A labor union of Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-largest full-service air carrier, said Tuesday it has requested that the European Union investigate the suitability of Air Incheon’s prospective purchase of Asiana’s cargo division.

The sal…

Financial Services Commission Chairman Kim Byoung-hwan called for support for technology firms Tuesday.

“The government and the entire financial sector must fully support the high-tech industry in ways in which the firms can actually feel the suppor…

South Korean chip giant SK hynix Inc. said Tuesday it is set to receive up to US$450 in grants from the U.S. government for its investment to build a production base for advanced semiconductor packaging in Indiana.

In April, the company announced a …

A ferry shuttle service will begin operation in March, linking major points along the Han River during busy rush hours, Seoul city officials said Tuesday.

The city government had initially planned to begin the service in October but postponed the la…

South Korea cruised past Croatia in its first knockout match of the men’s table tennis team event at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, with the top-ranked China up next in the quarterfinals.

Jang Woo-jin, Cho Dae-seong and Lim Jong-hoon carried South K…

South Korea’s top military officer on Tuesday called for “stern” action in the event of a North Korean provocation as he visited a command overseeing border island units in the Yellow Sea, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

JCS Chairman Adm. Kim …

South Korea is banning travel to the border regions of Israel and Lebanon, and raising a travel advisory for part of Iran as the tensions of conflict have sharply escalated in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

The Level 4 travel ba…

The number of South Koreans taking their own lives jumped 10.1 percent on-year in the January-May period, government data showed Tuesday.

A total of 6,375 people committed suicide in the first five months of this year, compared with an estimated 13,…