June 16, 2024

President Yoon Suk Yeol returned home Sunday from a weeklong trip to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that focused on strengthening economic ties with the resource-rich nations.

Yoon paid state visits to all three countries and held summits w…

The country’s biggest doctors’ group offered Sunday to hold a vote on whether to go ahead with a mass walkout this week if the government accepts three demands, including revisiting the issue of increasing medical school admissions.

The Korean Medic…

The ruling People Power Party (PPP) and government officials on Sunday agreed to provide energy vouchers to 1.3 million vulnerable households as the country braces for a hotter-than-average summer.

The support scheme was announced during a meeting o…

A memorial altar set up for victims of the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush was moved to a new site Sunday from its original location outside Seoul City Hall.

The altar, which commemorates the 159 people killed in a crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborho…

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Sunday that exports continue to stably remain in positive territory, leading to expectations domestic consumption will recover over time.

Han made the remark during a meeting involving senior officials of the governm…

The country’s biggest doctors’ group offered Sunday to hold a vote on whether to go ahead with a mass walkout this week if the government accepts three demands, including revisiting the issue of increasing medical school admissions.

The Korean Medic…

Household loans extended by five major lenders in South Korea have risen more than 2.1 trillion won (US$1.5 billion) so far this month, industry data showed Sunday.

Outstanding household loans extended by the five top lenders reached 705.4 trillion …

South Korea’s exports of information and communication technology (ICT) products soared more than 30 percent for the second consecutive month in May on robust global demand, data showed Sunday.

Outbound shipments of ICT products came to US$19.05 bil…