A district court has ordered a manufacturing firm to pay some 10.5 million won (US$7,740) in severance pay to an illegal migrant worker, citing photos and other evidence showing the employment.
The company had the worker from Indonesia work without a…
South Korean shares closed sharply higher Monday, helped by strong advances in tech and financial shares. The local currency lost ground against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 26.38 points, or 1.02 perc…
Prosecutors are expected to announce their decision as early as this week not to charge first lady Kim Keon Hee over her alleged involvement in a stock manipulation scheme involving Deutsch Motors Inc., a BMW car dealer, sources said Monday.
The inve…
The leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Monday stepped up calls for a personnel overhaul of the presidential office to address controversies that first lady Kim Keon Hee has a coterie of officials influencing state affairs.
“(Kim) is not…
Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)
1-year TB 2.859 2.856 +0.3
2-year TB 2.966 2.971 -0.5
3-year TB 2.945 2.947 -0.2
10-year TB 3.089 3.085 +0.4
2-year MSB 2.934 2.944 -1.0
3-year CB (AA-) 3.514 3.523 -0.9
Source: Yonhap News Agency
South and North Korea are exchanging thorny accusations after the North claimed that South Korean drones had penetrated its airspace three times in October alone and spread leaflets denouncing the Kim Jong-un regime in “skies above Pyongyang.” When as…
