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 pa…

The head of an association of community doctors said Monday he has launched an indefinite hunger strike, calling for the government and lawmakers to make efforts to end a disruption of public health services.

The hunger strike by Lim Hyun-taek, pres…

A Seoul court will hold a hearing next month to decide whether to grant bail to popera singer Kim Ho-joong arrested on charges of driving his car across a centerline into a stationary taxi under the influence of alcohol and fleeing, judicial officials said Monday. The Seoul Central District Court will hold the hearing on Sept. 30, the sources said.

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,”

The following is the weather forecast for South Korea’s 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Monday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain (%) Seoul 31/25 Cloudy 30 Incheon 30/26 Cloudy 30 Suwon 32/24 Cloudy 30 Cheongju 33/26 Sunny 60 Daejeon 33/25 Sunny 60 Chuncheon 31/23 Heavy Rain 60 Gangneung 31/25 Heavy Rain 60 Jeonju 33/25 Cloudy 30 Gwangju 33/25

At the tender age of 18, Gangwon FC forward Yang Min-hyeok has set South Korean football on fire this year as a dynamic offensive talent with seemingly unlimited potential. While still in high school, Yang checked off yet another box on Monday. He was named to the senior national team for the first time, with South Korea scheduled to play

South Korean shares traded a tad lower late Monday morning as investors sought to cash in gains amid U.S. rate cut hopes. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 3.49 points, or 0.13 percent, to 2,698.20 as of 11:20 a.m. The index had opened higher, tracking sharp increases on Wall Street. U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell hinted at

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