President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval exceeded 40 percent for the first time in eight months, a poll showed Monday, amid positive views on Yoon’s regional development initiatives and the government’s plan to drastically increase medical school seats.
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South Korean stocks closed lower Monday as investors dumped local shares on the government’s weaker-than-expected plans to boost corporate value. The Korean won edged down against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell…
President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday it is the state’s constitutional responsibility to provide timely and proper medical treatment to sick people, apparently referring to the ongoing walkout by trainee doctors nationwide.
Yoon made the remark during…
The financial regulator said Monday that it will work to incentivize efforts by local businesses to enhance their own value that will in turn lead to increased returns to investors.
The move comes as part of efforts to end the “Korea Discount,” wher…
The government said Monday it will not hold trainee doctors accountable if they return to work by Thursday as intern and resident doctors stayed off the job for the seventh day in protest of the medical school quota hike plan.
Interior Minister Lee …