Vice FM tests positive for COVID-19
SEOUL-- Second Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-moon tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, leading to 16 Cabinet members taking virus tests and canceling their schedules as they attended the same…
January 12, 2022
Moon urges people to get booster shots amid omicron concerns
SEOUL-- President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday called for more people to get their third COVID-19 vaccine shot as health authorities feared a further spread of the omicron variant.Moon voiced his…
Seoul stocks jump 1.5 pct after Fed chief’s inflation comments
SEOUL-- South Korean stocks closed sharply higher Wednesday, as the U.S. Fed chief's comments about inflation were largely within market expectations. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark…
U.N. Command to suspend Panmunjom tours again amid coronavirus concerns
SEOUL-- Tours to the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom will be suspended starting next week due to spikes in COVID-19 infections, the U.N. Command (UNC) said Wednesday.The UNC will discontinue…
Accuser in Lee’s legal fee controversy found dead
SEOUL-- A civic activist, who first raised allegations that ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung paid legal fees by proxy in 2018, has been found dead at a motel in…