President Yoon Suk Yeol will host a dinner meeting with the leadership of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) later this week, party officials said Monday. PPP leader Han Dong-hoon, floor leader Choo Kyung-ho, five Supreme Council members and the party’s policy chief are expected to attend the meeting on Friday, according to party officials. During the meeting, Yoon and

Eleven mpox cases have been reported so far this year in South Korea, but all detected cases were the less deadly Clade II variant, health authorities said Monday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said the latest case was reported this month, adding that health authorities have bolstered screening at borders to cope with the deadly new variant.

Bhc chicken, South Korea’s largest chicken franchise by sales, opened its seventh outlet in Malaysia on Monday as part of its overseas expansion strategy. The seventh store is located at the Elmina Lakeside Mall near the Southeast Asian country’s capital city of Kuala Lumpur, the company said in a statement. With the opening of Malaysia’s latest outlet, the chicken franchise

South Korea and the United States will hold their seventh round of negotiations in Seoul this week on determining Seoul’s share of the cost for stationing the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), official said Monday. The talks are set to take place from Tuesday through Thursday, led by the chief negotiators — Lee Tae-woo of South Korea and Linda Specht representing

The proportion of job positions taken by senior citizens reached an all-time high this year amid rapid aging, data showed Monday. The average number of the employed per month stood at 28.51 million during the January-July period, and those aged 60 and older accounted for 22.4 percent, or 6.39 million, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. This year’s

Three South Korean golfers have locked down automatic spots for this year’s Presidents Cup, a biennial match play competition between the United States and a team of non-European international players. Hours after the conclusion of the BMW Championship in Colorado on Sunday (local time), the Presidents Cup organizers unveiled the top six players on the International Team who had earned

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the construction of more modern hospitals as part of ongoing efforts to develop underdeveloped regions outside of Pyongyang, state media reported Monday. The direction was issued during Kim’s visit to various regional factories currently under construction on Saturday and Sunday, where he “put forth a new policy to accelerate the implementation of the

South Korean shares opened slightly higher Monday amid growing hopes for a U.S. rate cut. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 2.85 points, or 0.11 percent, to 2,704.54 in the first 15 minutes of trading. The increase follows sharp gains on Wall Street, prompted by remarks from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that hinted at the