South Korean shares closed sharply higher Friday, ending a two-day losing streak on large cap gains led by financial firms and shipbuilding companies. The local currency fell slightly against

A local court on Friday issued arrest warrants for two YouTubers accused of blackmailing and extorting “mukbang” YouTube star Tzuyang.

The Suwon District Court issued the warrants after questioning

Japan’s former gold mine, associated with South Korea’s wartime forced labor, is expected to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site over the weekend, Seoul’s foreign ministry said

Shinhan Financial Group Co. on Friday reported its second-quarter net income jumped 14.4 percent from a year earlier, with both its interest and noninterest income growing.

The group posted

The United States offered Thursday to provide a reward of up to US$10 million for information on a North Korean cyber actor targeting America’s critical infrastructure, as it strives

South Korea will hold a ceremony this weekend to honor U.N. veterans who fought alongside its troops during the 1950-53 Korean War, the veterans ministry said Friday.

The event

Thousands of customers have swarmed the headquarters of TMON and WeMakePrice, two local affiliates of Singapore-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Group, to seek refunds, according to company officials on Friday,

A dozen years after he last won an Olympic medal, Park Tae-hwan remains the only South Korean swimmer who has reached the podium at the quadrennial competition.

Park, in

North Korea’s economy grew by more than 3 percent last year, rebounding from a contraction for a third consecutive year on the back of a rise in the manufacturing,