Paris Olympics and global agenda

Korea must rethink the rationale for a future bid to host mega events

The “Wide Openness” slogan of the Paris Olympics serves as a powerful statement about the Games’ commitment to inclusivity and community engagemen…

Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on Thursday vowed to beef up monitoring of the global financial market and devise contingency plans to better respond to uncertainties regarding interest rates in the United States and other nations.

Choi made the remar…

Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok vowed Thursday to seek measures to extend additional financial support for vendors and customers hit by payment delays on e-commerce platforms of TMON and WeMakePrice, if needed.

Choi made the remarks during a macroecon…

South Korea and the United States staged their first-ever table-top exercise on integrating Seoul’s advanced conventional forces with Washington’s nuclear capabilities this week to better respond to North Korea’s nuclear threats, officials said Thursd…

Direct purchases from overseas by South Korean customers surpassed the 2 trillion-won (US$1.46 billion) mark for the first time ever in the second quarter of 2024, data showed Thursday.

The total value of online direct buying from overseas advanced 2…

SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s leading refiner and parent firm of battery maker SK On Co., said Thursday its second-quarter net losses deepened due to lower refining margins and a slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) markets.

Net losses for the three …

The Office of the Attorney General Region 8, Surat Thani, is preparing to report the facts to the Office of the Attorney General after the NACC and the police arrested a screening prosecutor of the Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Attorney’s Office for …

Corrections Department, Ms. Wanphen, the elder sister of Mr. Chu Wong Sae Tang, a billionaire businessman who died, submitted a letter to the Corrections Department Director-General requesting the execution of Mr. Banyin Tangpakorn, a male prisoner wh…