A regional court sentenced the knife attacker of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung to 15 years in prison Friday for the January stabbing in Busan that left Lee hospitalized for over a week with a neck wound.
Posing as a supporter asking for a signatur…
Police have booked two men for leaving deriding notes at the site of this week’s deadly car crash in central Seoul that killed nine people and injured seven others, officials said Friday.
On Monday night, a sedan driven by a 68-year-old darted in th…
LG Electronics Inc. on Friday estimated its second-quarter operating earnings at 1.19 trillion won (US$868.1 million), up 61.2 percent from a year earlier.
Revenue increased 8.5 percent to 21.7 trillion won. The data for net income was not available…
Seoul shares ended higher for a third consecutive day Friday as investors cheered an earnings surprise from Samsung Electronics Co. amid hopes for softening U.S. jobs data due this week. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Kor…
South Korea logged the largest current account surplus in 32 months in May on the back of a sharp rise in the trade surplus and increased dividend income, central bank data showed Friday.
The country’s current account surplus reached US$8.92 billion…
North Korea on Friday stressed the need for swift and accurate weather forecasts, as heavy rain likely to fall during the summer monsoon season could seriously affect the country’s agriculture.
The Rodong Sinmun, the North’s main newspaper, reported…
