South Korea’s exports fell 7.9 percent on-year in the first 10 days of September due to weak shipments of chips and petroleum products, data showed Monday.
The country’s outbound shipments reached US$14.9 billion in the Sept. 1-10 period, compared w…
The Seoul city government will hold a global financial technology (fintech) conference next month, bringing together fintech experts from around the world to discuss the digitalization trend in the financial industry, officials said Monday.
The 2023…
South Korean stock markets will be closed throughout the upcoming six-day fall holiday, the bourse operator said Monday.
The stock markets, including the main Korea Composite Stock Price Index and KOSDAQ, as well as the ETF, the derivatives markets …
Alchera Inc.on Monday announced that it will sell stock to raise 56.1 billion won(US$42.2 million). The proceeds from the stock sale will be used mainly to finance its operations.
According to a regulatory filing, the company will issue 6.3 million …
KT&G Corp., South Korea’s dominant tobacco company, said Monday it plans to expand its production facilities in Indonesia, with an aim to start operations in 2026.
KT&G currently has a tobacco manufacturing plant in Surabaya and plans to build anoth…
“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…
Don’t hide behind the ‘no arrest’ privilege
Politicians’ strongest weapon could be their sincerity. But the way the Democratic Party (DP) leader responds to the prosecution’s investigation is totally devoid of the virtue, not to mention the lack of …
The state anti-corruption agency said Monday that it has uncovered a total of 353 cases of hiring irregularities within the National Election Commission (NEC) over the past seven years.
Announcing its investigation into a hiring corruption scandal, …
Kim Ha-seong of the San Diego Padres has established a new career high for hits in a season.
Kim went 1-for-4 against the Houston Astros in Minute Maid Park in Houston on Sunday (local time), picking up his 131st hit of the season.
Kim collected 1…
The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) will push for the impeachment of Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup over allegations he unfairly interfered with a military investigation into the death of a young Marine, party leader Lee Jae-myung said Monday.
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