SEOUL-- The office of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday the government approved a plan for the creation of a new military unit to bolster its defenses against chemical, nuclear…
SEOUL-- Woori Financial Group Inc., a major South Korean banking group, on Friday reported a record first-half net profit as its interest income rose after the central bank's rate hikes.Consolidated…
Japan's nuclear regulator on Friday formally approved a plan to release more than a million tons of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.The plan…
INCHEON-- Police referred a university freshman accused of raping a schoolmate and causing her to fall to her death to the prosecution Friday for potential indictment with an additional charge…
SEOUL-- South Korea's new coronavirus cases fell below 70,000 Friday but are nearly 10 times higher than a month ago amid the spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant.The country…
TOKYO-- Japan repeated its sovereignty claims to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo in an annual defense paper Friday, just a few days after Seoul's top diplomat made a trip…