SEOUL, A joint team of South Korean and British soldiers and security personnel placed first in an international cyber defense competition last week, officials said Wednesday, amid efforts to strengthen cyberspace cooperation.
The team beat the compe…
SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Wednesday to make sweeping changes to regulations governing the use of “greenbelt” zones, or land protected from development to preserve the environment, to secure more plots to build cutting-edge industries.
Yoon…
SEOUL, South Korean stocks finished lower Wednesday with investors waiting for the release of the minutes of the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) January meeting. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.
After starting marginally h…
SEOUL, Defense Minister Shin Won-sik on Wednesday called on military hospitals to provide active medical support to civilian patients in need as major hospitals suffer disruptions amid trainee doctors’ massive walkout.
Shin made the call during his v…
TOKYO/SEOUL, The Japanese government summoned Seoul’s top envoy to Tokyo on Wednesday to lodge a protest after the bereaved family of a South Korean victim of Japan’s wartime forced labor received compensation from Hitachi Zosen Corp. earlier this wee…