The foreign ministry said Thursday it held a briefing session for foreign diplomats in Seoul regarding its preparations for an upcoming international conference on the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military domain.

The Respon…

A ruling party lawmaker considered close to President Yoon Suk Yeol offered to resign as the party’s policy committee chief Thursday, after new party leader Han Dong-hoon publicly called for key party officials to step down.

Rep. Jeong Jeom-sig of th…

North Korea’s ambassador to Tehran has attended the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian and delivered a “warm greeting” from leader Kim Jong-un, state media reported Thursday.

Ambassador Han Song-u attended the ceremony in…

SK Innovation Co. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net loss of 639.7 billion won (US$467.4 million), remaining in the red compared with a year ago.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it continued to post an operating loss of 45.8 bil…

The Shin-Hanul 1 nuclear reactor in southern South Korea halted its operations Thursday due to technical issues, according to the state-run nuclear power agency, although no safety concerns were identified.

The nuclear reactor in Uljin, 218 kilometer…

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s leading carmaker, said Monday its July sales slipped 1.4 percent from last year due to unfavorable market conditions, such as high interest rates and strong market competition.

Hyundai Motor sold 332,003 vehicles in J…

Shin Yu-bin advanced to the semifinals of the women’s singles table tennis tournament at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, moving within a win of grabbing her second medal in the French capital.

Shin, world No. 8, edged out 13th-ranked Miu Hirano of Ja…

Pattani, Three insurgents in Pattani have been killed after a 5-day siege. Weapons of war were found and supplies were stockpiled to prepare for another attack. One government official was killed and two others were injured.

Progress on the case On J…