SEOUL, South Korea’s exports fell 1 percent on-year in the first 20 days of January due to a smaller number of working days, data showed Monday.
Outbound shipments reached US$33.3 billion in the Jan. 1-20 period, compared with $33.6 billion tallied …
SEOUL, South Korean shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering Co. said Monday it has bagged a 491.1 billion-won (US$366 million) order to build three very large ammonia carriers for a shipper based in Central and South America.
HD Hyun…
SEOUL, The government announced several measures aimed at reforming regulations related to people’s livelihoods, including scrapping the policy mandating large retailers to close their stores on Sunday twice a month, officials said Monday.
The annou…
SEOUL, The ruling and the main opposition parties on Monday announced the recruitment of a former Samsung Electronics executive and a former Hyundai Motor executive, respectively, as talents for April’s general elections.
Koh Dong-jin, a former pres…
Three weeks have passed since the start of the year. But the presidential office is still dillydallying over whether to hold President Yoon Suk Yeol’s New Year’s press conference – and how. In August 2022, Yoon had his first – and last – press confer…
SEOUL, South Korea’s agriculture ministry said Monday it has launched a task force dedicated to working out the details of implementing the government’s plan to end the consumption of dog meat by 2027.
The launch came as the National Assembly passed…
SEOUL, K-pop girl group (G)I-dle on Monday released “Wife,” a track off the group’s upcoming new studio album, the group’s agency said.
Cube Entertainment described the track as boasting a “trendy beat and addictive melody,” highlighting member Soye…
SEOUL, South Korean director Hong Sang-soo’s new film, “A Traveler’s Needs,” will compete in the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival next month, the event’s website showed Monday.
The film by Hong was among the 19 full-length titles announce…
SEOUL, A Seoul district court has postponed its decision on Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong in a case involving a controversial merger of two Samsung affiliates where, if convicted as indicted, the Samsung chief may face a five-year pri…
SEOUL. A Navy officer who survived North Korea’s 2010 sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan took the helm of a new frigate named after the ill-fated corvette, the Navy said Monday.
The FFG-826 Daegu-class frigate was named after the ROKS Cheon…