SEOUL, The Jogye Order, South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, is expected to reclaim next month the remains of Buddhist monks from the country’s 14th-century Goryeo Dynasty after their stay for 85 years in the United States.
The “sarira” relics, beli…
SEOUL, South Korean stocks got off to a strong start Tuesday despite overnight losses on Wall Street.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 32.49 points, or 1.19 percent, to 2,770.06 in the first 15 minutes of trading.
The U…
SEOUL, Defense Minister Shin Won-sik on Tuesday called for defending the western sea border against enemy threats on the anniversary of the 2010 sinking of a South Korean warship by a North Korean torpedo attack.
The ROKS Cheonan corvette sank near …
SUWON, Police are tracking down the writer of a message vowing to kill Rep. Ko Min-jung of the main opposition Democratic Party, officials said Tuesday.
The message was posted in an online game chatroom Monday morning, vowing to kill Ko, who is seek…
SEOUL, Police raided the home and office of the chief of an online platform on Tuesday as part of an investigation into an online post allegedly blacklisting trainee doctors who did not participate in the ongoing mass walkout.
The Seoul Metropolitan…