SEOUL, Vice Veterans Minister Lee Hee-wan on Monday met with the new deputy commander of the U.N. Command (UNC) to discuss strengthening cooperation on veterans affairs projects commemorating UNC troops.
During the talks with Canadian Lt. Gen. Derek…
SEOUL, Cargo processed at South Korean seaports for exports and imports rose 1 percent on-year in 2023 amid signs of a recovery in the country’s exports, the oceans ministry said Monday.
Export-import cargo handled at the ports nationwide came to 1….
SEOUL, South Korea aims to develop an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft deployable from warships by 2028, the state arms procurement agency said Monday, amid efforts to boost surveillance against North Korean threats.
Last month, the Defense Acquisit…
SEOUL, Kumho Petro Chemical Co. on Monday reported its 2023 net income of 436.2 billion won (US$326.6 million), down 57.2 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the year fell 68.7 percent on-ye…
SEOUL, HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) said Monday it has received a 230 billion-won (US$172 million) order to build a very large ethane carrier (VLEC) for a shipper in Asia.
The VLEC vessel will be built at the shipyard…
SEOUL, Investigators have raided the home of the teenage suspect behind the physical attack on ruling party lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin as police are trying to determine the exact motive of the crime, officials said Monday.
During Sunday’s search of the s…
SEOUL, K-pop girl group (G)I-dle will put out its second full-length album Monday, the group’s agency said.
“Two” will be available in music stores at 6 p.m., according to Cube Entertainment.
Led by “Super Lady,” the eight-track album will also fea…
SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol and ruling party chief Han Dong-hoon discussed ways to improve the people’s livelihoods as they met over lunch on Monday, the presidential office said, their second meeting in less than a week amid efforts to repair the…
SEOUL, The horror film “Sleep,” starring late actor Lee Sun-kyun, has won the best picture award at an annual French horror film festival, the organizer said.
The debut feature by Jason Yu clinched the Grand Prix at the Festival International du Fil…
SEOUL, Seoul shares opened higher Monday as institutions and foreign investors scooped up tech, bio and other blue chips.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index climbed 0.49 percent, or 12.11 points, to 2,490.67 in the first 15 minutes of t…