South Korea placed its second military spy satellite in space Monday to beef up its space-based surveillance of North Korea and deter its nuclear and missile threats amid Pyongyang’s own push to launch more satellites.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launc…
An economic surveillance organization in Asia has expected the South Korean economy to expand 2.3 percent this year on rising exports, Seoul’s finance ministry said Monday.
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) made the assessment in its …
An economic surveillance organization in Asia has expected the South Korean economy to expand 2.3 percent this year on rising exports, Seoul’s finance ministry said Monday.
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) made the assessment in its …
With the parliamentary elections two days away, rival parties headed to key battleground areas in Seoul and the nearby metropolitan regions Monday as they made their final pitch to voters after a record high turnout in the early voting.
Ruling Peopl…
South Korea successfully launched its second indigenous spy satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in the U.S. state of Florida on Monday (Seoul time), according to the defense ministry.
The Falcon 9 lifted off at 8:17 a.m. …
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval rating rebounded after six weeks to 37.3 percent, a poll showed Monday, amid core supporters rallying behind Yoon ahead of the general elections.
The latest rating is a 1 percentage-point increase compared to a wee…
South Korean stocks turned higher late Monday morning after starting marginally lower as auto and financial shares gained ground.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index had gained 7.98 points, or 0.29 percent, to 2,722.19 as of 11:20 a.m.
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South Korea and the United States will hold regular defense talks this week to discuss ways to bolster security cooperation and deter North Korean nuclear and missile threats, Seoul’s defense ministry said Monday.
The Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense D…
