The minimum wage for next year was set at 10,030 won (US$7.30) per hour Friday, marking the first time the compulsory hourly minimum wage has surpassed the 10,000 won level.

The rate reached during the 11th plenary meeting of the Minimum Wage Commis…

South Korea strongly protested Friday after Japan restated its territorial claims to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo as the defense ministry called in a defense attache from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to lodge a complaint.

The move came…

Seoul shares opened lower Friday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street after investors cashed in profits from major tech shares despite signs of cooling U.S. inflation.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 23.8 points, or 0.82 pe…

Prosecutors on Friday raided two politicians close to former President Moon Jae-in on suspicion of interfering in the employment process of a former senior official of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP).

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors…

Senior doctors at three major hospitals affiliated with Korea University were set to begin reducing treatment of non-critical patients Friday, joining walkouts by two other major hospitals in support of striking junior doctors.

The planned walkout …

A senior South Korean military official has visited the U.S. unit in charge of the country’s nuclear arsenal to discuss the allies’ guidelines for nuclear deterrence and operations, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday.

Lt. Gen. Jin Yong-sung…

The music video for K-pop girl group TWICE’s debut single “Like Ooh-Ahh” has garnered more than 500 million views on YouTube.

The video hit the milestone at about 5 p.m. Thursday, the group’s agency, JYP Entertainment said.

It became the band’s eig…

The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang has hosted a banquet to mark the 63rd anniversary of the signing of a bilateral treaty, North Korea’s state media reported Friday, amid North Korea’s deepening ties with Russia.

Participants in Thursday’s event inclu…