KB Financial Group Inc. on Tuesday reported its second-quarter net income of 1.71 trillion won (US$1.2 billion), up 13.7 percent from a year earlier.

KB Financial said in a regulatory filing that operating income for the April-June period rose 12.2 …

North Korea has held a crisis response meeting to discuss measures to minimize damage that natural disasters could cause to crops and other agricultural products, state media reported Tuesday.

The meeting, which took place virtually Monday, also dis…

Huai Khwang, A Chinese suspect who made a sign for selling visas changed his statement, confessing that he was only a middleman who made the signs. The Metropolitan Police and Immigration Bureau are urgently searching for the real employer.

The inve…

Corporate direct financing in South Korea climbed 11.1 percent on-year in the first half of this year, as more companies tapped the bond market to raise funds, data showed Tuesday.

Local companies raised a combined 138.3 trillion won (US$99.4 billio…

Bangkok, Actress “Sammy” rushed to file a complaint at Khok Khram Police Station after being tricked by a call center gang into transferring 1.2 million baht. She revealed that she had been careful all along, but still fell victim.

Ms. Chanicha Cowe…

A group of young North Korean defectors unveiled a declaration Monday to promote “dignity,” “hope,” “freedom” for those living in the reclusive country as it stressed their steadfast commitment to enhancing North Korean human rights as the “voice for…

Scores of North Koreans staying abroad, such as diplomats and overseas workers, have attempted to defect to South Korea since North Korea began undoing its COVID-19 border closure last year, a former North Korean diplomat said Tuesday.

Ri Il-gyu, a …

Prepare to weather the U.S. election storms

With about 100 days left before the November presidential election in the United States, President Joe Biden abruptly resigned from his rebid for presidency on Sunday. The voluntary step-down of an incumbe…