Major South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. said Monday it has signed a deal with U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command to join potential projects for the repair and maintenance of U.S. warships.

Under the Master Ship Repair Agreement, Hanwha Ocean …

Seoul shares started lower Monday as most blue chips across the board retreated, led by battery and energy-related stock losses.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index dipped 5.57 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,789.89 in the first 15 minutes …

South Korea conducted anti-Pyongyang broadcasts through its border loudspeakers in full-scale for the second day Monday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, amid tensions over the North’s launches of trash-carrying balloons into the South.

The mil…

A gathering to wrap up the 2024 Green Summer Volunteer Campaign and an exchange with youths from Jeollabuk province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) was held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Dak Lak province on July 22.

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Kim Beom-su, the founder of Kakao Corp., was to attend a court hearing Monday on an arrest warrant requested for him over alleged stock price manipulation related to the firm’s takeover of K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment last year.

The Seoul South…

Laos is scheduled to observe a national mourning for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong on July 25 and 26, Minister and head of the Lao Prime Minister’s Office Bouakhong Nammavong announced at a pre…

South Korea’s exports rose 18.8 percent on-year in the first 20 days of July, data showed Monday, on the back of the robust performance of chips and cars.

Outbound shipments reached US$37.17 billion in the July 1-20 period, compared with $31.2 billi…

A delegation of the National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for External Relations led by its chairman Vu Hai Ha made a working visit to the Dominican Republic from July 18-20 as part of the NA’s foreign affair programme this year.

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