An advance team of North Korean troops, including a ranking Army general, is believed to be making its way to the front lines of the war in Russia near Ukraine, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Tuesday.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) …

The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed to push for the passage of a special bill supporting the semiconductor industry before the end of the current parliamentary session in December, a lawmaker said Tuesday.

The special bill c…

Chang Ho-jin, foreign policy adviser to President Yoon Suk Yeol, has visited Australia to discuss cooperation in the security and defense industry, including Canberra’s frigate project, the presidential office said Tuesday.

Chang visited Australia fr…

South Korean stocks rose for three straight sessions Tuesday as the robust performance of top-cap Samsung Electronics offset losses from battery and auto shares. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Pri…

National Security Adviser Shin Won-sik met with a visiting Danish parliament delegation Tuesday, and discussed the bilateral partnership and other issues, including North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia, the presidential office said.

In the meetin…

LG H and H Co. on Tuesday reported its third-quarter net profit of 73.5 billion won (US$53 million), down 19.5 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the July-September period fell 17.4 percent …

The education ministry decided Tuesday to allow medical schools the freedom to grant academic leave requested by students, as most medical students have been boycotting classes for months in protest against the increase in the medical school admission…

Korea Zinc Co. said Tuesday it will hold a board of directors meeting the following day to discuss ways to fend off a “hostile” takeover attempt by the coalition of its biggest shareholder and a private equity firm.

Chairman Choi Yun-beom has asked t…

Top diplomats of South Korea and the European Union will hold talks next week, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Tuesday, with discussions likely to cover North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Russia.

Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and Josep Borrell, the EU’…

Kumho Tire Co. on Tuesday reported its third-quarter net profit of 98.7 billion won (US$71.2 million), up 195.3 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the July-September period rose 45.7 percent…