The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol will create the position of political affairs minister in an effort to strengthen communication with the National Assembly, Yoon’s chief of staff said Monday.
Presidential Chief of Staff Chung Jin-suk made the r…
At least nine people were killed and four others were injured when a car crashed into pedestrians in downtown Seoul on Monday, police said.
Initially, seven injured individuals were transported to a hospital, three of whom were in cardiac arrest. Th…
Candle craftsmen at temples in Korat are rushing to carve candle trees for the Buddhist Lent and decorate the candle procession in an extravagant way, preparing to participate in this year’s candle procession tradition.
Candle carvers of Wat Derm, T…
South Korea’s exports extended on-year gains to the ninth straight month in June on the back of record performance of semiconductors, data showed Monday.
Outbound shipments rose 5.1 percent on-year to US$57 billion last month, according to the data …
Renault Korea Motors Co., the South Korean unit of Renault S.A., said Monday its June sales jumped 23.4 percent last month from a year earlier thanks to a sharp rise in exports.
Renault Korea sold 9,002 vehicles in June, up from 7,297 units a year e…
South Korea will launch a new ministry of population strategy to address low birth rates and a rapidly aging population, which have emerged as some of the starkest challenges facing the country, officials said Monday.
The government unveiled the pla…
Rarely seen in Photharam, only 2 vendors left, growing bean sprouts in the traditional way, planted with black rice husk ash in a plastic container.
One of the two owners who still continue their bean sprout farming career is the three Supachaisirir…
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday ordered officials to make upmost efforts to rescue victims and treat them after a fatal car accident in downtown Seoul that killed at least nine people.
Yoon made the emergency order to Interior Minister Lee Sang-mi…
South Korean stocks finished a tad higher Monday as investors took a breather ahead of the release of the Fed minutes and the second-quarter earnings guidance of Samsung Electronics. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar on the first day of…
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles in a northeastern direction Monday, South Korea’s military said, with one of the launches possibly failing and the missile landing inside the country.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said one short-range ball…