June 12, 2024

Appellate court upholds life sentence for rape-murder suspect

An appellate court on Wednesday upheld life imprisonment for the suspect in last year’s attempted rape and murder of a woman on a hiking trail in Seoul.

Choi Yun-jong, 30, was indicted on charges of fatally beating, throttling and attempting to rape…

(LEAD) Nation jolted by this year’s strongest quake

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the southwestern county of Buan on Wednesday, the weather agency said.

The quake struck 4 kilometers south-southwest of the North Jeolla county, 204 km south of Seoul, at 8:26 a.m. at an estimated depth of 8 km…

Tire exports rise 7.3 pct on-year during Jan.-April

Exports of tires increased more than 7 percent on-year during the first four months of the year, nearly recovering to their level from five years ago before the pandemic, industry data showed Wednesday.

According to data from the Korea Tire Industry…