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.
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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…
Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday two workers at one of its chip manufacturing facilities in South Korea were recently exposed to radiation and a government-led investigation is underway.
The two workers in the chip production line of Samsung’s…
South Korea and the United Arab Emirates signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) freeing up trade between the two countries Wednesday after President Yoon Suk Yeol and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held summit talks i…
South Korean stocks opened lower Wednesday, bucking overnight gains on Wall Street as auto and chemical shares slumped.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 4.19 points, or 0.15 percent, to 2,718.66 in the first 15 minutes of trading…