Early voting began Friday ahead of next week’s parliamentary elections, with turnout reaching a record high just three hours after the polls opened, amid high interest in the vote seen as a midterm referendum on the administration of President Yoon S…
Electric vehicle sales in South Korea plunged 25 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, while gasoline hybrid model sales jumped 46 percent during the same period, according to a market tracker Friday.
From January to March, the country’s…
Seoul shares opened lower Friday as investors were disappointed with hawkish comments by Federal Reserve officials.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 23.64 points, or 0.86 percent, to 2,718.36 in the first 15 minutes of tr…
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its operating profit for the first quarter is estimated to have shot up more than tenfold on rebounding demand for memory chips, beating market expectations.
The world’s biggest maker of me…
North Korea has been ramping up preparations for an art festival celebrating the 112th birthday of late founder Kim Il-sung this month, with art troupes from Russia, China and Mongolia expected to participate in the event, state media reported Friday…