Most athletes good enough to compete in an Olympic Games dream of winning a gold medal. Saying, “I want to win a silver medal!” doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as declaring, “My goal is to win a gold medal and nothing less!”
South Korean weig…
Seoul shares closed nearly flat Wednesday as investors sat on the sidelines ahead of the release of the latest U.S. inflation data that may give more clues on future rate directions. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Kor…
Chiang Mai, Police have taken into custody a young man who tricked and killed a rider to steal his car before driving to rob gold in a famous shopping mall in Chiang Mai. He has been detained after confessing everything, revealing his actions, includ…
President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Washington on Wednesday to attend a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit with a strong message against North Korea’s military cooperation with Russia amid the prolonged war in Ukraine.
South Korea was i…
Early repayment charges on loans will be lowered from mid-January next year as financial regulators revised rules, officials said Wednesday.
Under the revised rules, lenders will only be allowed to collect the actual cost of making or handling the l…
South Korea added fewer than 100,000 jobs for the second consecutive month in June, data showed Wednesday.
The number of employed people came to 28.91 million last month, up 96,000 from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Ko…
Seoul shares opened lower Wednesday, as investors sat on the sidelines after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell fell short of offering more details on the path of the Fed’s rate policy.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fel…
The value of investment funds in South Korea rose sharply in the first six months of the year, data showed Wednesday.
The net asset value of investment funds here came to 1,069.5 trillion won (US$771.8 billion) as of end-June, up 98.1 trillion won f…
Delivery app Baedal Minjok, or Baemin, said Wednesday it will raise its commission fee for restaurants that have registered for Baemin delivery services to 9.8 percent of food prices from next month.
Baemin has received 6.8 percent commissions from …
Nakhon Nayok, A 98-year-old grandmother from Nakhon Nayok likes to follow her son to exercise by practicing woodball as part of the project to promote the health of the elderly.
Grandma Pummalai, even though she is 98 years old, is very strong. This…