Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, later this week, according to his office on Tuesday.Han will leave for China on Saturday to attend the opening ceremony set for later in the day, the o…
Lotte Shopping Co., which operates one of South Korea’s biggest department store chains, said Tuesday it targets annual sales of 17 trillion won (US$12.8 billion) by 2026, as it seeks to expand its business in Southeast Asia.Lotte Shopping also aims t…
North Korea’s food situations may have improved, compared with the first half of the year, on the back of an increase in crop harvest and imports, South Korea’s unification ministry said Tuesday.With deaths from starvation reported in some regions, No…
South Korea’s electricity demand hit a fresh all-time high in August as the country was struck by an unusual heat wave, the industry ministry said Tuesday.The country’s maximum power demand came to 93.6 gigawatts (GW) at 5 p.m. on Aug. 7, beating the …
The Army held an annual international military logistics forum Tuesday with officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other countries as part of efforts to strengthen defense cooperation.The three-day Korean ASEAN Plus Inte…
Environment Minister Han Wha-jin will attend the United Nations’ Climate Ambition Summit to be hosted by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres this week in New York, her ministry said Tuesday.The Climate Ambition Summit 2023, scheduled to take place…
