Prime Minister Han Duck-soo attended the state funeral of Vietnam’s highest-ranking official, Nguyen Phu Trong, in Hanoi on Thursday, his office said.

Han left for Vietnam the previous day to

With South Korean golfer Park In-bee running for election to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Athletes’ Commission, three candidates have dropped out of the race.

The commission’s website listed 29

South Korea made a last-minute switch to its mixed rifle shooting teams on Thursday, two days before their competition in France.

The Korea Shooting Federation (KSF) announced that Park Ha-jun,

South Korea’s economy retreated in the second quarter of the year as weaker domestic demand clouded recovery prospects, despite robust exports, central bank data showed Thursday.

The country’s real gross

LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), South Korea’s leading battery maker, said Thursday it shifted to a net loss in the second quarter due to slowing sales of electric vehicles (EVs).

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical company, said Thursday its second-quarter net profit plunged 91 percent from a year earlier on sharply decreased shareholding gains from battery unit.

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Challenges ahead of Han

New leader should resolve internal strife, fight the opposition’s unilateral legislation

Han Dong-hoon won a fierce fight to be elected as the new leader of the

Phatthalung, A robber brandished a fake gun and a hammer and robbed a gold shop in the middle of Phatthalung town. However, the shop owner fought back and was able

SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it shifted to a profit in the second quarter on solid sales of its premium artificial intelligence (AI) memory chips.

The world’s second-largest memory chipmaker