South Korea and the United States will likely hold talks “in the near future” about a new defense cost-sharing deal, a senior Seoul official said Wednesday, as the current six-year agreement is set to expire at the end of next year.
The move comes am…
South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter net income plunged 99.4 percent from a year earlier due to sluggish sales.
Net profit came to 453 million won (US$340,218) in the last three months of 2023, compared …
Seven out of 10 medical school students from across the nation have applied for a leave of absence in a collective action protesting the government’s medical school quota hike plan, the education ministry said Thursday.
Since Feb. 19, 13,698 students…
South Korean stocks closed lower Thursday as investors sat on the sidelines ahead of the holiday this week while keeping a watchful eye on U.S. inflation trends. The local currency gained against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock P…
No significant level of radioactive contamination was detected among 80 North Korean defectors who came from areas near the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea, the unification ministry said Thursday.
The ministry in charge of inter-Korean af…