With consecutive comeback victories over their top rival on the weekend, the Kia Tigers have inched closer to their first regular-season crown in South Korean baseball in seven years. The Tigers sit atop the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) standings at 75-49-2 (wins-losses-ties), following two straight road wins over second-place Samsung Lions, who are now 6 1/2 games back at 69-56-2.

The Jeonju District Prosecutors’ Office specified former President Moon Jae-in as a “suspect” in a bribery case when it requested a warrant for search and seizure on his daughter’s house to obtain evidence last Friday. The district prosecutors’ office believes that Thai Eastar Jet, owned by a former Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker, hired Moon’s former son-in-law as its executive manager

The 22nd National Assembly formally kicked off with an opening ceremony Monday, more than three months after it came into operation, with President Yoon Suk Yeol skipping the ceremony amid tensions with the opposition. Yoon’s decision to sit out the ceremony to open the new Assembly and its first regular session came amid the opposition party’s push to pass controversial

South Korea and Norway agreed Monday to establish a bilateral security defense dialogue channel to enhance their practical cooperation in the areas of defense and security, South Korea’s defense ministry said. Defense Minister Shin Won-sik and his Norwegian counterpart, Bjorn Arild Gram, reached the agreement to launch the director-general level consultative body during their meeting in Seoul earlier in the

The 22nd National Assembly was set to formally kick off with an opening ceremony Monday, more than three months after it came into operation, with President Yoon Suk Yeol expected to skip the ceremony amid tensions with the opposition. Yoon’s decision to sit out the ceremony to open the new Assembly and its first regular session came amid the opposition

Urgent push for climate action Asia’s first constitutional court ruling on carbon neutrality The Constitutional Court delivered a notable ruling, Thursday, which could reinvigorate efforts to combat climate change. The court found that part of South Korea’s carbon neutrality law is inconsistent with the Constitution, specifically for failing to adequately protect people’s basic rights by not detailing emission reduction goals

South Korean shares rose Monday, as investors bet on a U.S. rate cut. The local currency slightly lost ground against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index added 6.69 points, or 0.25 percent, to close at 2,681.00. Trade volume was moderate at 262.5 million shares worth 8.5 trillion won (US$6.35 billion), with losers outnumbering gainers 534 to

Deepfake porn images have sent many South Korean women scurrying to take down selfies from Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms as concerns have been mounting that no one is an exception to the crime in the world’s most-wired nation. “It feels like what should have been the safest place for us, our routine lives, has been violated,” said