Japan’s top diplomat thanked her South Korean counterpart Sunday for helping Japanese nationals depart from Israel last week, Seoul’s foreign ministry said, amid the deadly conflict in the country with the Palestinian Hamas militant group.Yoko Kamikaw…
The labor union of Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said Sunday it has failed to settle wage talks with the company again, raising the possibility of it staging a partial strike starting later this week.Unless the two sides resume ne…
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Unionized workers at Seoul Metro, the city-run operator of the subway system in Seoul, will complete voting this week on whether to go on strike next month, officials said Sunday, amid a disagreement over the company’s workforce reduction plan.The voti…
Senior officials from the ruling party, the government and the presidential office were set to hold a meeting Sunday to discuss plans to increase the number of medical students and reform the nation’s pension system, officials said.The planned meeting…
South Korea has joined a key donor group of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the first time after making major contributions last year, the humanitarian organization said Sunday.The country was recently included in the ICRC’s 20…
