The number of South Koreans taking their own lives soared nearly 34 percent in January from a year earlier, data showed Friday.
The number of suicides reached 1,321 in January, an increase of 334 from the previous year, according to data from the Mi…
North Korea expressed strong discontent Friday regarding the U.N. Security Council’s (UNSC) meeting on Pyongyang’s human rights situation held earlier this week.
At the UNSC session Wednesday, diplomats, experts and activists emphasized the need for…
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Malaysia (MoH) issued 6,605 compound notices totalling RM1.6 million in May for smoking offences, Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said.
He said 16,355 violation notices were issued from inspections of …
South Korea on Friday urged Japan to address the “entire history” of a gold mine complex linked to wartime forced labor of Koreans in its application as a UNESCO World Heritage site, after Tokyo accepted an international recommendation to revise the …
The delinquency ratio on loans extended by banks in South Korea rose slightly from a month earlier in April, data showed Friday.
The delinquency ratio on banks’ won-denominated loans came to 0.48 percent at end-April, up 0.05 percentage point from a…