Loans extended by insurance firms in South Korea dropped in the first half of the year amid a slight rise in their loan default rate, data showed Monday.
Outstanding loans extended by insurance companies here came to 266.4 trillion won (US$200.4 bil…
Boost confidence in China diplomacy
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South Korea and China quietly marked the 32nd anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations on Saturday.
No official events were held, as the Mini…
Numerous chat rooms on Telegram suspected of creating and distributing deepfake pornographic material with doctored photos of ordinary women have been discovered recently, stoking fear and outrage across the country.
Many victims in these chat rooms…
About 180 South Korean nationals have entered Israel to attend a religious event, sources said Monday, amid escalating tensions in the region following a series of missile and air strikes exchanged between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbo…
Ongoing government audits into the national governing bodies for football and badminton over recent controversy will conclude sometime in September, the sports minister said Monday.
Yu In-chon, minister of culture, sports and tourism, made the remar…
As he prepares for some immediate tasks at hand, namely World Cup qualifying matches, South Korea head coach Hong Myung-bo is also keeping one eye on the future of the country’s national team program.
It was with this mindset that Hong selected four…
President Yoon Suk Yeol met with the head of the U.S. Senate’s armed service committee Monday to discuss ways to bolster the combined defense posture against North Korean threats, his office said.
During the talks with U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) in …
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a performance test of various drones, calling for the development and production of more suicide drones to enhance war preparedness, state media reported Monday.
Kim supervised the test organized by the D…
A court on Monday put the brakes on the state broadcasting watchdog’s attempt to reshuffle board members of the Foundation for Broadcast Culture (FBC), a major shareholder of public broadcaster MBC.
The Seoul Administrative Court accepted requests b…
Police booked the owner of a hotel that caught fire last week and claimed the lives of seven people for investigation on charges of professional negligence, officials said Monday.
The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police booked the owner of the hotel in…