SEOUL: Seoul shares opened a tad higher Friday ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge of inflation.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 2.61 points, or 0.09 percent, to 2,786.67 in the first 15 minutes…
SEOUL: Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul highlighted Friday that maintaining good bilateral relations among South Korea, the United States and Japan, especially Seoul-Tokyo ties, is vital to cementing their trilateral cooperation framework.
Cho made the r…
By Lee Minji and Chae Yun-hwan
South Korea’s military released a video clip Friday showing a midair explosion of a North Korean missile after it spiraled out of control, in yet another dismissal of North Korea’s claim of a successful test of a multi…
SEOUL: North Korea said Friday a planned plenary meeting of its ruling Workers’ Party will be a “politically important” event, amid speculation on whether it would discuss follow-up measures to implement a new partnership treaty signed with Russia.
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By Song Sang-ho
The United States on Thursday welcomed South Korea undertaking the one-year chair of a multinational partnership aimed at developing diverse and sustainable supply chains for critical energy minerals.
South Korea is set to start lea…
SEOUL: President Yoon Suk Yeol will send a delegation made up of the land minister and a former boxing champion to the inauguration ceremony of incoming Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, his office said Friday.
Land Minister Park Sang-woo and Ho…
SEOUL: South Korea’s industrial output fell in May from a month earlier, as losses in the automobile sector offset gains in the semiconductor segment, with retail sales and facility investment losing ground as well, data showed Friday.
Industrial out…