SEOUL– South Korea’s app market ONE store has drawn attention as a possible alternative to Google’s Play store as local app developers worry about increasing costs over the U.S. tech giant’s decision to expand its 30 percent commission fee to all in-a…
SEOUL– South Korean retail investors pared down their net buying of local stocks in February as the country’s key stock index traded in a tight range following a bull run, data showed Sunday.Retail investors snapped up a net 5.8 trillion won (US$5.24 …
SEOUL– The amount of cargo processed at South Korea’s seaports moved down 1.6 percent in January from a year earlier amid the new coronavirus pandemic, data showed Sunday.The volume of cargo handled at local sea ports came to 128.9 million tons last m…
SEOUL– South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 500 for the second straight day on Sunday, but health authorities remained vigilant about a potential flare-up in virus infections amid eased social distancing rules.The country reported 41…
SEOUL– A North Korean man was caught on military surveillance cameras set up along the east coast at least four times after he swam ashore in the South, but border guards did nothing to stop him, an investigation has found.Military authorities have be…
SEOUL– North Korea’s main nuclear complex showed continued activity at its uranium enrichment facility throughout the winter, a U.S. monitor said Sunday.In an experts’ analysis of satellite imagery from January and February this year, the think tank, …
JEONGSEON, South Korea– A wind-fed forest fire that broke out in the northeastern county of Jeongseon has been put out after 18 hours, authorities said Sunday.The fire, which broke out on Saturday, was put out as of 9:40 a.m. after affecting an estima…
SEOUL– Lee Jae-yong, the de facto head of Samsung Group, is expected to be dismissed as head of a social welfare foundation established by his late father, as he is imprisoned over a high-profile bribery case, sources said Sunday.Samsung Life Public W…
SEOUL– South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Sunday it has decided to fine two small concrete pipe producers a combined 313 million won (US$282,000) for colluding to fix prices of industrial pipes.Buyang Industry Co. and Shinhung Hume Pipe Co. collud…
SEOUL– South Korea’s largest association of doctors said Sunday it will stage a general strike if parliament passes a revised bill on revoking the licenses of medical professionals convicted of serious crimes.The threat by the Korean Medical Associati…
SEOUL– Four North Korean defectors plan to sue Unification Minister Lee In-young for defamation over his recent remarks casting doubt over what defectors say about the North’s human rights situation, a local activist group said Sunday.Earlier this mon…
SEOUL– Forest fires broke out across South Korea on a dry Sunday, with firefighters struggling to contain them in windy conditions while residents were forced to evacuate their homes.In Andong, about 270 kilometers southeast of Seoul, a fire that star…