning free kick just six minutes into an away match against FC Dallas in Texas on Aug. 2 October 21, 2025
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  Remains of South Korean student tortured to death in Cambodia return home SEOUL, October 21 (AJP) - The remains of a South Korean college student, who traveled to Cambodia after being lured by an online employment scam in August and was later found to have been tortured to death, were returned home on Tuesday. The cremated ashes of the student in his 20s, identified only by his surname Park, arrived on a Korean Air flight at Incheon International Airport at 8:04 a.m., about some 74 days after he was found dead on Aug. 8 in the Southeast Asian country. October 21, 2025
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  Washington eases stance on upfront cash demand, trade minister says SEOUL, October 21 (AJP) - Washington is no longer pressing for a lump-sum cash payment for Seoul's pledge of a major investment in the U.S., which was agreed to in return for lowering reciprocal tariffs from 25 percent to 15 percent, a South Korean trade chief said on Monday. Upon returning from his visit to the U.S., Trade Minister Kim Jung-kwan said the two sides had narrowed differences in the ongoing tariff-related talks including details on how to fulfill and finance the in October 21, 2025
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  Cambodia scam networks and Korean deaths expose youth struggles at home SEOUL, October 20 (AJP) - The murder of a South Korean student kidnapped for forced crime in Cambodia has shocked the nation — and exposed the hidden world of young Koreans trapped in Southeast Asia's online-scam networks. The body of a 22-year-old university student, surnamed Park, was found near Bokor Mountain in southern Cambodia in early August after his family received a ransom call. Cambodian police later arrested several Chinese nationals suspected of running the on October 20, 2025
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  Two more rescued in Cambodia as about a dozen nabbed in online scams after crackdown SEOUL, October 20 (AJP) - Two more South Koreans were rescued and about a dozen others reportedly involved in online job scams and phishing schemes were arrested in Cambodia, following a crackdown, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun told reporters during a press briefing in Seoul on Monday. According to Cho, they are expected to be repatriated this week, following last Saturday's deportation of more than 60 South Korean detainees allegedly involved in similar crimes in the Southeast As October 20, 2025
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  Korea's winter street snacks evolve from local comforts to global favorites SEOUL, October 20 (AJP) - Korean street food gyeran-ppang — literally “egg bread” — has joined the ranks of the French baguette and Montreal bagel on CNN’s list of “50 of the World’s Best Breads,” underscoring how globalized and inventive Korean street food has become. “There’s buried treasure within every loaf of gyeran-ppang,” CNN wrote. “Individually sized wheat breads with a whole egg baked inside are amon October 20, 2025
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  Security alert to be raised ahead of APEC summit SEOUL, October 20 (AJP) - In preparation for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju next week, the government is set to implement a series of anti-terrorism measures while raising the country's alert levels later this week. According to the Prime Minister's Office on Monday, the measures are part of coordinated efforts by relevant agencies to ensure a proactive response to a potential rise in terror threats and other crimes during the multil October 20, 2025
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  Speculation mounts over Trump–Kim meeting as Panmunjom tours suspended during APEC summit SEOUL, October 20 (AJP) - Tours to the truce village of Panmunjom will be suspended from late October to early November, coinciding with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju next week. "There will be no tours to Panmunjom provided by the ministry during that period," said Gu Byung-sam, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification on Monday, adding that any further inquiries should be directed to the United Nations Command (UNC), which governs October 20, 2025
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  More South Koreans likely involved in scam frauds in Cambodia SEOUL, October 20 (AJP) - Statistics suggest that more South Koreans are involved in scam frauds and phishing schemes in Cambodia than previously estimated. According to data from the Ministry of Justice submitted to lawmaker Park Chan-dae of the ruling Democratic Party and revealed on Monday, the number of South Koreans who traveled to Cambodia but did not return has risen sharply in recent years. The figure was 113 in 2021, but surged to a whopping 3,209 in 2022, 2,662 in 2023, October 20, 2025