Kathmandu: Flash floods and landslides across the Himalayan border region of Nepal and China’s autonomous region of Tibet have resulted in the deaths of at least 682 people, with nearly 3,000 individuals still missing, including several hundred touris…
Seoul: North Korea has replaced its defense minister in a reshuffle of senior military leadership, state media reported Sunday. Kim Song-gi, director of the General Political Bureau of the North’s Korean People’s Army, was appointed as the country’s n…
Seoul: The government and Doosan Enerbility Co. have called off plans to deploy two helicopters in the search for nine South Koreans missing in Nepal’s recent floods, as local authorities raised safety concerns and declined their requests, officials c…
Seoul: President Lee Jae Myung has nominated Vice Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il as the new finance minister and tapped five others as new ministers in a major Cabinet reshuffle, a presidential official said Sunday. Presidential chief of staff Kang Ho…
Seoul: Prime Minister Han Seong-sook instructed relevant agencies Sunday to make thorough preparations against damage from heavy rains forecast for this week. Noting that heavy rain is forecast for early Monday morning, Han called for establishing saf…
Seoul: Corporate taxes paid by Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. reached a combined 11.2 trillion won (US$8.1 billion) in the first half of this year, driven by the ongoing semiconductor supercycle, according to financial data released on Sund…
Seoul: The government plans to continue using helicopters in search operations Sunday in Nepal to locate nine South Koreans who have gone missing after a catastrophic flash flood devastated the Himalayan country, the foreign ministry said.
According…
Seoul: President Lee Jae Myung has nominated Vice Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il as the new finance minister and tapped five others as new ministers in a major Cabinet reshuffle, a presidential official said Sunday.
According to Yonhap News Agency, …
