Second Vice Industry Minister Choe Nam-ho attended a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministers on energy, officials said Friday.

Choe participated in

South Korea’s defense authorities on Friday approved a plan to reduce Indonesia’s contribution to a joint fighter jet development project to 600 billion won

South Korean stocks opened sharply higher Friday as major U.S. data eased economic slowdown fears.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose

Lisa of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK released her new solo single, “New Woman,” on Friday, the song’s distributor, Sony Music Entertainment Korea, said.

“New

Chang Ho-jin, new foreign policy adviser to President Yoon Suk Yeol, arrived in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to meet with officials and discuss the