Four young Nigerian siblings were killed in a fire that engulfed a three-story residential building in Ansan, south of Seoul, on Monday.The fire started on the building’s second floor at 3:28 a.m. and was put out by firefighters about 40 minutes later…
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Monday’s weather forecast
The following is the weather forecast for South Korea’s 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Monday.Temperature (C) Condition PossibilityHigh/Low of Rain (%)Seoul 14/02 Cloudy 20Incheon 11/03 Cloudy 20Suwon 14/00 Cloudy 10Cheongju 15/01 Sunny 0Daejeon 16/-1 S…
(LEAD) Hankook Tire chief indicted over alleged illicit inter-affiliate trading, embezzlement
The chief of tire giant Hankook Tire & Technology Co. was indicted Monday on charges of illicit inter-affiliate trading, embezzlement and breach of trust, prosecutors said.Chairman Cho Hyun-bum was charg…
Yoon appoints new chief of National Office of Investigation
President Yoon Suk Yeol named Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police chief Woo Jong-soo on Monday as the new head of the National Office of Investigation in charge of commanding police investigation forces nationwide.Woo’s appointment came after Yoon’s prev…
(LEAD) Local banks show no signs of withdrawal problems: regulator
South Korea’s financial regulator said Monday that local banks showed no signs of abnormality in their withdrawal and deposit operations.The assessment by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) came amid concerns of a global banking crisis following …
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DL 51,500 UP 400CJ LOGISTICS 77,400 DN 1,000HANKOOK & COMPANY 11,710 DN 140Youngpoong 546,000 0SK hynix 85,500 DN 1,800KorZinc 527,000 0SamsungElecMech 154,900 0Hanssem 49,100 DN 2,100F&F 136,000…
(Yonhap Interview) Cellist Youn Ji-won combines paintings with music for boundless art experience
Youn Ji-won is a cellist and a self-taught art curator who thinks looking at paintings in museums is not enough and wants to invite people to the boundless art world in unconventional ways.Youn has created her own term, “lecture concert,” to select ar…
Sunday’s weather forecast
The following is the weather forecast for South Korea’s 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Sunday.Temperature (C) Condition PossibilityHigh/Low of Rain (%)Seoul 14/07 Sunny 0Incheon 12/06 Sunny 0Suwon 14/06 Sunny 0Cheongju 16/08 Cloudy 0Daejeon 17/07 Cloudy …
S. Korean police search for 2 Kazakhstanis who fled airport
South Korean police are trying to capture two Kazakhstanis who fled Incheon International Airport on Sunday, after they were denied entry into the country for unspecified reasons, officials said.The two foreigners climbed over a fence near the airport …
Samsung chief visits chip parts manufacturing unit in China
Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong has visited a semiconductor components manufacturing site in China run by a Samsung affiliate, the company said Sunday, in the first such trip to the neighboring country in three years.Lee visited the…