October 21, 2024

Exports fall 2.9 pct during first 20 days of October

South Korea’s exports lost 2.9 percent on-year in the first 20 days of October, data showed Monday.

Outbound shipments reached US$32.77 billion in the Oct. 1-20 period, compared with $33.74 billion tallied a year earlier, according to the data from …

Yoon’s approval rating hits new low: Realmeter poll

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval rating has dropped to 24.1 percent, the lowest level since he took office in 2022, a poll showed Monday.

The survey, conducted by Realmeter and commissioned by a local news outlet, showed a 1.7 percentage-point dro…

(3rd LD) N. Korea keeps mum on its troop deployment to Russia

North Korea has remained silent on its deployment of troops to Russia to aid its prolonged war against Ukraine, in the latest sign of growing military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow.

On Friday, South Korea’s spy agency announced that North…