The government plans to announce measures to strengthen industrial safety for foreign workers later this month following last week’s deadly fire at a battery plant that claimed 23 lives, including 18 foreigners, the labor minister said Monday.

Seven…

Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday they will stage a general strike as their negotiations with the management over wages and working conditions fell through.

The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), the biggest labor unio…

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Monday it has won a 1.4 trillion-won (US$1 billion) order to build four liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers for a Middle Eastern shipper.

The vessels will be delivered to the undisclosed sh…

South Korea’s data protection watchdog is nearing the completion of its probe into the Chinese e-commerce firms AliExpress and Temu over consumer data protection and will likely take actions soon upon its results, its chief said Monday.

The investig…

Prosecutors on Monday questioned the director of the National Hangeul Museum (NHM) for questioning over allegations surrounding a luxury jacket worn by former President Moon Jae-in’s wife, Kim Jung-sook, during a visit to France in 2018.

Kim Il-hwan…

A pin featuring the solitary portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is perceived as an effort to reinforce his position as the sole leader, Seoul’s unification ministry said Monday.

A photograph from the state-run Korean Central News Agency, pu…

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)

1-year TB 3.309 3.328 -1.9

2-year TB 3.263 3.243 +2.0

3-year TB 3.210 3.182 +2.8

10-year TB 3.312 3.266 +4.6

2-year MSB 3.266 3.252 +1.4

3-year CB (AA-) 3.681 3.658 +2.3

91-day CD 3.600 3.600 0.0

Sou…

Online shopping sales in South Korea rose 7.7 percent on-year in May to reach an all-time high for any May on the back of various shopping events and celebrations for family days, the statistics agency said Monday.

The value of online shopping trans…