The nation’s medical service vacuum caused by mass resignations by trainee doctors is becoming increasingly serious, forcing many emergency patients to travel several hundreds of kilometers to see an ER doctor after being denied treatment at strike-hi…
With South Korea and the United States estranged from North Korea, cautious hopes are reemerging that Japan’s diplomatic outreach to Pyongyang could lead to an opening for the resumption of long-stalled diplomacy for peace with the recalcitrant regime…
South Korean stocks snapped a two-day losing streak Thursday on strong performance by chip heavyweights after Nvidia’s better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock …
The state arms procurement agency said Thursday it plans to complete delivering a new handheld communication device to special operations units by November this year to replace aging equipment.
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) ha…
A U.S. F-16 fighter jet dropped two of its fuel tanks into waters off South Korea’s west coast as it experienced an “in-flight emergency” before safely returning to base, a U.S. Air Force unit said.
The F-16 of the 8th Fighter Wing jettisoned the tan…
Thailand asked South Korea on Thursday to toughen the pre-entry screening process for foreign visitors from visa-waiver countries, after a number of its citizens were denied entry into Korea and the incidents stirred public ire.
Thailand made the req…
