SEOUL, South Korea’s foreign ministry said Tuesday the ongoing third Summit of Democracy in Seoul is not aimed at a specific country in a thinly veiled reference to China.

Seoul’s reaction came in response to Chinese opposition against Taiwan’s part…

SEOUL, Foreign currency deposits declined for a second consecutive month in February as companies curtailed overseas investment and trade volume decreased, central bank data showed Tuesday.

Residents’ outstanding foreign currency-denominated deposit…

SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Tuesday to abolish a real estate policy adopted by the previous administration to stabilize home prices, saying it only caused greater suffering to the people.

Yoon was referring to a 2020 policy under which the …

SEOUL, The interior ministry said Tuesday it has taken down over 13,000 political banners illegally put up across the nation in a month of crackdowns ahead of the official election campaign period beginning next week.

The revised Outdoor Advertiseme…

SEOUL, A group of doctors filed a complaint against the health minister and one of his deputies Tuesday in connection with a protracted row over the government’s decision to increase the country’s medical school enrollment quota.

The group, known as…

SEOUL, The number of marriages in South Korea rose for the first time in more than a decade, but it hovered below the 200,000 level for three years in a row, data showed Tuesday.

Around 194,000 couples tied the knot in South Korea last year, up 1 pe…

SEOUL, Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok said Tuesday the government will reduce corporate taxes for companies that raise shareholder returns in an effort to encourage their valuation improvement measures and to address the “Korea discount” phenomenon.
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SEOUL, The health ministry on Tuesday criticized medical professors of Seoul National University for deciding to resign en masse in support of a monthlong walkout by trainee doctors, saying such a move is unacceptable.

Second Vice Health Minister Pa…