The unification ministry on Thursday approved a package of support measures aimed at helping North Korean defectors better adjust to life in South Korea.

The measures, approved in an interagency meeting, include giving priority child care assistance…

The unification ministry said Thursday North Korean Olympic athletes receiving Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphones could be in violation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolutions against Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs.

Samsung Electron…

The industry ministry asked e-commerce platforms to make efforts to make payments to their vendors by the due date and manage their financial health to regain consumer trust, officials said Thursday.

The ministry made the appeal at a meeting with ex…

The government plans to unveil a set of comprehensive measures to prevent electric vehicle fires next month, the environment ministry said Thursday, following recent blazes involving electric cars.

The ministry said it and other government agencies,…

Bangkok, The victims were deceived by a famous tour company into selling fake tours, resulting in damages worth over 14 million baht. They are following up on the progress of the case at the Central Investigation Bureau after 8 months have passed with…

KT and G Corp. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net income of 318 billion won (US$230.9 million), up 57.5 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the April-June period rose 30.6 percent o…

Amid Korea’s declining birthrate and aging population, 100 caregivers from the Philippines arrived in Seoul for a six-month pilot program to commence next month. If the program proves successful, the government plans to expand the initiative to 1,200…

Bond sales in South Korea dropped from a month earlier in July amid a decline in new government and corporate bond issues, data showed Thursday.

The value of bonds sold last month came to 71.8 trillion won (US$52.1 billion), down 3.1 trillion won fr…