China overtakes South Korea as world’s No. 2 LNG importer

China’s General Administration of Customs has confirmed what liquefied natural gas industry insiders have been speculating…

South Korea asks WTO for $700 million trade sanctions over U.S. non-compliance

South Korea has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) for authorization to impose annual trade sanctions…

Taiwan releases man on bail in suspected North Korean oil transfer

A court in Taiwan has released on bail a man prosecutors allege to have made false…

South Korea seizes second ship suspected of supplying oil to North

South Korean authorities have seized a Panama-flagged vessel suspected of transferring oil products to North Korea…

South Korea seizes Hong Kong ship for oil transfer to North Korea

By Jite Eriabie  South Korea briefly seized and inspected a Hong Kong-registered ship in November for…

South Korea seizes Hong Kong ship for oil transfer to North Korea

South Korea briefly seized and inspected a Hong Kong-registered ship in November for transferring oil products…

South Korea jails former DSME, Hanjin Shipping top brass 

By Jite Eriabie  South Korea is clamping down on behind the scene maneuvering of former maritime…

South Korea recovers bodies of two missing from sunken boat 

By Jite Eriabie  Korean coast guard discovered the bodies of the remaining two people who were…

13 dead, 2 missing as fishing vessel sinks off South Korea

By Jite Eriabie   At least 13 people have lost their lives after a fishing boat collided…

Eight killed as fishing boat collides with tanker off South Korea

A South Korean fishing boat capsized off the country’s western coast on Sunday after it collided with a…

South Korea’s shipbuilding industry sacks 35,400 in six months 

By Jite Eriabie  The South Korean shipbuilding sector and related businesses have slashed workforces by about…

STX blast: South Korea charges nine for negligence 

By Jite Eriabie  Nine people have been charged with negligence within the framework of an investigation into the deadly…