North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has guided artillery firing drills involving front-line units capable of striking the “enemy’s capital,” state media reported Friday, in an apparent response to an ongoing joint military exercise between South Korea an…
Police opened an investigation Friday after an unidentified person kneed retired football star Lee Chun-soo when he was campaigning for former Land Minister Won Hee-ryong of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) ahead of next month’s general elections….
South Korea logged a current account surplus for the ninth straight month in January on the back of a continued trade surplus, central bank data showed Friday.
The country’s current account surplus reached US$3.5 billion in January, following the su…
South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Friday and asked the Southeast Asian government to further improve the business environment to seek closer ties.
Choi met his Vietnamese counterpart, Ho Duc Phoc,…
Nurses were authorized to expand their role in the emergency rooms of major hospitals Friday to cope with a shortage of medical staff, as a mass walkout by more than 11,000 trainee doctors entered its 18th day and caused disruptions in health care se…