The understaffed police force and their seemingly limited experience in counterespionage investigations are becoming potential issues, as the police have assumed investigative authority for potential violations of the National Security Law from the N…
SEOUL, The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), South Korea’s biggest business lobby, said Monday it has donated US$500,000 in aid to Japan’s relief efforts involving a massive earthquake that killed more than 200 people in the country.
The FKI sa…
SEOUL, Prosecutors have indicted two police officers over the bungled response to the deadly 2022 crowd crush in the district of Itaewon, officials said Monday.
The indictment of the two officers who were overseeing patrol duties at a precinct stati…
SEOUL, K-pop girl group Le Sserafim will put out its third EP “Easy” next month, the group’s agency Source Music said Monday.
“Easy,” due out on Feb. 19, will mark the group’s first release in nine months since its first studio album “Unforgiven” in…
Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)
1-year TB 3.329 3.365 -3.6
2-year TB 3.322 3.360 -3.8
3-year TB 3.278 3.307 -2.9
10-year TB 3.372 3.422 -5.0
2-year MSB 3.326 3.347 -2.1
3-year CB (AA-) 4.030 4.058 -2.8
91-day CD None None None
Sour…
SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol skipped a government-public debate scheduled for Monday, triggering speculation as to whether the decision was related to a clash between the presidential office and the ruling party chief.
The presidential office sent…
SEOUL, North Korea’s exports of beauty products to China, such as wigs and false eyelashes, soared more than 13 times last year from the previous year amid the North’s border opening, Chinese customs data showed Monday.
The value of the North’s expo…
SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol has agreed to extend the work of a state reconciliation panel by a year to allow it to look into more cases of human rights abuses during and after Japan’s 1910-45 occupation of the Korean Peninsula, the presidential of…
SEOUL, The South Korean government on Monday announced its plans to scrap the decadelong controversial ban on handset subsidies as part of efforts to lower the financial burden on consumers for communications service.
According to the Office for Gov…
SEOUL, South Korean stocks lost ground on Monday as investors sat on the sidelines ahead of the release of fourth-quarter earnings reports. The Korean won edged up against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 8.39 po…