President Yoon Suk Yeol declared Wednesday that South Korea is in a “demographic national emergency” due to its declining population, vowing to make all-out efforts to tackle the country’s ultralow birth rate.
Yoon made the remark during a meeting of…
Talks between South Korea and the United States over an envisioned bilateral defense procurement agreement have faced an unexpected hurdle, a source said Tuesday, as U.S. lawmakers called for a review to ensure that such a pact will not negatively aff…
Seoul shares advanced by more than 1 percent Wednesday as investors scooped up tech stocks following a rally on Wall Street. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 33.41 points, or 1…
LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it has partnered with ChargePoint Inc., the leading supplier of charging solutions for electric vehicles in North America, to expand its EV charging business on a global basis.
Under the memorandum of understanding,…
A girl statue symbolizing the victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, euphemistically called “comfort women,” will be erected in Italy for the first time, a local activist group said Wednesday.
The statue, dubbed a Statue of Peace or comfort women…