The ongoing dispute between the government and doctors is showing signs of escalating. A group of senior physicians, mostly holding professorships at medical schools, are poised to join the collective action initiated by the trainee doctors. The Medi…
SEOUL, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo unveiled a set of measures Tuesday to support small, specialty hospitals in an effort to address the overreliance on the country’s five major hospitals, all located in Seoul.
The measures include reforming the curr…
SEOUL, South Korean stocks traded higher late Tuesday morning on gains in tech, energy and other blue chips.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index had risen 10.22 points, or 0.38 percent, to 2,670.06 as of 11:20 a.m.
Tech shares gained tr…
SEOUL, A candidate of a satellite party linked to the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) offered to withdraw her candidacy Tuesday amid mounting criticism over her past affiliations with radical left-wing groups with pro-North Korea and anti-U.S. …
SEOUL, South Korea’s new ambassador to Australia officially assumed his post with a greeting on the embassy’s website Tuesday amid controversy over his alleged influence-peddling case related to the death of a young Marine last year.
Lee Jong-sup, w…