Prosecutors on Monday demanded imprisonment of six and five years, respectively, for former Ulsan Mayor Song Cheol-ho and opposition lawmaker Hwang Un-ha in a court hearing on a 2018 election-meddling scandal in the southeastern city.
Song, a longti…
The top diplomats of South Korea and Russia held consultations to discuss regional security on the Korean Peninsula and other pending bilateral issues, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Monday.
Foreign Minister Park Jin and his Russian counterpart, Serg…
Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho on Monday met with the U.N. special rapporteur for North Korea’s human rights and vowed close cooperation to improve Pyongyang’s dismal rights records.
Elizabeth Salmon has been visiting South Korea since last Monday…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has had a photo session with participants of a paramilitary parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the country’s founding, state media said Monday, amid speculation about his possible trip to Russia for talks with …
KT Wiz ace William Cuevas was announced as the top player in South Korean baseball for August on Monday.
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Cuevas was voted the Player of the Month for August, after going a perfect 5-0 in five starts that mo…
Besieged by criticism over his questionable commitment to the job and lack of tactical expertise, Jurgen Klinsmann will try to grab his first win as head coach of the South Korean men’s national football team this week in England.
South Korea, ranke…
The Seoul city government will launch an all-inclusive monthly transit pass plan next year, which will offer unlimited access to the city’s subway, bus and bicycle-sharing services at a fixed price of 65,000 won (US$48.70), officials said Monday.
Th…
South Korean stocks traded 0.14 percent higher late Monday morning, led by gains in tech and bio shares.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index had added 3.64 points to 2,551.32 as of 11:20 a.m.
The world’s top memory chipmaker Samsung El…
“Welcome to our embassy,” greeted Colin Crooks, the British ambassador to South Korea, in fluent Korean on Monday as he led a preliminary tour of the legation and the ambassador’s residence in a neighborhood in Seoul steeped in the country’s early mod…
Cambodia exported a total of 401,699 tonnes of milled rice in the first eight months of this year, generating over US$278 million in revenue, a Cambodia Rice Federation’s report said on Friday.
The January-August export accounted for 58 percent of t…