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

The Suwon District Court began the hearing at 10:30 a.m. for Lee Jun-hee and Jeon Kuk-jin, known by their …

Japan’s former gold mine linked to 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.

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) is scheduled to review a…

South Korean shares extended earlier gains to trade sharply higher late Friday morning on faster-than-expected U.S. growth.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 23.48 points, or 0.87 percent, to 2,734.13 as of 11:20 a.m.

Th…

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)

1-year TB 3.197 3.203 -0.6

2-year TB 3.103 3.103 0.0

3-year TB 3.033 3.024 +0.9

10-year TB 3.121 3.128 -0.7

2-year MSB 3.085 3.076 +0.9

3-year CB (AA-) 3.489 3.484 +0.5

Source: Yonhap News Agency

Hanwha Ocean Co. on Friday reported its second-quarter net loss of 27.4 billion won (US$19.8 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 9.6 billion …

The president of Belarus has called for “further expanding cooperation” with North Korea in a message sent to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Pyongyang’s foreign ministry said Friday, amid speculation that the nations will seek to strengthen trilate…

S-Oil Corp. on Friday reported its second-quarter net loss of 21.3 billion won (US$15.4 million), remaining in the red compared with a year ago.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the April-June period rose 341.1 perce…

The presidential office said Friday it is “closely watching” the uproar over delayed payments on e-commerce platforms WeMakePrice and TMON, but referred detailed questions to the ministries in charge.

Thousands of customers have swarmed the two comp…