The year 2023 was the warmest year of all time for South Korea as global warming heated up the Korean Peninsula to reach the average temperature of 13.7 C last year, the state weather agency said Wednesday.
It marks the highest annual mean temperatu…
Student enrollment in elementary schools nationwide is expected to drop below 400,000 for the first time this year due to the nation’s rock-bottom birth rate, officials forecast Wednesday, citing data from the education and interior ministries.
Acco…
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved 268 investment projects and investment expansion projects in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 44 percent.
The approved investment projects registered a total investment capital of US$4.9…
President Yoon Suk Yeol will invite members of the public and experts to take part in annual policy briefings that each ministry plans to provide starting this week so that participants can hold policy debates, his office said Wednesday.
Presidents …
Police on Wednesday raided the house and an office of the suspect in the stabbing attack against opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, as Lee has remained hospitalized after surgery.
The suspect, identified only by his surname Kim, 67, stabbed Lee, the c…
South Korea will mandate drug tests for all soon-to-be conscripts to disqualify drug addicts and ensure safety in the military, the military manpower agency said Wednesday.
Until now, prospective enlistees have undergone drug testing only if they ha…
The founder of Taeyoung Engineering and Construction Co. on Wednesday asked creditors to allow the ailing builder to enter a debt restructuring program to tide over a cash crunch.
Yoon Se-young, founder and honorary chairman of Taeyoung, made the …
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has unleashed a sarcasm-filled tirade over South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s New Year’s Day address that unveiled a plan to complete a sturdier deterrence system with the United States to co…
The education ministry said Wednesday it will make a mental health test available at all elementary, middle and high schools starting in the new semester in March in an effort to detect students at risk early amid worsening problems of teenage suicid…
Nicaragua’s new ambassador to North Korea is set to take up his position in Pyongyang soon, according to a news report and diplomatic sources Wednesday, amid signs of the North apparently resuming diplomacy with countries considered to be at odds wit…