Nine out of 10 large companies in South Korea plan to maintain or increase their investments in the second half of the year, despite challenges such as prolonged high interest rates, a weak local currency and international uncertainties, a survey sho…

Heavy rain soaked parts of the country’s central regions Monday, stranding villagers in the central-east city of Andong and prompting the interior ministry to raise its heavy rain alert to “caution.”

As of early Monday morning, southern parts of the…

A former U.S. official known as an advisor to U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump visited Hyundai Motor Group in Seoul, the group said Monday.

Fred Fleitz, vice chair of the Center for American Security at the America First Policy In…

North Korea’s state media highlighted the country’s leader Kim Jong-un’s major military achievements Monday, the 30th anniversary of the death of state founder Kim Il-sung, in a move seen aimed at intensifying the personality cult for the current lea…

Two clubs fighting for a postseason spot in South Korean baseball have lost key players to injuries, with the second half of the season scheduled to begin Tuesday.

The NC Dinos announced Monday outfielder/designated hitter Son Ah-seop will miss seve…

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Monday denounced South Korea’s resumption of live-fire artillery drills near the border as “suicidal hysteria” and warned of possible military actions against such acts.

Kim Yo-jong, vice dep…

The governing People Power Party (PPP) is stuck in a strange mud fight with less than three weeks left before the national convention to elect its new leadership. It was triggered by a text message first lady Kim Keon-hee allegedly sent to then-PPP i…

Hyundai Motor Co. and its labor union have reached a tentative wage agreement, successfully averting a strike for the sixth year in a row, representatives from both the company and the union announced Monday.

The agreement includes a 111,200-won (US…