A North Korean defected to South Korea on Thursday by crossing “neutral waters” between the two Koreas, multiple military sources said.

The individual crossed the neutral zone of the Han River estuary located west of the inter-Korean land border and…

Hyundai Department Store Co. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net loss of 145.4 billion won (US$105.5 million), shifting from a profit of 25.6 billion won a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 42.8 billion won…

Dentium on Thursday reported its second-quarter net income of 20.5 billion won (US$14.9 million), up 1.5 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating income for the April-June period fell 14.5 percent on-year t…

Hanon Systems on Thursday reported its second-quarter net loss of 31.2 billion won (US$22.7 million), swinging from a profit of 110.6 billion won a year earlier.

Operating income for the April-June period was 71.6 billion won, down 50.1 percent from…

A military intelligence official has been referred to the prosecution for allegedly leaking information of South Korean espionage agents operating overseas, the defense ministry said Thursday.

The Defense Counterintelligence Command has referred the…

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Rak Wittaya School, Pran Buri District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, has set up a large projector screen for students to cheer on ‘Yu Balang’, a 19-year-old kicker who will compete in the last 16 this afternoon (8 August).

This …

Unlike many other athletes, Park Tae-joon, freshly crowned an Olympic taekwondo champion in Paris on Wednesday, doesn’t have pre-match rituals or superstitions.

The 20-year-old instead likes to give himself a positive pep talk. Messages such as “I c…

BMW Korea, Hyundai Motor Co. and two other carmakers will voluntarily recall more than 172,000 vehicles due to faulty components, the transport ministry said Thursday.

The four companies, also including Kia Corp. and KGM Commercial, will recall 172,…