SEOUL, Medical professors at eight hospitals affiliated with the Catholic University of Korea and three hospitals affiliated with the Samsung Medical Center on Tuesday voted to shelve their plan on an indefinite walkout, following a decision by medic…
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7 former U.S. representatives visit DMZ to commemorate Korean War anniversary
PAJU, South Korea, Seven former U.S. representatives visited the Joint Security Area in the Demilitarized Zone bisecting the two Koreas on Tuesday to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the 1950-53 Korean War.
The delegation, part of the United Stat…
Seoul shares extend gains late Tue. morning on autos, logistics
SEOUL, Seoul shares extended gains late Tuesday morning on the back of automobile and logistics shares.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 14.16 points, or 0.51 percent, to 2,778.89 as of 11:20 a.m.
Top carmaker Hyundai M…
Yoon visits U.S. aircraft carrier ahead of trilateral drills with S. Korea, Japan
SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol boarded a visiting U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Tuesday ahead of joint drills between South Korea, the United States and Japan aimed at enhancing their responses against rising threats from North Korea.
Yoon v…
PM calls for special care for foreign victims of battery plant fire
SEOUL, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo called Tuesday for providing special care to the families of 18 foreign workers who were killed in a battery plant fire in Hwaseong the previous day.
Twenty-two people were killed in the fire at the Aricell plant i…
Vice FM Kim to visit Japan, Malaysia this week for talks on bilateral ties
SEOUL, First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun will visit Japan and Malaysia this week for talks with each of his counterparts on bilateral relations and other issues, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Kim will hold the “strategic dialogue” w…
Yoon denounces defense treaty between N. Korea, Russia as ‘anachronistic’
SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday denounced North Korea’s sending of trash-carrying balloons to South Korea and its military cooperation with Russia as “anachronistic” acts that go against the progress in history.
Yoon made the remark in an …