The Seoul city government said Tuesday it will install guardrails made from steel along accident-prone roads to protect pedestrians following a deadly car crash that left nine people dead in July.
The decision was part of a set of safety measures th…
South Korea and the United States on Tuesday recognized the need for a coordinated response to North Korea’s “gray zone” provocations during their regular defense talks this week, Seoul’s defense ministry said.
Deputy Minister for Defense Policy Cho…
The financial regulator stressed the need to supply enough funds to local businesses in a “timely” manner Tuesday, noting a recent U.S. rate cut may increase market volatility.
Kim So-young, deputy chief of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), a…
Chung Mong-gyu, head of the Korea Football Association (KFA), denied Tuesday that he and his organization had sought to cover up any facts regarding their hiring of the men’s national team head coach Hong Myung-bo.
Chung addressed the controversial …
South Korea’s national pension fund said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong with a Seoul court seeking compensation over losses incurred from a controversial merger of two Samsung affiliates.
In the …
The government has launched an on-site emergency inspection of Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant mobile messenger, to assess its network operations after repeated service outages this year, officials said Tuesday.
The Ministry of S…
Clean economy and ant-corruption deals, two of four pillars under the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), will come into force in October, Seoul officials said Tuesday.
Of the four pillars of the IPEF, the supply chain agreement was lau…
Hong Myung-bo, the beleaguered head coach of the South Korean men’s national football team, said Tuesday he doesn’t think he was given any preferential treatment when he was hired for the job this summer.
Hong also defied calls for his resignation o…
