President Yoon Suk Yeol held a dinner meeting with former President Lee Myung-bak and his wife Monday, in what marked their first official dinner since Yoon took office.

First lady Kim Keon Hee and Chung Jin-suk, Yoon’s chief of staff who had served…

The head of Woori Financial Group Inc. on Monday apologized for giving inappropriate loans to relatives of a former chief, admitting that holes in its internal control system partly contributed to the incident.

The apology by Yim Jong-yong, chairman…

The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) decided Monday to revise its platform to include former leader Lee Jae-myung’s “basic society” welfare plan centering on guaranteeing universal basic income.

The new party platform will better reflect Lee’s …

Carmakers in South Korea are moving toward disclosing the brand information of batteries used in their electric vehicles in response to consumer doubts over the safety of EV batteries.

Public concerns over EV safety have mounted in the country after…

SK Networks Co. on Monday reported its second-quarter net profit of 21.2 billion won (US$15.5 million), up 115.2 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 29.1 billion won in operating profit for the quarter…

President Yoon Suk Yeol named Presidential Security Service (PSS) chief Kim Yong-hyun as new defense minister while Defense Minister Shin Won-sik was named as new national security adviser, his office said Monday.

National security adviser Chang Ho-…

The filming for renowned South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s new movie is set to begin Saturday with a cast including Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin, the film’s distributor said Monday.

The film, tentatively titled “I Can’t Help It,” centers on Man…

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)

1-year TB 3.086 3.092 -0.6

2-year TB 3.040 3.034 +0.6

3-year TB 2.950 2.941 +0.9

10-year TB 3.003 3.012 -0.9

2-year MSB 2.999 2.990 +0.9

3-year CB (AA-) 3.423 3.409 +1.4

Source: Yonhap News Agency