SEOUL– The foreign ministry opened a three-day exhibition for artists with developmental disabilities from South Korea, China and Japan on Thursday, seeking to enhance the countries’ ties long plagued by…
SEOUL– South Korean stocks plunged nearly 1 percent Thursday as investors turned risk-averse amid a surge in new coronavirus cases. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark…
SEOUL– Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., a major shipbuilder here, said Thursday it has sought a court order against unionized workers occupying a shipbuilding crane, the latest development in a drawn-out…
SEOUL– Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung came out ahead of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl by a substantial margin in a new hypothetical two-way poll between the leading presidential contenders,…
SEOUL– Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI), the country’s sole aircraft manufacturer, said Thursday it has received a 754.6 billion-won (US$663 million) airplane parts order from Britain. Under the deal, KAI…
SEOUL– Labor and business representatives negotiating next year’s minimum wage revised their proposals on Thursday but narrowed their gap by only a fraction. During a meeting of the Minimum Wage…