SEOUL, Main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung criticized the government Monday for its anticipated rejection of a special bill calling for a renewed investigation into the Itaewon crowd crush in 2022.

The main opposition Democratic Party (DP), which h…

SEOUL, Prosecutors have sought arrest warrants for the sitting manager and a former general manager of the Kia Tigers professional baseball team, both on bribery charges, officials said Monday.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors office filed for…

SEOUL, Kumho Petro Chemical Co. said Monday its fourth-quarter net income tumbled 44.7 percent from a year earlier due to waning global demand for petrochemical products.

Its net profit stood at 82.5 billion won (US$61.8 million), compared with 149….

SEOUL, North Korea’s recent series of missile launches using diverse platforms indicate its efforts to develop more powerful and harder-to-detect weapons, posing a challenge to South Korea’s missile defense system, experts said Monday.

North Korea t…

SEOUL, SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. said Monday it shifted to net profit in the fourth quarter from a net loss a year earlier, driven by higher sales in the United States.

The net profit came to 7.8 billion won (US$5.8 million) in the October-December …