[as of 11:30 am] Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 3.056 3.063 -0.7 2-year TB 3.087 3.091 -0.4 3-year TB 2.992 2.989 +0.3 10-year TB 3.117 3.121 -0.4 2-year MSB 3.046 3.051 -0.5 3-year CB (AA-) 3.549 3.542 +0.7 Source: Yonhap News Agency

South Korea’s consumer prices slowed to the lowest level in nearly 3 1/2 years in August on easing prices of farm produce and global oil, data showed Tuesday. Consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, rose 2 percent on-year last month, compared with a 2.6 percent on-year rise a month earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. August’s figure

Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul met with a top adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday for broad discussions on issues ranging from support for Ukraine, bilateral relations and other regional and international areas, Cho’s office said. In the talks with Emmanuel Bonne, presidential diplomatic adviser to Macron, Cho reiterated South Korea’s commitment to continuing its support for the war-torn

A 28-month-old girl has remained unconscious for a month after being denied emergency treatment by over 10 hospitals in the Seoul metropolitan area, authorities said Tuesday, amid the prolonged disruption of the local medical system due to the ongoing strike by junior doctors. The tragedy began at 8:40 p.m. on Aug. 4 when the baby girl living in Goyang, just

South Korean stocks traded slightly higher late Tuesday morning as investors took to the sidelines ahead of important U.S. data. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 5.45 points, or 0.20 percent, to 2,686.45 as of 11:20 a.m. The index had opened slightly higher but trimmed earlier gains as investors took caution before the release of U.S. jobs

The following is the weather forecast for South Korea’s 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Tuesday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain (%) Seoul 31/22 Cloudy 30 Incheon 30/23 Cloudy 30 Suwon 30/22 Cloudy 30 Cheongju 31/24 Cloudy 30 Daejeon 31/23 Cloudy 30 Chuncheon 30/19 Cloudy 20 Gangneung 28/21 Cloudy 0 Jeonju 32/24 Rain 30 Gwangju 31/23 Rain 60

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit South Korea later this week for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol, the presidential office said Tuesday, as Kishida is preparing to leave office with a legacy of improving long-frayed relations with Seoul. After arriving Friday for a two-day visit, Kishida will hold talks with Yoon, where the two leaders will look back

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Tuesday rejected opposition-led suspicions that the government is preparing to declare martial law with plans to arrest lawmakers who could make it void. Chairman Lee Jae-myung of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) fueled the suspicions on Sunday by mentioning it during a live broadcast of his meeting with ruling People Power Party leader Han