Two-time Olympic champion Kim Woo-jin finished first in the men’s individual archery ranking round of the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

Kim scored 686 points out of a maximum 720 points at Les Invalides in the French capital to grab the top seed for t…

A local court on Friday issued arrest warrants for two YouTubers accused of blackmailing and extorting “mukbang” YouTube star Tzuyang.

The Suwon District Court issued the warrants after questioning Lee Jun-hee and Jeon Kuk-jin, known by their YouTub…

South Korean shares closed sharply higher Friday, ending a two-day losing streak on large cap gains led by financial firms and shipbuilding companies. The local currency fell slightly against the U.S. dollar.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Pric…

Hyosung TNC Corp. on Friday reported its second-quarter net income of 51.8 billion won (US$37.3 million), up 161.4 percent from a year earlier.

Operating income for the April-June period was 84.6 billion won, up 31.2 percent from a year ago, the com…

Japan’s former gold mine, associated with South Korea’s wartime forced labor, is expected to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site over the weekend, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday.

Seoul has protested Tokyo’s push to enlist its gold and si…

A group of housewives in Na Tham Nuea Subdistrict, Mueang Trang District, have used their free time to grow marigolds to sell to middlemen, generating thousands of baht in income per day, to the point that it has become a primary occupation for some….

Chinese disciples flocked to join the ceremony to worship the Grandfather Naga and the Four-Eared, Five-Eyed God at Khum Na Na Thong, Nonthaburi Province, offering more than 1,000 candles to pray for good fortune.

At Khum Na Na Thong, Nong Phra Ngai…

A dozen years after he last won an Olympic medal, Park Tae-hwan remains the only South Korean swimmer who has reached the podium at the quadrennial competition.

Park, in France to do television commentary work for the Paris Olympics, said Friday he …