Foreign Minister Park Jin held phone talks with his Japanese counterpart Friday and expressed condolences over the deadly earthquakes that hit central Japan on New Year’s Day, his office said.
In the phone talks with Yoko Kamikawa, Park extended con…
South Korea renewed its call Friday for Russia to stop arms transactions with North Korea in violation of international sanctions it has voted for, as the United States revealed the North’s delivery of ballistic missiles and other equipment to Moscow…
Seoul shares ended lower for a third straight day Friday, after robust employment data weighed on expectations for an early rate cut by the Federal Reserve this year. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock P…
HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) said Friday it has received a 303 billion-won (US$230 million) deal to build two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) ships for a European shipper by June 2027.
The two LPG carriers will be bui…
President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Friday to increase the government budget for scientific and technological research and development (R and D), saying he will fully support innovative R and D regardless of its cost.
Yoon made the remark during a meeting…
The suspect in the stabbing attack against opposition leader Lee Jae-myung expressed resentment toward politicians, and the nation’s political and economic circumstances in a note written before his crime earlier this week, police said Friday.
The p…
