SEOUL, After South Korea got shut out of gold medals in taekwondo at the previous Olympics, members of the national team bound for Paris said Tuesday they will try to bring home a big prize this time.

With head coach Lee Chang-geon in charge, South …

SEOUL, South Korea’s overseas financial assets grew sharply in 2023 thanks largely to a jump in investment in U.S. stocks, central bank data showed Tuesday.

The nation’s external financial assets came to US$1.911 trillion at the end of December last…

SEOUL, South Korea has denounced “any acts” that help North Korea build up its military capability as a violation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, calling on the international community for a “stern” united response to such activities.

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SEOUL, Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Tuesday asked hospitals to swiftly accept the resignations of trainee doctors who have left their worksites in protest of the government’s medical reform, in an apparent move to appease the junior doctors.

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SEOUL, Second Vice Foreign Minister Kang In-sun promised Tuesday that the government will make sure it provides the necessary support to the families of the foreign victims killed in the battery plant fire, her office said.

Kang made the pledge as s…

SEOUL, Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s leading duty-free retailer by sales, said Tuesday it will offer a voluntary retirement scheme and carry out other cost-cutting measures in the face of worsening profitability.

In his message to employees, Lotte …

SEOUL, Rescue workers retrieved one more body Tuesday after a fire at a lithium battery plant in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, one of the worst chemical plant accidents in the country.

The retrieval increased the death toll to 23 from the fire that gutt…

SEOUL, After portraying a disturbing antagonist in Netflix’s Korean original series “A Killer Paradox,” actor Lee Hee-jun sought a change of pace. This led him to his next project, the black comedy horror “Handsome Guys.”

“Even though our experience…