SEOUL– President Moon Jae-in stressed the urgency Wednesday of curbing the spread of COVID-19 as South Korea’s daily count of additional cases has exceeded 2,000 for the first time. It…
SEOUL– Heavy rain battered northern parts of North Korea on Wednesday, the North’s state-run broadcaster said, after the country’s eastern province was hit with torrential rain earlier this month. The…
SEOUL– An appellate court on Wednesday upheld a four-year prison sentence for the wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk over academic fraud. The Seoul High Court found Chung Kyung-sim,…
SEOUL– South Korean banks’ household loans jumped in July, fueled by demand for home-backed lending and overdrafts for stock investments, central bank data showed Wednesday. Outstanding bank loans to local…
SEOUL– Seoul reported 661 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, a daily high that coincided with a record-breaking number of new infections in the country, health authorities said. Seoul added 650 local…
SEOUL– A South Korean civic group advocating for Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sex slavery hosted an international solidarity meeting in Seoul on Wednesday to mark the 30th anniversary of…