Day: June 26, 2024

Seoul shares turned higher late Wednesday morning, fueled by gains in technology stocks, including SK hynix.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 7.7 points, or 0.28 percent, to 2,782.09 as of 11:20 a.m.

Overnight, the Dow …

The Marine Corps on Wednesday resumed a full-scale live-fire exercise on islands near the tensely guarded western inter-Korean maritime border for the first time in seven years after South Korea’s suspension of an inter-Korean pact restricting such d…

Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok said Wednesday it will take longer for the people to feel a recent economic recovery due mainly to still-high interest rates and inflation, vowing policy priority on supporting small businesses and other vulnerable clas…

V of K-pop supergroup BTS will unveil a book of photography, titled “Type 1,” next month, capturing moments of rest before his military enlistment, his agency said Wednesday.

The photo book, which chronicles V’s time away from his busy life as a glo…

Nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan discussed coordination efforts Wednesday after North Korea fired a ballistic missile that appears to have failed, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.

Lee Jun-il, director general for Korean Penin…

Three members of popular K-pop group EXO have lodged a criminal complaint against two executives of their management company, SM Entertainment, worsening a renewed conflict with the agency, according to industry insiders Wednesday.

The trio — Chen,…

North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Wednesday, but the missile exploded in the air, South Korea’s military said, amid a possibility that the North could have test-fired a hypersonic missile.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS…