Jan. 31
1951 — The United Nations calls China an “invader” after the People’s Liberation Army enters the Korean War.
1954 — A commuter train on its way to Osan Station collides with a military truck, overturning part of the train and killing more…
SEOUL, A cultural delegation from China’s northeastern province bordering North Korea has arrived in Pyongyang to attend a bilateral event for the new year, state media said Tuesday, in what would mark the first such event since the pandemic.
The cu…
SEOUL, The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency, at 11:00 a.m.
Term Today (%) Previous Session (%)
1-W 3.50 3.50
1-M 3.55 3.55
2-M 3.60 3.60
3-M 3.66 3….
SEOUL, Actor Lee Young-ae will reprise the popular character Jang-geum again in a new TV series, a follow-up to the mega-hit MBC drama “Jewel in the Palace,” a local entertainment company said Tuesday.
Fantagio said it has recently sealed a contract…
SEOUL, Amorepacific Group on Tuesday reported its 2023 net profit of 234.7 billion won (US$176.6 million), up 57.3 percent from a year earlier.
Operating profit for the year was 152 billion won, down 44.1 percent on-year, the company said in a regul…
SEOUL, Hyundai Steel Co. on Tuesday reported its 2023 net income of 449.6 billion won (US$337.9 million), down 56.7 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 807.3 billion won in operating profit for the yea…
SEOUL, The Marine Corps will resume live-fire drills at a firing range in the southeastern city of Pohang later this year, the defense ministry said Tuesday, more than three years after training was halted due to noise complaints by nearby residents….
WASHINGTON, The United States on Monday reiterated its “ironclad” security commitment to South Korea as tensions flared anew following North Korea’s recent test-firing of a claimed submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM).
The North’s Korean Central…
SEOUL, Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co. on Tuesday reported its fourth-quarter net profit of 109.3 billion won (US$81.8 million), down 2.1 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 77.9 billion won in…
SEOUL, The South Korean government has disapproved an offshore wind project pushed by a sub-subsidiary of global investment firm BlackRock Inc., citing a lack of data to prove its financial ability and power system issues in the region, officials sai…