First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun will visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar later this week for high-level talks on bilateral relations and other issues, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

Kim’s trip, set for Tuesday through Friday, comes as a follo…

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo called Tuesday for all-out measures to minimize damage from ongoing heavy downpours, his office said.

Han instructed relevant ministries and local governments to strengthen monitoring of homes in sparsely populated mounta…

It takes nearly one year for college graduates to get their first job, data for this year showed Tuesday, marking the longest period ever.

For those aged 15 and 29, the time gap between their graduation and getting a job came to 11.5 months on avera…

Kiwoom Heroes manager Hong Won-ki said Tuesday he welcomed the introduction of the new pitch-calling device that he feels will help speed up games.

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) has distributed PitchCom transmitters and receivers to all 10 c…

Renault Korea Motors Co., the South Korean unit of French auto group Renault S.A., said Tuesday it has begun mass production of its new hybrid SUV, the Grand Koleos.

The company said it held a celebration for the first unit of the Grand Koleos at it…

A lawyer for first lady Kim Keon Hee said Tuesday it is true that Kim ordered her aide to return a Dior bag she received as a gift from a pastor on the same day it was given, asking media to refrain from “excessive speculation” on the matter.

Lawyer…

Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Tuesday he will continue to persuade trainee doctors to return to work, while most junior doctors remained unresponsive to the government’s dovish attempts to resolve the ongoing walkout.

The government had set a M…

The Sejong Institute, a think tank specializing in diplomacy and security, held a reception Tuesday to celebrate its relocation to downtown Seoul.

The institute, established in 1983 and previously based in Pangyo, south of Seoul, has recently moved …