Kim Sang-bu, the newly appointed vice president for digital transformation at the World Bank, pledged Tuesday to address the digital divide between developed and developing nations, highlighting the role of digital technology in poverty reduction.

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Loei, Heavy rain caused a landslide on Phu Ruea Road, more than 8 meters deep. In Mae Hong Son, villagers and teachers mobilized to help repair the road to the famous tourist attraction ‘Gloselo’ to solve the immediate problem.

Heavy rain yesterday …

The United States plans to award SK hynix Inc. up to US$450 in grants to help fund its production base for semiconductor packaging in Indiana, the South Korean chip giant said Tuesday.

The company said in April that it would invest around $4 billion…

Amorepacific Corp., South Korea’s leading cosmetics firm by sales, said Tuesday its second-quarter net profit soared from a year earlier, helped by shareholding gains from its newly acquired affiliate.

Net profit for the three months to June skyrock…

Leak of state secret not espionage crime if leaked to country other than N. Korea

A hole in the articles of South Korea’s Criminal Act and Military Criminal Act regarding espionage crime came into view after a civilian employee of the Korea Defense …

The world’s top-ranked badminton star An Se-young captured her first career Olympic gold medal in the women’s singles on Monday, giving South Korea its 11th gold medal of the Paris Games.

Before An’s title, all 10 of South Korean gold medals had com…

North Korea criticized Germany for its recent entry into the United States-led U.N. Command (UNC), calling it an act of ruining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, its state media said Tuesday.

On Friday, Germany formally joined the multina…

SK Telecom Co., a leading South Korean mobile carrier, said Tuesday its second-quarter operating profit rose 16 percent from a year earlier on the robust performance of its overall business.

Operating profit for the April-June period came to 537.5 b…