September 19, 2024

Seoul shares open lower on U.S. losses after Fed rate cut

Seoul shares opened lower Thursday tracking losses on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a half percentage point, the first rate cut in more than four years.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 0.35 percent,…

N. Korea launches over 160 trash balloons Wednesday night: JCS

North Korea launched more than 160 balloons carrying trash toward South Korea last night to drop dozens of garbage bundles across northwestern parts of the country, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday.

The JCS said it discovered some 30 tr…

Ex-U.S. Open champion Raducanu reaches quarterfinals in Seoul

The 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu reached the quarterfinals of the Korea Open in Seoul on Thursday.

Raducanu defeated Yue Yuan of China in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, in the round of 16 at Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul. Yue was the runner…