President Yoon Suk Yeol vetoed four contentious bills Wednesday, including one requiring the government to support victims of home rental scams, in his 11th to 14th vetoes of a bill since taking office two years ago.
Yoon exercised his veto power by…
Wednesday’s closing prices (KRW) of
KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.
LIG Nex1 160,500 DN 10,100
GS 43,700 UP 500
FOOSUNG 7,600 DN 30
HYUNDAIGLOVIS 182,400 DN 1,600
HANAFINANCIALGR 61,500 DN 200
HANWHA LIFE 2,780 DN 35
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President Yoon Suk Yeol and United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan were set to hold talks in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss ways to boost trade and investment between the two countries.
Mohamed arrived Tuesday for a two-day …
South Korea’s major mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday it has officially launched its artificial intelligence (AI)-based veterinary care assistance service X Caliber in Australia and Indonesia.
It marks the first official launch of X Calib…
The number of babies born in South Korea set yet another fresh low for the month of March, leading to a record-low fertility rate for the first quarter, data showed Wednesday,
A total of 19,669 babies were born in March, down 7.3 percent from a year…
Former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup had multiple phone calls with the presidential security service chief while a military probe was under way into the on-duty death of a Marine conscript last year, communication records showed Wednesday.
The recor…
GC Corp 111,900 UP 500
GS E andC 14,930 DN 170
SAMSUNG SDI CO.,LTD. 385,000 DN 19,500
KPIC 146,000 DN 6,000
GS Retail 19,500 DN 470
Ottogi 457,000 DN 3,500
HANKOOK and COMPANY 14,980 DN 240
KIA CORP. 122,000 DN 400
HITEJINRO 19,990 UP 40
CJ…
The unification ministry said Wednesday it plans to take legal actions against North Korea if Pyongyang expands its unauthorized use of the now-shuttered joint industrial complex in the North’s border city of Kaesong in a full-scale manner.
The move…
North Korea has launched hundreds of balloons carrying trash and manure across the inter-Korean border, Seoul’s military said Wednesday, after the North warned of “tit-for-tat action” against anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent by the South’s activists.
As…
Seoul shares closed sharply lower Wednesday as investors waited for major events, including this week’s U.S. inflation data. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) plunged 45.55 point…