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 Meteorological Department announced that Thailand will continue to have thunderstorms and heavy rain in some areas of the North, East, and South. Flash floods and forest runoff may occur. As for Bangkok and its vicinity, 60% of the area w…

KT and G Corp., South Korea’s dominant tobacco company, said Thursday its second-quarter net profit jumped 58 percent from a year earlier helped by strong exports and a weak won.

Net profit for the three months to June rose to 318 billion won (US$23…

A former South Gyeongsang governor and a former presidential secretary are set to be among the beneficiaries of special presidential pardons, which will be granted next week on the occasion of Liberation Day, according to legal sources.

The justice …

The number of people who killed themselves in Korea reached 6,375 as of May, a whopping 10.1 percent increase from the same period last year. The country already infamous for having the highest suicide rate among OECD members took a step closer to th…

The head of the financial regulator urged asset management firms Thursday to more actively protect the rights of investors by inducing changes in the companies they invest in and encouraging them to enhance their value.

Lee Bok-hyun, chief of the Fi…

Yonsei University has revoked the master’s degree of a minor party leader’s son following a court ruling related to the case, informed school officials said Thursday.

The university recently decided to cancel the admission of Cho Won, the son of Cho…

KT and G Corp., South Korea’s dominant tobacco company, said Thursday its second-quarter net profit jumped 58 percent from a year earlier helped by strong exports and a weak won.

Net profit for the three months to June rose to 318 billion won (US$23…