Kim Yu-jin, the latest Olympic taekwondo champion from South Korea, took a far more circuitous road to Paris than her teammates and many others who fancy themselves as medal contenders.

Of the four South Korean taekwondo practitioners in Paris, Kim,…

Naver Corp. on Friday reported its second-quarter net income of 332.1 billion won (US$241.1 million), up 15.8 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 472.7 billion won in operating profit for the quarter, …

The chief of Qoo10, the Singapore-based parent firm of TMON and WeMakePrice, said Friday it has begun a process to merge the two e-commerce platforms to help resolve the liquidity crisis facing the companies.

On Thursday, Qoo10 applied for the estab…

Join hands and help each other. While many agencies are helping to suppress the black-chinned tilapia, the owner of a Samut Songkhram pomelo orchard also wants to help fish farmers. So he bought all the black-chinned tilapia and offered them to the t…

Minister of Culture joins in celebrating ethnic diversity, promoting ethnic soft power, creative power of the nation, International Day of the United Nations on the Indigenous Peoples of the World 2024 at the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropol…

Suga of K-pop superband BTS was fully drunk with a blood alcohol level of over 0.2 percent when he fell to the ground in Seoul earlier this week while driving an electric scooter, police said Friday.

Suga has been booked for investigation after bein…

Naver Corp., South Korea’s leading online platform operator, said Friday its operating profit and sales hit a record high in the second quarter on solid growth of its key businesses.

Its operating profit reached a record 472.7 billion won (US$343.5 …

K-pop boy group NCT Dream will put out a new English single this month, the group’s agency said Friday.

“Rains in Heaven” will hit various music platforms around the world on Aug. 23 at 1 p.m., according to SM Entertainment.

It introduced the singl…