SEOUL, South Korea’s business sentiment declined for April to snap its two-month improvement amid a slowdown in private spending, a central bank poll showed Wednesday.
Local companies’ business sentiment index (BSI) stood at 71 for the coming month,…
SEOUL, Playoff rounds of the South Korean professional League of Legends (LoL) championships will kick off this weekend, its organizer said Wednesday.
In this year’s regular LoL Champions Korea (LCK) season, which ended Sunday, reigning champion Gen…
While on the stump on Friday in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), shared his thoughts on China with voters. In a seeming attempt to criticize President Yoon Suk Yeol…
SEOUL, South Korea plans to abolish or reduce government fees and charges regarding electricity use, overseas visits, cinema tickets and other things to ease tax burdens on the people and promote corporate activities, the finance ministry said Wednes…
SEOUL, The reality survival series “Physical: 100 Season 2 – Underground” has debuted at No. 1 on Netflix’s weekly chart for non-English TV series, the global streaming service said Wednesday.
During the viewing period from March 18 to 24, the South…
SEOUL, The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Wednesday it plans to conduct a climate stress test on financial institutions, including banks and insurers, to prepare for impacts from climate risks on the sector.
According to the central bank, the Financial Su…
SEOUL, The ruling People Power Party (PPP) will stick to the principle of reciprocity when dealing with the issue of whether to grant voting rights to foreign residents, party leader Han Dong-hoon said Wednesday.
Han made the remark during a party m…
SEOUL, South Korean stocks opened a tad lower Wednesday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 6.94 points, or 0.25 percent, to 2,750.15 in the first 15 minutes of trading.
U.S. stock…
