President Yoon Suk Yeol instructed his aides Monday to “deeply bear in mind” the protests of school teachers demanding better rights and to do their utmost to guarantee their rights, his office said.Yoon gave the instruction during a weekly meeting wit…
1966 — The first contingent of the “White Horse” division lands in South Vietnam, becoming the first South Korean military unit to take part in the Vietnam War.1973 — The first subway line in Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, opens for service.1985 …
South Korean stocks traded nearly flat late Monday morning, with oil refiners and metal stocks extending gains while IT service blue chips and insurers lost ground.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) had added 2.68 points, or 0.1 p…
Online shopping in South Korea increased 9.1 percent on-year in July from a year earlier, data showed Monday, as the demand for travel services continues to recover to pre-pandemic normalcy.The value of online shopping transactions amounted to 18.9 tr…
South Korean banks saw their financial health improve in the second quarter from three months earlier despite a rise in risk-weighted assets largely thanks to their quarterly net profit and additional issuance of subordinated bonds, preliminary data s…
South Korea’s information security market expanded nearly 17 percent last year from a year earlier thanks to sharp growth in cloud and network security services, government data showed Monday.The total sales of the country’s cybersecurity industry rea…
South Korea’s finance minister said Monday the government will spare no efforts to provide all-out support to the shipbuilding sector with the goal of nurturing it into a new growth engine.Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho made the remarks during his vis…
