SEOUL, A Seoul court on Friday rejected a request to cancel the seizure of a building owned by former President Chun Doo-hwan’s family in western Seoul. The Seoul Administrative Court...
SEOUL, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his Costa Rican counterpart, Carlos Alvarado, had phone discussions Friday on the COVID-19 pandemic and other major issues including efforts to promote a...
SEOUL, GS Engineering & Construction Corp. on Friday estimated its 2020 operating earnings at 751.2 billion won (US$680.9 million), down 2.1 percent from a year earlier. Annual sales decreased 2.8...
SEOUL, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has formally invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to an in-person G-7 summit, scheduled to be held in June, via a personal letter, Cheong...
SEOUL, South Korea’s stock exchange ended its three-day winning streak Friday on valuation pressure after hitting another new high the previous session. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar....
SEOUL, South Korea’s finance ministry has increasingly found itself in hot water over growing calls to dig deeper into state coffers in response to the pandemic-caused economic slump, as it...
SEOUL, A 50-something man was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Friday for getting into a “slipper fight” with subway passengers who asked him to wear a face mask...
SEOUL, South Korea welcomes the U.S. decision to remain as a member of the World Health Organization (WHO), the foreign ministry said Friday. “Our government welcomes the U.S. government’s retraction...
SEOUL, KT Corp, major South Korean telecommunications giant, said Friday it has agreed to sell its radio communications business affiliate to local security equipment maker IDIS Ltd. KT said the...
SEOUL, The ruling Democratic Party (DP) said Friday it will pursue legislation to enable government compensation for damages small businesses incurred due to state antivirus measures. During a supreme council...
SEOUL, The coronavirus pandemic is expected to put the brakes on Koreans’ time-honored Lunar New Year’s custom of visiting ancestral graves, as many local governments nationwide are determined to close...