SEOUL– North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the country should be ready for both dialogue and, more importantly, confrontation with the United States, while calling for efforts to stably control the situation on the Korean Peninsula, state media repor…
SEOUL– Seoul will host its first racing competition of electric cars from the world’s leading automakers next year, the city government said Friday.According to the Seoul metropolitan government, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, an annual mot…
SEOUL– The approval rating of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) reached a fresh high since the 2016 corruption scandal of former conservative President Park Geun-hye, a new poll showed Friday.According to the Gallup Korea poll that surveyed…
SEOUL– The head of the ruling Democratic Party on Friday thanked the United States for donating 1 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine to South Korea as agreed upon in last month’s bilateral summit.South Korea admi…
PM-led Interagency Coordination Council decided to allow ten more countries to enter Georgia with a negative PCR test result provided upon arrival only. Moreover, children under 10 need no PCR test result at land and air borders, Trend reports citing 1…
SEOUL– South Korea’s electricity consumption nearly rebounded to the pre-pandemic level in April amid the recovery of industrial and business activities, data showed Friday.Asia’s fourth-largest economy used 41,900 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of power in Apr…
The Delta variant of the coronavirus, first detected in India, has been detected in neighboring Sri Lanka. “It is the worst we could have imaged at such a time,” Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, director of the Allergy, Immunity and Cell Biology Unit at the Sr…
The Delta variant of the coronavirus, first detected in India, has been detected in neighboring Sri Lanka. “It is the worst we could have imaged at such a time,” Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, director of the Allergy, Immunity and Cell Biology Unit at the Sr…
SEOUL– South Korean stocks trimmed part of earlier gains late Friday morning as investors digest the impact of the Fed’s faster-than-expected timeline for tapering.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) increased 4.71 points, or 0.14 …
SEOUL– More than a year after the novel coronavirus upended lives across the world, an increasing number of South Koreans are filling movie theaters, auditoriums and concert halls to shell out for experiences they have missed.In the midst of “revenge …
SEOUL– South Korea plans to provide cash back rewards for credit card spending in a bid to revive domestic demand in the second half amid the pandemic, a senior government official said Friday.The cash back scheme is part of measures under review to b…
SEOUL– The family of a deceased noncommissioned officer on Friday filed complaints against three additional Air Force officials, accusing them of mishandling the sexual violence case that led to their loved one taking her own life.The female master se…