SEOUL– U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met with South Korean women leaders from various walks of life in Seoul on Thursday to discuss gender equality, a key focus of the Joe Biden administration’s domestic and...
SEOUL– The Constitutional Court struck down a law that bans those who are fined for emotional child abuse from working at a child care center for 10 years, saying it excessively restricts the basic rights...
SEOUL– South Korea plans to sell 9 trillion won (US$6.25 billion) in government bonds next month, the finance ministry said Thursday. The ministry will issue 1.3 trillion won in Treasurys with a two-year maturity, another...
SEOUL– Powernet Technologies Corp. on Thursday announced that it will sell stock to raise 5 billion won(US$3.5 million). The proceeds from the stock sale will be used mainly to finance its operations. According to a...
SEOUL– U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that Washington will do “everything in our power” to ensure its security commitment to South Korea, amid growing North Korean nuclear and missile threats. Harris made the...
SEOUL– South Korea’s central bank said Thursday it will issue a larger amount of monetary stabilization bonds (MSBs) in October from a month earlier to better manage market liquidity. The Bank of Korea (BOK) said...
SEOUL– Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Thursday called for officials to swiftly carry out containment measures against the African swine fever, with the nation having reported two new outbreaks of the disease. The disease was...
SEOUL– U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris promised President Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday that the United States will look for solutions to South Korea’s concerns about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as the law is implemented,...
SEOUL– The National Assembly on Thursday passed a motion calling for the dismissal of Foreign Minister Park Jin as the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) pushed to hold him responsible for what it claims was...
SEOUL– South Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo was knocked out of the second round at the lone ATP tournament on home soil on Thursday, losing to Jenson Brooksby of the United States in straight sets. The eight-seed...
SEOUL– North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile into the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, in the third provocation this week by the recalcitrant regime. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced...
SEOUL– South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 40,000 for the third straight day Thursday as the virus wave has been gradually slowing down. The county reported 30,881 new COVID-19 infections, including 252 from overseas,...