President Yoon Suk Yeol will have a summit with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Seoul next week to discuss bilateral and regional issues, Yoon’s office said Monday. Luxon will make an official visit to South Korea from Sept. 4-5, during which the two leaders will hold talks focused on strengthening bilateral ties as well as regional and international

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

Two South Korean players have qualified for the final playoff event of the PGA Tour, with one having extended his appearance streak to six while the other is about to make his debut.

Im Sung-jae and An Byeong-hun stayed safely inside the top 30 in t…

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 Champions…

South Korean shares on Monday closed slightly lower for the second straight day as investors sought to cash in recent gains after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at a potential rate cut next month. The local currency rose to the highest in…

The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) accused the Yoon Suk Yeol administration on Monday of engaging in “submissive” diplomacy with Japan by appointing pro-Japan figures to key positions and removing public installations depicting the easternmost islets of Dokdo. “Since the start of the Yoon Suk Yeol administration, we have seen continued pro-Japan submissive diplomacy and a desperation to erase history,”

Jaehyun of K-pop supergroup NCT will make his debut as a solo artist with an album titled “J” on Monday, his agency said. The first individual album from Jaehyun will feature eight tracks, including both Korean and English versions of the lead single, “Smoke,” according to SM Entertainment. Jaehyun, a member of K-pop boy group NCT, is seen in this

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a performance test of various drones, calling for the development and production of more suicide drones to enhance war preparedness, state media reported Monday. Kim supervised the test organized by the Drone Institute of the Academy of Defence Sciences on Saturday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). In the test, the