SEOUL– Over 10 workers at a Samsung Electronics Co. local research and development (R&D) center were infected with COVID-19, but there has been no shutdown of the facility, industry sources said Tuesday.Twelve employees at the R5 R&D-focused building …
WASHINGTON– The United States has raised its travel advisory for South Korea by a notch to Level 2 that tells its people to exercise increased caution when traveling to the Asian country, the latest update showed Tuesday.The revision, the first of its…
SEOUL– South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 1,200s for the second day in a row Tuesday due to fewer tests amid the fourth wave of the outbreak across the country.The country added 1,202 COVID-19 cases, including 1,152 local infectio…
SEOUL– South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 1,200s for the second day in a row Tuesday due to fewer tests amid the fourth wave of the outbreak across the country.The country added 1,202 COVID-19 cases, including 1,152 local infectio…
Michelle Steel was born in South Korea and raised in Japan. Last year, she became one of the first Korean American women elected to the U.S. Congress, winning a seat in the House of Representatives. While running for office, she faced challenges that c…
SEOUL– Over 1,000 labor and activist groups issued a joint statement Tuesday opposing the parole of Lee Jae-yong, the Samsung Group heir currently in prison, amid speculations that he may receive some type of special amnesty this month.Lee was sentenc…
SEOUL– Justice Minister Park Beom-kye said Tuesday the ministry was working to help defuse tension between the bar association and its members who provide legal aid through a mobile counseling application.While meeting with reporters outside his offic…
SEOUL– A U.S.-based group of companies that has voiced opposition to commissions major app stores collect from developers expressed support Tuesday for legislative movement in South Korea to pass a bill that seeks to curb the so-called app store taxes…
TOKYO– The history of diving in South Korea isn’t exactly long or celebrated, which is how Woo Haram still put his name in the record books without even winning a medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.Woo finished fourth in the men’s 3m springboard e…
SEOUL– South Korea’s former Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha was named honorary chair professor at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, the university said Tuesday.Kang will begin her new job at the Graduate School of International Studies starting Sept. 1…
CHIBA, Japan– South Korea has been shut out of Olympic wrestling medals for the first time in nearly half a century, with its last remaining hopeful getting knocked out early in his event on Tuesday.Ryu Han-su lost to Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed of Egypt…
TOKYO– Weightlifter Jin Yun-seong ended up off the podium at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, as South Korea closed out the competition without any prize.Jin ended up in sixth place in the men’s 109kg class at Tokyo International Forum in the Japanese c…