South Korea’s point man on North Korea once again urged Pyongyang on Thursday to heed the international community’s repeated calls to improve its dismal human rights situation.
North Korea’s serious human rights violations have gained international …
Seoul shares extended gains late Thursday morning as investors expect the Federal Reserve’s rate cut next week after the release of U.S. inflation data.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 1.26 percent, or 31.63 points, to 2…
Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun on Thursday held separate talks with a senior defense official from Saudi Arabia and his counterparts from Rwanda and Kenya to discuss ways to expand cooperation, his office said.
Kim met with Khaled bin Hussein Al-Biy…
A court on Thursday approved a bail request by Hur Young-in, the chair of bakery giant SPC Group, who is currently standing trial on charges of coercing bakers to quit their labor union.
The 74-year-old bakery mogul was arrested in April and has sin…
The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed Thursday on financial assistance measures designed to encourage about 8,000 hospitals and neighborhood clinics to accept patients during the upcoming Chuseok holiday amid a prolonged docto…
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Thursday strongly denounced a “blacklist” of emergency room doctors drawn up to name and shame those not participating in the walkout by junior doctors, vowing to take stern action against those responsible.
The list c…
