SEOUL– South Korea said Thursday it has agreed with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to make joint efforts to venture into sustainable resources, such as hydrogen, in line with their goal to reduce carbon footprint.Industry Minister Sung Yun-mo held a v…
SEOUL– The prosecution sought a court warrant to arrest the nation’s chief immigration official Tuesday as part of a probe into an allegedly illegal travel ban against a scandal-ridden former vice justice minister.The Suwon District Prosecutors Office…
SEOUL– South Korea and China agreed Tuesday to set up two more military hotlines to prevent incidents and enhance trust, Seoul’s defense ministry said.The defense ministries of the two neighbors signed a revised memorandum of understanding on the esta…
SEOUL– A civic group and a lawyers’ association on Tuesday raised allegations that employees at a state housing cooperation bought plots of land in two cities in Gyeonggi Province before the government announced a massive development plan there.At a p…
SEOUL– The upcoming drama film “Minari” topped the advance box office sales in South Korea on the back of its Golden Globes win, data showed Tuesday, which is expected to boost the virus-hit local cinemas.The film about a Korean-American immigrant fam…
SEOUL– A grandson of a legendary Korean independence fighter said Tuesday that he will reject a request from the Harvard president to reconsider his decision not to donate his family’s historical archives over a controversial paper portraying wartime …
SEOUL– Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol strongly criticized a recent move by the ruling party to create another state investigative agency to limit the power of the prosecution service.”Taking investigative power away from the prosecution amounts to …
SEOUL– The portion of male births of the total newborns in South Korea declined to a record low last year, data showed Monday, in the latest sign that traditional preference for male children has waned.The ratio of baby boys to every 100 newborn girls…
SEOUL– The number of visitors to South Korea’s duty-free stores fell to the lowest level in January since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the nation a year earlier, industry data showed Monday.A total of 343,983 people visited local duty-free stores in Janu…
SEOUL/CHUNCHEON– Hundreds of cars were trapped on some parts of a highway along the east coast Monday as heavy snowfall caused a traffic gridlock, the road authority said.Gangwon Province received about 10 centimeters of snowfall earlier in the day, w…
SEOUL– South Koreans commemorated the 102nd anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement with smaller, subdued commemorations Monday as the nation is battling the coronavirus pandemic.The national holiday is usually observed with large ceremonies,…
SEOUL– South Korea’s leading internet portal Naver Corp. and Japanese telecom giant Softbank Corp. have completed a merger of their subsidiaries to tap deeper into the Japanese market with a wide range of services, their joint venture said Monday.Japa…